All the pics you get sent to your phone from cellular cams are going to be compressed. That is just how it is. Too much data to send full resolution photos. With my Tacticams I can request HD versions of any image I want. 5 bucks per 50 HD requests.
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Once you get the sd card the pics are much better. They shrink them to send over the cell unitI have the spypoint link I believe is the model. It’s ok I have it in a remote area I hunt that I can’t check. The pictures are not great sure I can tell it’s a buck or bear etc and it is easy to use. If I was using something on my property I would get a better non cellular camera that takes way better pictures.
Battery life is also another consideration. I initally put my 4 tacticam reveals out in the beginning of August of 2020 using Lithium energizer batteries. They ran for 14 months non stop on those same batteries. Over 2000 images sent on each cam over that time period. Cams are set on a 3 set burst, which only sends the middle photo to your phone. So that means over 6000 pics taken by each camera over 14 months on one set of batteries.
Neither. Gen 1 Reveals.Are you running the Reveal X or the Reveal XB?
Thanks,
Bob
I bought a Bushnell Cellucore 20 last year and have had good luck with it. Bought a Tactacam this year and was not impressed. I have since bought three more of the Bushnell's. Midway has had a deal on them for awhile now, 86.99, plus you get a 25 dollar rebate from Bushnell. First 30 days of service on the camera is also free.Who's got the sales on game cameras ?
I’m running the Xb for about 2 months now and batteries at 90% still. Upgraded from a non cell type and love it. Picked it up when basspro had em on sale.Neither. Gen 1 Reveals.
I still love em. Have 9 nowI’m running the Xb for about 2 months now and batteries at 90% still. Upgraded from a non cell type and love it. Picked it up when basspro had em on sale.
Bumping this thread. I need to buy a couple cams finally.
Cellucores are on sale for 69 bucks, and spypoint links are 79 bucks. Cabelas....haven't really looked online yet.
I bought one of the Cellucore 20s when it first came out. Liked them so much I'm now up to four. All four are the AT&T version. You can generally qualify for the rebate, which is a prepaid Visa card, even when they're on sale.Bumping this thread. I need to buy a couple cams finally.
Cellucores are on sale for 69 bucks, and spypoint links are 79 bucks. Cabelas....haven't really looked online yet.
I run all my tacticam on the 5 dollar a month 250 pic plan and that is plenty My cams are not on feeders so I am not getting bunches of pictures for hours. Plus if you have multiple cameras it does not matter which cameras take the photos. so I have 9 cams times 250 picks that is 2250 picks a month. if 8 take 10 photos and one takes 2000 I am good. Very flexible plans.Make sure that you look at the cell plans for these cameras before you buy. You can get into some serious money pretty fast if you do a lot of pictures.
Bob
I run all my tacticam on the 5 dollar a month 250 pic plan and that is plenty My cams are not on feeders so I am not getting bunches of pictures for hours. Plus if you have multiple cameras it does not matter which cameras take the photos. so I have 9 cams times 250 picks that is 2250 picks a month. if 8 take 10 photos and one takes 2000 I am good. Very flexible plans.
I have one I will be selling in the future. I put it out and wasn't getting many pics in an area I thought should be getting activity. I read on a forum that it only sends the second pic of whatever burst you have it set for. I pulled the SD card and saw what I figured I'd see, quite a bit of deer activity, but I'd prefer to be getting some of that on my phone. Replaced it with my second Cellucore 20 and was getting pics of deer right away.The tactacam reveal x is very hard to beat for the money
All you have to do is set it to single photo. Problem solvedI have one I will be selling in the future. I put it out and wasn't getting many pics in an area I thought should be getting activity. I read on a forum that it only sends the second pic of whatever burst you have it set for. I pulled the SD card and saw what I figured I'd see, quite a bit of deer activity, but I'd prefer to be getting some of that on my phone. Replaced it with my second Cellucore 20 and was getting pics of deer right away.
Have you really looked closely at the settings? It’s extremely customizable.I have one I will be selling in the future. I put it out and wasn't getting many pics in an area I thought should be getting activity. I read on a forum that it only sends the second pic of whatever burst you have it set for. I pulled the SD card and saw what I figured I'd see, quite a bit of deer activity, but I'd prefer to be getting some of that on my phone. Replaced it with my second Cellucore 20 and was getting pics of deer right away.
While I somewhat believe this.They are all garbage.
I’ve throw out Over $10,000 worth of game cameras at this point. Atleast 6500 of cell game cameras.. It’s a useless camera with a solar panel that you’re installing a tree and get no sun… That becomes infested with ants and bugs… even if your lucky you’ll have shit cell service and they cost a fortune… And every time we have to go fix the situation there either so high up a tree or stolen .. Even though once they’re stolen there worthless.While I somewhat believe this.
I'm going to probably get the tacticam and give it a try.
Though, i was scouting PA this weekend and all I had to do was drive thru the Delaware gap on 209 and see herds of deer in ever field and say....yeah.......I'm hunting here.
Ive had cams back to the old film style ones back in the day. While I never spent near that much money. Most of them were crap or died.I’ve throw out Over $10,000 worth of game cameras at this point. Atleast 6500 of cell game cameras.. It’s a useless camera with a solar panel that you’re installing a tree and get no sun… That becomes infested with ants and bugs… even if your lucky you’ll have shit cell service and they cost a fortune… And every time we have to go fix the situation there either so high up a tree or stolen .. Even though once they’re stolen there worthless.
But hey what do I know
Got 2 Tacticam XB's from WM for 100 each.I run all my tacticam on the 5 dollar a month 250 pic plan and that is plenty My cams are not on feeders so I am not getting bunches of pictures for hours. Plus if you have multiple cameras it does not matter which cameras take the photos. so I have 9 cams times 250 picks that is 2250 picks a month. if 8 take 10 photos and one takes 2000 I am good. Very flexible plans.
I’ve throw out Over $10,000 worth of game cameras at this point. Atleast 6500 of cell game cameras.. It’s a useless camera with a solar panel that you’re installing a tree and get no sun… That becomes infested with ants and bugs… even if your lucky you’ll have shit cell service and they cost a fortune… And every time we have to go fix the situation there either so high up a tree or stolen .. Even though once they’re stolen there worthless.
But hey what do I know
Thanks Rob.Yup. 9 cams at 5 bucks each is 45 bucks for 2250 pics over the entire spread of cams. One cam could take all 2250 and and the rest none and there would be no overage.
You can suspend (temporarily deactivate) and reactivate any cams you want through the app. They will continue to take pics if you leave them on but just won't transmit the cellularly.
As for sensitivity. All my cams are gen 1 cams. So my choices are low, med and high. I run mine on med most of the time. You can play with the setting from your app so experiment to see what works best in the specific spot you set it up on.