Bassattackr
5 year old buck +
Ive steered clear of Spartan because of mediocre detection circuit reviews but it sounds like I’ll have to keep my eye on the refurb sales.
No issues here either.. GoCam.
Ive steered clear of Spartan because of mediocre detection circuit reviews but it sounds like I’ll have to keep my eye on the refurb sales.
Did an HD request to compare:Can't say for certain w/out having another camera right next to it but my Spartan seems to detect them just fine. First picture from today after putting it out:
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Ahh... its not a cellular camera. Just a basic LED white flash. I was just bragging it up because it worked very well and took great pictures, day and night!Looks like Wise Eye only has AT&T. Not the greatest for my area.
@SWIFFY I'm guessing there's no firmware update for the Lumen? Don't see it in their list at least.
Ahh... its not a cellular camera. Just a basic LED white flash. I was just bragging it up because it worked very well and took great pictures, day and night!
Oh I gotcha. Im no help there. Not sure about any update. I have not tried videos on the Lumen, it'll be fun to see how yours look. Good luck!Yeah I was just wondering if it had a firmware update even though it's not cellular. I just put it out Sunday have it set for videos. Love the small size..seems pretty rugged.
This is a long story so I will shorten it as much as I can. I have used trail cams since they had the old school white flash and took 35 MM film, to check the pics you had to take them to get them developed and wait 5-7 days to pick the pictures up. I have always struggled with cams, typically I lose the night vision aspect first so it takes a video of just a black screen, if deer were close to the cam I would see nothing but glowing eyes. Most of the cams I have used religiously took videos of the back half of the deer only when they walk through at a normal walking pace so I have no idea if it was a buck or doe.
Most of my cams were cheapo to mid-grade price so 4 years ago I got tired of it all and said screw it, instead of buying a new gun I bought a 3 pack of Cuddieback's with the fastest trigger speed for $450 that sold individually locally for almost $200 each. After the first full season, 2 cams started to take the all black night time videos and last year all 3 were doing it. I did try to get Cuddieback to make good on the warranty on the first 2 but they wouldn't for a reason I don't recall, I think they had sat on a shelf before I bought them and by the time I bought and used them they didn't even sell that model anymore (fuzzy on the details). They did offer to take my cams and in turn sell me new ones at a discount but it wasn't much of a discount and basically I was buying 2 new cams, I don't have that kind of money for cams I already bought.
Anyway, I always change batteries before putting them out for the season. I think where I am killing the cameras is, I always leave them running past the end of deer season so I have an idea what bucks made it through the orange army gauntlet and just leave them until the batteries die. I recall saying that to Cuddieback and they basically said "no, batteries die all the time without damaging the cameras" or something similar. Maybe I am just THAT unlucky to have the same constant issue with cameras no matter the brand I buy or how spendy they are.
Am I doing something wrong or really just that unlucky?
What is a bulletproof camera that you guys would recommend that doesn't break the bank?
I have 4 Browning dark oops. They have been really good cameras, so far. The only complaint I have is night photos. If I don't have a animal within 15ft of camera, you can't even see what is there. I was going to get their cellular cam but it doesn't get that great of reviews. Might be Spartan from here on out.I don’t think you’ll find a “bulletproof” camera that doesn’t break the bank. These are fairly sophisticated devices that get left out in the elements year round and the race to the bottom (price wise) hasn’t done anything to make them more reliable.
Im new here and gather there is pretty active involvement from cuddeback, so hopefully this doesn’t stir things up but - if you try to find reviews on cuddeback from what seems to be the most detailed and fair reviews on the web (trailcampros.com), you’ll find that cuddeback evidently didn’t like results of said detailed reviews being shared. There are other similar instances out there as well. That sends enough red flags for me to avoid cuddeback despite the theory of cuddelink being very attractive.
I’ve had good luck with browning dark ops trail cams. They aren’t perfect, sun glare can cause false trigger issues, night pictures are mediocre (like many black flash cams), and function seems to really slow in the dead of winter (still get pics and vids but I think detection circuit struggles more), but I haven’t had any flat out quit on me or eat batteries. I think the strike force versions would work similarly and have better night pics if you like red or low glow.
I know the bushnell core series has had pretty good detection circuit, battery life, and winter function reviews but have no personal experience.
Spartan seem to have good reliability and picture quality reviews but less exciting detection circuit. No personal experience.
$70-160 stealth cams have been disappointing in both detection circuit and reliability.
I have 4 Browning dark oops. They have been really good cameras, so far. The only complaint I have is night photos. If I don't have a animal within 15ft of camera, you can't even see what is there. I was going to get their cellular cam but it doesn't get that great of reviews. Might be Spartan from here on out.
Anyway, I always change batteries before putting them out for the season. I think where I am killing the cameras is, I always leave them running past the end of deer season so I have an idea what bucks made it through the orange army gauntlet and just leave them until the batteries die. I recall saying that to Cuddieback and they basically said "no, batteries die all the time without damaging the cameras" or something similar. Maybe I am just THAT unlucky to have the same constant issue with cameras no matter the brand I buy or how spendy they are.
Am I doing something wrong or really just that unlucky?
What is a bulletproof camera that you guys would recommend that doesn't break the bank?