Combining them both is the way to go. Neither can truly replace the other. They are like airbags and seat belts. They compliment each other and dont work best alone.

I used to run a radar detector until I got 2 or 3 laser tickets. All the detector did was let me know I was about to get a ticket. I've been using Waze for about 7 or 8 years and I haven't gotten a speeding ticket since.

Just finished an 8 hour drive, Waze with R3, no problems.....

This fall I took two road trips starting in Central Texas to Southwest Colorado and the other starting in Central Texas to North Carolina. 1000 mile each leg so 4000 miles total. I run V1 G2, TMG 3 head (front only) with JBV1 and Waze. Averaged over 70 MPH and was very comfortable with my set up. I got tagged only twice with Laser (GA. & NC). Its worth mentioning that being alert and scanning with your own eyes is as important as the other countermeasures.

Thousands of miles driven and in my opinion I need BOTH. They compliment each other, they do not replace each other. Some cops have not yet been marked by Waze users and for rolling radar you have to have the detector since the cop can't be marked. Use both.

I use both and together save after save!

best combo: waze, radar, prayers

It makes you wonder why the folks that comment that you just need to drive the speed limit are here watching this video. Your video is spot on. It's refreshing to see a comparison video that isn't just someone bloviating about their preconceived notions and actually considers both offerings.

I run Waze, and JBV1 with my V1. This combination and situational awareness are my countermeasures. If I had to give something up it would be the apps. A radar detector is my most important countermeasure.

Always quality! Thanks for the great level-headed counsel.

I use both. I have WAZE integrated into the JBV1 APP that I use with my V1. I agree with everything you said about layers of protection. My V1 has saved me multiple times when an officer hasn't been reported yet on WAZE.

I run my RedLine 360C in conjunction with waze and have been saved numerous times by both. Thinking of jammer in the future. Can't live without it..

What I've found is that Waze is great for road trips where I don't know the common officer hangouts. Of course in combination with a radar detector for moving threats and new officers which haven't been marked yet. I recently did a road trip down the east coast and both were useful but the detector was more useful overall. I normally do a lot of driving on the same roads over and over, and there the radar detector is much more useful. Waze usually tells me what I already know (there's likely to be an officer in a common hangout), and when I get there they may have nailed someone already anyway so Waze didn't really help much. I don't bother with waze for that type of driving.

I use Waze and and Escort Redline 360C. Like you mentioned, I think they are a good compliment to each other.

I use both an R7 and Waze. Slightly more saves here in TX with the R7 as Waze is unable to account for rolling detection. Great video!

I've been running max 360 for the past 6 years and within that time, I get caught twice 1) by police who didn't use radar by only visual observation 2) a state trooper who was sitting on an elevated ramp firing his radar above passing cars. The last incident was in Dec and since then, I've fortified myself with Waze. Combining the two works best for me by keeping me updated about where police (using radar, laser, or visual observation) have been seen while the max 360 confirms that the police is actually there. Also, the fear of surprise radar signal hitting the car has been removed since I can see the alert from Waze and already anticipating getting painted by the police radar.

Running Waze with my R7 has been a lifesaver. Waze just can't warn you when police are running radar while moving, or in lower traffic areas.

Great video as always. I run the uniden r3 and Waze both are great. Hand and hand

Thanks Vortex. Agree having all 3 going is best. In Vancouver BC, I don’t see alot of Waze users, but the police markings I do are pretty accurate although some falses.

Several times a year I drive between Austin, TX to LA, CA. A 1400 miles road trip. I run WAZE on my cell, JBV1 on a dedicated tablet mounted on the dashboard a Uniden R3 under the rearview mirror. I also monitor CB Chanel 19 and 21. To make the trip in about 17 to 18 hours, without an overnight layover, my average speed needs to be healthy. The countermeasure combination works well across all four states I travel through. At times West TX cell reception is sub-par for few miles but the Uniden will pick up a signal five miles away. The CB is very quiet except when there is a speed trap or an accident. All in all, a $600 investment and a bit of luck kept me from getting pulled over in the last three years.

