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Last week of my 1 month plans I received maybe 10+ pictures of grass movement so in the weeks leading up to muzzleloading week I thought ok I should be good err NOPE 3days and my 100 free pictures were up with grass movement LOL, my setting were same as when i had photo plan so I've purchased another month and now back to 1/2 dozen pics a day of grass movement LOL. Can you say HMMMMMMMMMM
I have never used any trail camera, but reading your post made me wonder if either mounting your camera higher on the tree or putting a wedge under the bottom of the camera to angle the lens slightly higher so you don’t get the moving grass in the photos would be the solution. Or maybe take a gas powered weed trimmer in and whack down the grass close to the camera to eliminate it from the photos.
you are lucky to get grass!. I have had pure black pics or grey pics then the camera stopped sending pics , signal, battery and firmware are good so apparently its a sim car or sd card issue or camera issue ... I have nothing but headaches with spypoint... its a battle to get them going then another battle to keep em going ... if someone steals it I wouldn't be upset at least
My buddy is hunting my property this week and he set up his spy point to see what's around. Although convenient it sends him the pics instantly, picture quality is no where close to the browning cameras i use.
I own a SPYPOINT Micro and have had it send me pictures of nothing but scenery. Small birds and rodents have also triggered the camera. I adjusted the camera to a lower sensitivity and that cleared up the problem.Quote:
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SPYPOINT cameras automatically transmit low definition, thumbnail images to the app. For $5 you can buy 50 HD images. Although low resolution images are transmitted to the app, higher resolution images are stored on the camera’s microSD card.Quote:
Originally Posted by bester
Didn’t know that Sam, that’ll explain the poor quality. Thanks for the info
The best way to get freebies is to exchange references from a buddy
When you buy some product, enter a buddy email for referral. He gets SpyPoints which can be redeemed for some product. When he does the same you some points
I got 3 months and unlimited and 150hd By these exchanges.Enough to cover the season [emoji3526]
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Spypoint is a complete JOKE..I had nothing but good things to say last septemeber, but right at the tim eof the rut last year cameras stopped sending pics. Then during bear season then were good again, then this year same thing, Have 4 of them set up and nothing but grief after grief. Have updated the firmware, new cards, ALl service will say is you have to have the camera when you trouble shoot with them, they dont understand, what good is a camera if you have it at your computer trouble shooting all the time,
They are sending me a new one for one that has water damage, but its out of stock tried to convince me to upgrade and spend more money.
SO have 4 cams, 4 plans, ching cging ching, ........cams will say 100% signal, 100% battery, bring it in and they go over things, working, take it back out works while attaching to tree but then thats it.
Their service has gone to , camera is garbage,
DO NOT WASTE A NICKEL ON THEM< NOT A NICKEL,
And I am telling everyone that will listen..
Once I receive the new camera, I will list it for sale, CHEAP .
I am researching for new ones
PM when you get it, I might be interested.
It could be a while as they are out of stock and have no eta.
I have 3 other micro s-lte, you can make me an offer if you want, I will be fighting with spypoint to have them replaced as well under warranty
Yes they can definitely be finicky. I have also burned thought our monthly allocation of images because finches, blowing grass & leaves and even snow. We adjust the sensitivity of each camera depending on where it is located, the season, and what the weather is like.
I do wish Spypoint had a remote pause or on/off option in their app so that I can turn the camera on and off when I wanted to instead of having to physically having to be in front of the camera.
Although they are not perfect but when they do work they definitely save time and are convenient.
Remote power cycle would be a very, very, very useful feature, seeing as power cycling seems to be required pretty damn often.Quote:
Originally Posted by 410001661
A lot of the "upgrade your firmware" or "replace the battery" issues - its no the firmware upgrade or the new batteries, its that to perform this action, you power cycled the unit, which was all that was really required.
While they are at it, getting rid of the "survival mode" which reduces transmission attempts to one per day would make the cameras far more reliable.
What sort of idiot came up with the logic that if the camera is having trouble connecting and misses 4 consecutive connections, it should only try once per day.
If its having trouble connecting, shouldn't it try *more often*???
I have 2 micro's, one works great where it is, but will take a few pictures on a sunny day at a certain time, but it faces south. the other hasn't worked great all deer season been at 25% and red, most of the season. Does wake up once an awhile and send some pictures. I always cut any grass or weeds down so there is no movement as I found out the hard way you go through a bunch pictures. I also only have the cameras on during shooting times, as I don't care what travels past outside of shooting times. I'm about to bring he cameras in, will check of upgrades and see if I can get both working by turkey season.
I have also had problems with my Spypoint cameras. I purchased 2 micro link sle cellular solar cams and 1 crapped out under warranty. But they do not have any stock. Tried to upswell me as well. I have been getting the runaround since November. So frustrating that another camera Evo has acted up and sent me HUNDREDS of pictures of the same pic dated days ago. Naturally it used up my 100 free pics.
I am so fed up with dealing with the poor service that I can’t be bothered to contact them to replace it.
And now… the second micro Solar has bit the dust. Once again I’m going to just throw it out. These are 3 cameras less than 6 months of usage in the woods. WORST CUSTOMER AND PRODUCT QUALITY EVER.
I too was a loyal supporter of Spypoint cameras but would not recommend to anyone.
* BEWARE THE MICRO LINK SLE CELLULARS ARE NOT WATERPROOF.
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