Spypoint cellular trail cam - not working

[Badbuzz]

Werner,

So now that the season is coming to a close, any review of the spypoint cellular trail cam?

It seems that you had to exchange a camera (not good manufacturing wise), can you give some pros and cons?

What network does it use? 4g?LTE?

How is the performance?

W.

[Camp Red Maple]

I can give you my 2 cents. I have 2 cameras both with external antennas and power source (fish finder batteries and a 25 watt solar panel).

Transmitted pics are low resolution to save data use.. you need to be close for night pics and good light for long day pics. SD will have the good pics. You can download a app to check cell signal..2 bars minimum. There is challenges as cell service is not good in my area. I am happy with what they do give me and with more fine tuning it is going to help me be in the right place at the right time to feed my freezer.

[Badbuzz]

Camp RM,

Thank you, that is what sort of review I was looking for. Considering getting 2 for the future.

W.

[werner.reiche]

Put the camera out again this fall - worked great for four weeks, then quit transmitting.
Can't get in touch with spypoint.
Still takes photos, shows it's connected to the 4G network but no photos are being transmitted.

Much of my time at work is spent troubleshooting comms equipment.
This is not my idea of something fun to do in my spare time.
I guess I'll be going back to using my 12 year old Bushnell which never had a problem in its life.

[Deer Hunter]

Thanks, was looking at them, this pretty much makes up my mind.

[chesapeake]

I thought I heard there was a software change to go to a new platform or service provider.

I havent updated or hooked mine up this year to confirm

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[Rick_ca]

Put the camera out again this fall - worked great for four weeks, then quit transmitting.
Can't get in touch with spypoint.
Still takes photos, shows it's connected to the 4G network but no photos are being transmitted.

Much of my time at work is spent troubleshooting comms equipment.
This is not my idea of something fun to do in my spare time.
I guess I'll be going back to using my 12 year old Bushnell which never had a problem in its life.

Daughters BF had issue with his 1 year old Spypoint we emailed following address ([email protected]) they walked us few a few things such as battery, signal and card, in end they asked us to send camera back and send them tracking number. 2 hours after supplying tracking number they emailed to say they had sent out a replacement along with a know working SD card they said they would supply. Good Service all round.

[kk1]

Bought a link evo last October that work flawlessly. I spent the money and put good lithium batteries in. It sent pictures till the end of May before it went dead. Put it back out 3 weeks ago and its worked perfectly. Cant say enough about these cameras. Definitely getting at least 2 more this year.

[smitty55]

The fact that it works for a month before dying indicates to me that it would be related to batteries not providing enough power for the transmission but still enough to take pictures. The easy way to test is to put brand new batteries in after it fails again. No matter what brand of camera it is, they will all work better with lithium batteries, much longer lasting and far better function in the cold. Plus their power curve is much better, straight across right till the end and then a sudden drop in power.

Cheers

[SK33T3R]

The fact that it works for a month before dying indicates to me that it would be related to batteries not providing enough power for the transmission but still enough to take pictures. The easy way to test is to put brand new batteries in after it fails again. No matter what brand of camera it is, they will all work better with lithium batteries, much longer lasting and far better function in the cold. Plus their power curve is much better, straight across right till the end and then a sudden drop in power.

Cheers

everybody out there using cameras should be educating themselves on using 18650 lithium rechargeable batteries. There is a learning curve but the batteries can be gotten for FREE. I get all mine from discarded lap top batteries. rip apart the plastic case and inside you will find the 18650's.
These batteries can be installed in a 3 pack battery holder and 3 batteries will give 12.6 volts. Most are 2000mAh or more .. up to 3000 if you get the right ones. These can be used as an auxiliary battery pack to keep your cameras running for a very long time. I run everything on these batteries now. flashlights, headlamps, game cameras, my bear scent dispensers, moose decoys, etc etc. I have almost totally cut the umbilical cord from the battery manufacturers. Now when I go to Costco I have more food in the cart then batteries!

here's the modifications to my cameras. I have 12 of these cameras. I run 30 sec videos at all bear baits. The 2 internal batteries and the 2 batt external auxiliary pack got me 5 weeks before I needed a batteries change. 30 sec night videos can eat up a lot of batteries. The money I saved on AA's was huge. Absolutely huge!

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