Running both is the way to go. I run Escort 9500ci’s in both my vehicles here in East TN, KA band is by far the biggie I see in my area.

I use waze and R3, they compliment each other magnificently.

I use Waze with a V1 Gen 1 and a Laser shield on the Front plate. This combination works very well together !

In addition to my Escort Redline 360C, I run Waze through Android Auto and then I have JBV1 Standalone running on my phone for the longer alerts. Escort Live also running in the background.

i've found depending on where you are driving is the key to how to be protected - local or New York City style driving both the iphone, with imaps running, or waze are great - they notify of upcoming red light & speed cameras (also warning of what the actual correct speed is) which in that driving setting is more important than radar -- out and away from the city style driving, a radar/laser detector alone does the job most efficiently for me - the fewer distractions the better

One thing I’ll say about waze is I’m a trucker and I sometimes run waze. I think on the highway it’s pretty good. Not totally accurate but butter than you make it sound plus there are a lot of other helpful things about it like alerting me to traffick jams. My big problem with waze is that sometimes it just stops working.

I use Waze and uniden R1 together every day and they greatly compliment each other. I wouldn’t be as comfortable if I was using only one of them

I've used both radar detectors and Waze for years and the combo works well for me. But I currently live in MD so it can be a little weird. We have speed cameras that will take a pic and mail a speeding ticket. Waze is great most of the time for the stationary cameras, but sometimes they move them and Waze won't be up to date. Also, radar detectors are illegal in VA and DC. So I have to plan ahead of time if I will be driving into either. Currently running an R3 on a Ram magnet mount.

Waze with R1 in upstate ny, mostly 34.7 here, have yet to see laser. Waze is great for stationary on the hwy never missed an LEO, moving within the towns off the highway the r1 kills at it! Usually one or the other gets it

I use a V1 1st gen, with JBV1 & Waze. They work together very well.

I think you have seen my setup on the forum - but it depends heavily on where I’m going, on what roads, and how far as to which ones are on. RD and anti laser always on, (waze / escort live not as useful in rural, low traffic, spotty cell coverage areas) + escort live for town to town + waze for any significant travel city to city or state to state + a heavy dose of situational awareness. None of it will ever be 100% but like layering on outerwear to face inclement weather, one simply does not venture out in a blizzard wearing nothing but a speedo.

Both together everyday. Has saved me countless times. I live and drive in middle tn

Very informative and comprehensive, thanks 👍🇬🇧

I've been using Waze since its start. Trust it most of the time, but early mornings or late at night are the most problematic times. People just don't mark the police. I have had a Uniden R3 for a few years. Love it. It fills in some of the voids Waze leaves open. I need to get a jammer but, in the meantime, I will just have to stay a little closer to the speed limit.

I use both Waze and Radar detector. I have had Wave ID police who are using instant on radar. So the radar detector might not alert till it is too late. In driving in low volume traffic areas I have had the radar detector alert and no Waze reports. So both are useful to use at the same time.

Ran a used cheap Cobra RAD450 and Waze together through 30 states since COVID started, have not gotten a ticket yet! Upgrading soon

I just upgraded today from the R3 to the R7 and WAZE. Uniden gotta make the firmware updates easier though DAMN! Great Video.

Here, in Romania, it is a must to use both Waze and radar detector. Laser jammers are not legal, so at least for laser traps, Waze is the only way to be warned in time. Of course if you are not in the very front of the traffic when a laser gun is active, you might have a reaction from radar detector and push the brake pedal, but if you are in front, radar detector won't help you at all to escape from a speed ticket. Many drivers are using Waze around here and the level of information / alerts it is very good. Also a short headlight signal is being use to tell the others police is present in that area :). And also this is working quite well since there are cases when the police itself is using Waze and tries to "cover " their presence :):):)

Nice educational video. DFR9 & WAZE user. Stay Safe, Stay Ticket Free

I run V1 gen1 with JBV1 & WAZE. In split screen mode on my Galaxy. Perfect match for me!

