I did a search but couldnt find a comprehensive list of reviews for various Trail Cams.... So I decided it might be time for one.
Post up what you have used, and your experience with it, pros/cons, battery life, ease of set up, interval, quality of night and day pics...etc...
If any mods have a dog in this fight it might be helpful to also have a poll?
I will start:
Stealth Cam IR: Ive had two, one just kicked the bucket after about 4 years of use (3.5 in the field continually), the other is three years old. Both function identically to the other.
Pros: Nice pics, good quality both day and night, I set it for 1 pic every minute.
Cons: Slow trigger speed, A TON of false pics no matter what the sensitivity is set on, will trigger on a windy day, all day. Also battery life is terrible (probably because of all the wind pics). Longest it ran on a set of batterys was three months, worst was 2 weeks. Runs off 8 C batteries.
Bushnell TC: Owned for 5 months, So far so good.
Pros: Better quality pics than the Stealth IR. Small, this thing is tiny about 1/4th the size of the Stealth Cam. Holds up to 16gb sd card. No false triggers as of yet.
Cons: Set it up for 2 pics per minute and it was dead in 1 month, 8 AA's is said to run for up to a year, mine was dead in a month 6,000 pics all action pics no false triggers (set up on the gut pile after season, lots of action).
The TC is set up on my new lease now but havent been back to check it out, will have more reviews for it maybe next weekend.
Post up what you have used, and your experience with it, pros/cons, battery life, ease of set up, interval, quality of night and day pics...etc...
If any mods have a dog in this fight it might be helpful to also have a poll?
I will start:
Stealth Cam IR: Ive had two, one just kicked the bucket after about 4 years of use (3.5 in the field continually), the other is three years old. Both function identically to the other.
Pros: Nice pics, good quality both day and night, I set it for 1 pic every minute.
Cons: Slow trigger speed, A TON of false pics no matter what the sensitivity is set on, will trigger on a windy day, all day. Also battery life is terrible (probably because of all the wind pics). Longest it ran on a set of batterys was three months, worst was 2 weeks. Runs off 8 C batteries.
Bushnell TC: Owned for 5 months, So far so good.
Pros: Better quality pics than the Stealth IR. Small, this thing is tiny about 1/4th the size of the Stealth Cam. Holds up to 16gb sd card. No false triggers as of yet.
Cons: Set it up for 2 pics per minute and it was dead in 1 month, 8 AA's is said to run for up to a year, mine was dead in a month 6,000 pics all action pics no false triggers (set up on the gut pile after season, lots of action).
The TC is set up on my new lease now but havent been back to check it out, will have more reviews for it maybe next weekend.
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