Tactacam Reveal grumbles and questions.

[Electrodigical]

"How long do I have to request video?" The internet seems to want to tell me that I can request a video any time. That is true, I can request a video any time. But if I want to RECEIVE that video, I have to request it intermediately, within a couple minutes of receiving the photo at most. If a second photo comes in, even immediately after the first, the chances of my getting the first video are slim. (I also wonder if these unfulfilled requests are counting and they're costing me money) Does everyone deal with this issue or is mine just funky?




Another minor, not terribly important grumble is the temperature reading. Every "dumb" camera I've ever owned, even the very oldest of them, the unit took the temperature. So I got accurate temps (all be it months later). The Tactacam would appear to be getting them from the internet. The reason you have to put in a zip code, so they can give you the wind and the temps. The problem with this is the temps are wrong. I did some digging a few years back and found where the online temperature comes from. Like when I go on the Weather Channel Ap, it says my town's temp, but it's really coming from another town. (which is understandable, can't get info from everywhere) The problem with this is the town it gets it from is near 20 miles away and 800+ feet lower in elevation. Comparing in person readings with the internet in winter, it can be as much as 5-10 degrees colder. But the cam temps always match the net temps, so I know they're wrong. Part of the reason I got a cell cam in the first place was to get snow accumulation and temp info on site. But it's not to be. (sigh)

 

[bwoods11]

I’ve had issues with all my cell cams ! It’s frustrating!

 

[gjs4]

I have like 20 of them and plan to sell all of them soon. My best luck was with the first gen. Have a litany of varying issues with them. CS is American but not much more useful than "Tony" form Bangladesh.

think Black Gate are the next try.

 

[Peeps]

I have 8 of them and they have been good. The temp reading is always off but that doesn’t bug me. The only one that has given me any issues is the Gen 3.0 camera eats batteries. Checking the internet it seems this is a common issue with the 3.0 model. My originals and the 2.0’s have been great.

 

[Electrodigical]

It must know I've been talking about it. It just sent me the same video three times in a row.

 

[Electrodigical]

Sitting at my desk this morning looking at my phone, I realize I've been getting more pictures from the one camera than I thought.
Funny the differences in the "flash". The still photos I can see out to about 15-20 yards, I'd get an occasional picture of nothing at night, figured it was wind or snow. Last night for the heck of it I requested a video, and there's deer walking around 50-60 yards away. Even set on high the still photo flash doesn't come anywhere near reaching that far.

 

[Bearswamper]

My totally disgruntled experience with one single cell cam, a spypoint, was all I needed to stay with the non-cellular cams-some of them are nearing 10 years of all year use.