I was outside the US and used Waze in Panama and it worked great.

WAZE + DFR7 in car and on motorcycle. I used to run speaker from waze to helmet like I do my detector on bike, but now I just keep the WAZE app on handlebars and glance down every so often. Not much laser around so don't need to worry about that... yet.

Great Video! Been wondering this for a while now and now the perfect video to go into it! Thank you! P.S. On a side note, love seeing another WA based Content Creator! 😀👍

R7 and WAZE on I80+I35 iowa. A great combo

Not to switch tracks, but I bought a Uniden R3 through your link and recommendation and love it. Question .... I have never experienced radar in WV, TN, VA, NC, or KY on K band. It's always KA band. Although TN uses red light cameras. Does your data show anything different? I was considering just turning off K band.

3:28, I’ve been pulled 2x buy a trooper in that exact spot running Waze and radar. NCSHP knows how to hide

Valentine 1, Waze running concurrently with JVB1. Excellent system.

In the sports car I run both. In my regular cars I just run Waze as I rarely speed that much. As you said, Waze is nice when there is a lot of traffic. Not so useful on back roads with few drivers, so radar is more useful. Avoiding laser is just tough and Waze is better. Seems like radar detectors without using a laser jammer are pretty useless against laser. Of course the other big factor is being smart about when and where you might go fast.

You may alert to radar but you have to have the reaction time to reduce your speed before actual visual of officer. When I run radar, you can tell when they slow down and then when they pass to my rear, they speed up again, tell tale signs go farther than seeing a number on the radar screen. At least here in Texas, there are numerous ways we determine speed violations that coincide with radar.

I use waze everywhere i go and i love ❤️ the fact that it also tells me about the red light cameras as well

What do you think of the Valentine 1 upgrade? Is it worth it? And for me to upgrade is not inexpensive either.

This is spot on. You need to run both. Waze can give you 4-6 miles of range, however there are a lot of false alerts. Think of Waze as your long range low fidelity radar. As you get closer to the threat (aka police), then your lower range higher fidelity radar detector is more effective. Run them both

A good combination of both. Poliscan towers aren't on waze but jammers stop them. ALP saved me back in December against poliscan.

I find it hard to use waze if I'm going 11 miles to town. But I always have my detector on. Haven't been able to afford a Lazer jammer yet. Lol

CA KA/CHP detection is pretty easy; i’ve never been in a state where their doppler signals are so strong.... they must be cooking people from the inside out!!!! I have literally picked off a stealthy wht. Challenger CHP from about 5 mi. away off the 405.... another easy way to spot them from a distance is: they ALWAYS seem to use their hazard lights when stationary on the shoulder.... u see those, and it’s almost always the revenue generators... lots of peeps use WAZE too to mark the road pirates..... But generally, using both is the way to go

Run both ! And don't speed, whenever possible ! I have a V1, but since my windshield was replaced I haven't put up the V1 again yet.

Very interesting watching this, and pretty cool gadget to have, but I use neither and just stick to the speed limit. I understand its usefulness in long drives where the driver would eventually fatigue from active awareness, and it happens I get it. I wish they made these legal everywhere for driver safety and alertness.

The waze app is awesome on the highway or interstate while just using the radar detector in the city I think!!

California cops use Ka band so I just have K band disabled. I don't think I have ever gotten a false alert yet

I've found both work well and compliment each other. So I use both daily.

I drive for a living (Canada) and I run them both, Waze and an R7. Biggest issue with Waze and Apple Car Play is that you lose functionality, not all the options are available to you as if you just run it off your phone. Apple car Play removes a bunch of options But great to run both. I could live without Waze but don't want to, it is a nice to have, for me the R7 is the key and Waze is it's add-on.

