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I have four of the Spartan Verizon Black cell/wireless cameras, seven Browning Strike Force IR cameras, two Covert MP8 IR cameras, and one Cuddeback C1 white flash camera. All work good, but each has its own good/not so good about it. The Cuddeback white flash camera takes the best brightest, clearest, sharpest pictures.
The cellular cameras are the most expensive, but they provide instant notification of triggering by activity and pictures are sent to your cell phone within seconds. I mostly use them on active hog traps, but you can use them for anything such as home security, watching deer trails/scrapes, etc. I can sit at home and see what is going on inside or outside of the traps, see if hogs are trapped, watch a buck making a scrape, etc. That's pretty cool.
Cuddeback has a new one coming out this summer that lets you link up to 16 cameras (as long as each camera is within 1/4 mile of another cam) and send pics from one camera that requires only one cell plan for $15/month. Something to consider if you're thinking of expanding your camera arsenal.
I have the Covert Blackhawk in Verizon. It has worked really well for me. Love getting texts and emails of photos at scrapes, bear baits, etc. They make one for AT&T as well. I don't have experience with any of the others.
Jeff; the Spartan cameras I have are the Verizon Black 3G cameras. These are my first in the wireless/cellular camera world so I don't have any experience with other brands to compare these to and cannot recommend one over another. Cellular/wireless camera technology seems to still be in its infancy but is rapidly developing, so we should see some big improvements in the next couple years. Check out the reviews on Trailcampro.
If considering a wireless cellular camera, before you purchase, check on your cellular service provider cost for adding the camera as another "device" on your current cell plan. Costs will vary. Verizon seems to be the cheapest with a one time $30 registration/set up fee and then $5 a month for unlimited pictures. Spartan offers a basic and a premium service plan for each camera. The basic plan is free and the premium plan allows remote control of the camera and some other features for a few dollars a month or $36 a year. Check on the signal strength in the area where you plan to use the camera. Signal strength is critical to good operation and battery life. Be prepared to buy alot of batteries or buy an external battery pack with solar charger. The cell cameras eat batteries if taking alot of pictures. You can change the camera settings to slow down the picture taking and battery drain if needed.
Trailcampro is a great resource for information. Call them or read the information on their website. Also if you buy from them, they used to give you a free 2 year warranty and free 8gb SD Card with each camera and they do stand behind their products. I am a repeat customer of theirs.
Sitting here at home in my easy chair watching NASCAR on TV and my phone is dinging away. Watching the pictures being sent to my Verizon cell phone from a Spartan wireless cell camera as a group of hogs were circling a trap that I baited and set earlier today. The trap is a 1 1/2 hour drive away from my home but I am sitting here watching it as if I was standing there beside it. As the pictures came in I could clearly see that the entire group have entered the trap and are caught. It looks like there are nine in the trap now. May get more tonight. Will be a busy day tomorrow.
trail cam pro seams to be the place to buy! Im looking at getting a cam that will monitor bait sites for predators. For testing new scents . So video mode is important to me! After reading reviews im leaning towards browning black ops 460 hd. So please any of you in the know please inform me if its a bad decision. I don't feel as if I need a camera connected to my phone.
How do they work in low cell service areas. Where I hunt half the time i have any service. Not worried about my phone but how well do these cameras function in these areas?
We use 8 Moultrie cameras various Models, they are very dependable. They are 5 or 6 yrs old now. Never had any problems with them. Battery life is very long, picture quality is very good. I'm sure they are very out of date, but they still work very well.
That is the best deal period and I have ordered a 4 pack. You can set one camera for a home so all of the other cameras send their pics to the home camera, or you can set it as a cell so all cameras pics are sent to your email. You can get 16 cameras pic on one $15 dollar monthly renewable plan, dont need one plan per camera. You buy the plan through Cuddeback, not Verizon, which is a plus. If you have a problem with it working you go to Cuddeback and not Verizon. Cuddeback will bend over backwards to make it work where Verizon would care less. These cameras are no more expensive than regular mid priced cameras either. They also have battery extension packs and solar charging packs for the cameras. You can buy the cameras individually and build up as needed to a total of 16.
I bought the spypoint link evo this week. Doesn't catch signal really well and it has to have at least 2 bars to send pics. I will have to get the booster antenna to see if it helps.
If it makes a track on this earth , I can catch it.