Both are a necessity, But I have been saved far more times from my R7. I live in the north shore area in Massachusetts, the state police get locked out on waze in a matter of seconds all along Interstate 93 and 95, and on US route 3, so its pretty predictable where they will be and such. My R7 has saved me many times from rural back roads to oncoming officers on the highway

Biggest pro for RD: it works every time a Leo is running radar. Even if not seen or hidden. Waze assumes someone in front of you saw and marked him. Best advice, run both. I suggested to Waze they have a report feature for moving Leo's and direction of travel. That went nowhere. I am one of top Waze users in country.

I’m interested in running a RD, but am a little overwhelmed by all the nuance’s of the different detectors, but mostly on how to run the apps. I always use Waze so I’m used to opening and having it on my phone. My car doesn’t have CarPlay so I can’t run Waze on the car display and an app on the phone at the same time. Is there anyway to run Waze in the app on an iPhone? If not, is it more useful to run an app or Waze on the phone? Either way, for a road trip, it seems like you’d be giving up a very essential tool not being able to run both and I’m definitely a bit stuck on what my best option are. Also, except for the V1, do you even need the app for lockouts/muting once they’ve already been marked, like on your daily route? If not that would make it much easier for regular daily driving just running Waze and an RD.

I like both together. V1 and Waze works pretty well for me.

Hey vortex, does radenso xp still have the best anti false alerts?

I use both here on Vancouver Island but some areas don't have many waze users or wifi signal cut out with the big trees on the west side of the island so I rely on my R1.. When I travel to Toronto, I use both along the way but thenI have to rely on waze as radar is illegal in Ontario.

I haven’t owned a radar detector in about 8-10 yrs since I downloaded Waze. I use Waze to tell me what is the current speed limit is while driving. I usually drive 2-5 mph above the speed limit. I also have had 2 dash cams (front/rear) in each of the cars I own so that if an office accuses me of driving 10 mph above the speed limit, I can provide proof of my speed at the time the officer saw me. Perhaps the video will show a car passing me that set off the radar gun at the time. I use Waze every time I drive my car to find the fastest path to my destination (work, home, etc) and when I do get an alert that a policeman is ahead, I drop down to the speed limit. Prior to Waze, I used my radar detector to notify me to check my speed so that I could slow down to what I thought the current speed limit was (not always sure what the current speed was, btw). To be honest, before Waze I used to set the cruise control around 10 mph above the speed limit. But driving 5 mph faster (that is 10 mph above the speed limit) rarely saves one more than 2-3 minutes, but carries much more risk of accidents, speeding tickets, and overall stress while driving. I drive now with Waze with the knowledge that I probably will not be pulled over, if I am then I have video proof that I wasn’t going as fast as the officer said I was, and if I’m ever in an accident then my dash cam can tell who was at fault.

Hey bro love your videos but please put a high pass filter on your audio because the low frequency boominess is very bad when you are driving

What would you recommend for NY (including LI) NJ and PA . I already have Waze and I want to upgrade from my V1 first gen detector. Thank you

I use both. As well as escargot into my max360.

Debating if I should upgrade to R7 from R3. What’s your recommendation?

I have to ask. Do you constantly drive over the speed limit?

I run them both. Works for me. I have the R7. Only have the 1.7 version.

I like to think of my dfr9 as a cx5 finder. I got a kick out of seeing one in the video

About 7 years ago, about a quarter mile from my home, I had my Escort radar and I was going over 15 mph going down a steep hill. I didn’t pick up the cop as he wasn’t using radar so I asked the officer how could he decide how fast I was going. He told me, he started counting from Pt. A. to Point B. and he calculated my speed. Looking back,I didn’t contest this ticket, but just paid it in full the next day. I wondered if I should have contested this ticket as it’s “here say” by not having me on radar, but by counting.

I live in central NY. You need both. Where I live, waze means nothing. You need a radar detector. In the hiway, waze and a radar detector is a must. 95, 81, the thruway you need both. You need both.

various aircreaft can eltronically jam radars. Can we do the same? Also here in France we now have 1) Tiny pods at roadside with infra red radar and now a fleet of unmarked cibilian cars than can photo you in infra red as you either pass them or aproach them. Any bright ideas??

As far as I’m aware, Waze doesn’t identify moving radar. In my neck of the woods, cops have their KA band on all the time monitoring speed of oncoming or following traffic. My V1 always identifies them well in advance. On more than one occasion I’ve alerted Waze of a stationary speed trap and the cop will leave the location almost immediately after Waze is notified.

Quick question, why would you hit the kill switch for the laser hammer if you know a laser is coming up?

I'm looking for a recommendation for getting a radar detector, I drive out of town everyday for work, same route everyday, I roughly know where they park and I use Waze as well, I've been lucky enough to actually see some Highway Patrol at night just because of the time I get off work and less cars drive as far as I do, I'm not exactly sure on what to get, I think I might just want something that will tell me if a cop is up in the distance just like Waze will.

I use an extensive knowledge of my local area for the static cameras and Waze for the speed traps

Your opinion on the escort live app? Would be nice if more people used it, around my area anyway.

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Hola Vortex, mi nombre es Hugo, soy de Chile 🇨🇱 y encuentro muy muy buenos los videos que subes, te felicito. Tengo un Valentine ONE, a si que todos los videos son de mucho interés para mi. Solo quería pedir un favor, si es posible que agregues los subtitulos en español de todos los videos que vayas publicando. Muchas gracias amigo, excelente trabajo.

I was a Beta tester for Waze and have been using it ever since. Paired with my Escort MAX 360C I’m rarely surprised at a checkpoint/speed trap. It’s good to see people pushing the two together to enhance your odds of not being “surprised”.

In my area of Sterling Heights Mi. (radar) is heavily used by police so I rely on my Escort Redline 360c although i'm running Waze as well. If I had a choice of just having one it would be my Escort Redline 360c (radar detector) but anytime i'm in traffic I run both and the (radar detector) in my area is twice as effective at alerting me of traffic (radar) cops.

I downloaded Waze for the first time when I lived in rural Arkansas. I deleted it minutes later. When I moved to a bigger city it was time to download Waze again.

Awesome video thanks

I run a V1 gen 1 and waze. Was running JBV1 app on android but it stopped detecting my V1. So I’m back to using Yav1. My V1 has paid for itself. Haven’t had a ticket that stuck in over 6 years, been clean for over 12 years 🍻. I was issued a ticket by Portland PD (PPB) but my V1 indicated to me that I was never LIDARed…. Long story short, thanks to Covid, I beat my ticket. I think I should upgrade to a R7 but my V1 G1 has been good to me.

Is that a ipad you have in front of you? Can you use waze without internet? Thanks

Watched and liked, thanks!

Apple Maps, new version in iOS 15, allows for police and hazard reports too (haven’t used it much.)

What Radar Detector has the best BSM filter ??? I have a Radenso Pro M but wanna get an R7.

I saw a Tweet from an officer in the UK saying that's exactly what they do. Someone reports them on Waze, they mark it as gone. Interesting to know about accuracy reports, I'd never considered that.

WAZE and my V1 (tuned to ignore auto doors) helps a lot. 😎💪🇺🇸🗽❤️

Just got a new car and installed my V1 Gen 1. It goes off on Laser about twice every minute. Had to program Laser detection OFF. Does the Gen 2 fix this issue. Any other brands cope successfully with all the modern car electronics?

I only run Waze for the speed limit capability in CarPlay. Google and Apple have it but only when navigating. I’m not a fan of the routes Waze gives so I still map with Google maps but the rest of the time Waze runs. The alerts are an added benefit with my V1G2

Waze has saved me a few times, but that half mile alert distance is far too short, especially at interstate speeds. On a recent 1.1k trip between WA (saw lots of WSP) and OR, my R7 saved my rear a number of times. Wish I could afford “parking sensor” prices, but for the moment Waze and the R7 have been sufficient. I just need to have better reaction times.

I live in Europe and run V1 gen1 against laser tripod cameras (jammers are illegal here) and waze - both of them alert me in advance. I think the best to do is just like vortex said - both!