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<blockquote data-quote="Oklahomabassin" data-source="post: 3190559" data-attributes="member: 1546"><p>3/3 of my friends that have Spypoint cell cams have issues routinely. </p><p>User #1 </p><p> Has had one for about 2.5-3 years. I believe he is on his 3rd one. 1st camera went to crap soon enough he exchanged in store. 2nd quit working because of an update or lack of keeping it updated. (To update requires the update to be installed on a sd card while on internet, then insert card in cam to install the update on cam) He is a one sd card kinda guy, and just deletes the data on the sd card in field and then right back in the cam. It failed to get the updates needed to work. He is on his 3rd cam now. </p><p></p><p>User #2</p><p>On 2nd cam in 6 months, and returned an additional cam because of magnitude of issues with the 1. User installed some AA batteries to quickly check out the purchase and programed the camera settings. Then went to field and wanted to use the rechargable Spypoint battery pack. Camera wouldn't respond. Spypoint tech support said oh yeah, you will have to use the batteries you set it up with. Not gonna do that, return it. So 1st cam is exchanged and also purchased another one. 1 camera is set up with the rechargable battery and set up over a feeder. 1st day or shortly after the battery is dead. Spypoint tech says if you have it set to upload pictures immediately it will use the batteries up fast. Recommended to only have it "communicate" once a few times a day. Seems to be doing ok on battery life on uploading data every 2 hours so camera owner can look at pics that were taken during the 2 hour time frame. That is better than going to the field to check an sd card, but not what I have come to expect from cell cams. If settings need to be changed, user needs to be close to the camera to be able to adjust on the phone app, or camera has to have enough phone signal at that moment. Camera apparently doesn't take pictures when it is trying to upload data, as that was another issue user faced when wanting pictures immediately available. Camera has failed to communicate since midnight 1/1/2019 and user finally reached tech support today only to be told they know of an outage and are working on it. </p><p></p><p>User #3</p><p>Has had cam for about 2 weeks. Set it on a hog trap with cellular triggered gate. Without being able to see pictures quickly after picture was taken, it isn't reliable enough to be used for that. User also received an error code that sd card was not installed and drove out in a rush thinking camera had been tampered with. He found no issue but the error resolved itself with a power cycle. Initial set up of cam in the field it is best to have it on instant communication so that you can make sure it is aimed correctly to capture the area targeted. However, one must cause it to trigger and then clear the area and wait for the notification the pic is ready to look at. </p><p></p><p>I have Bushnell cellular cams and have great luck with them. I know in area of lower cellular signal I need to keep the picture delay at 1 minute to give it time to upload the pic before taking the next pic. If activity triggers a pic, they are generally uploaded within 10- 30 seconds 24/7 with my Bushnell cams and viewable to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oklahomabassin, post: 3190559, member: 1546"] 3/3 of my friends that have Spypoint cell cams have issues routinely. User #1 Has had one for about 2.5-3 years. I believe he is on his 3rd one. 1st camera went to crap soon enough he exchanged in store. 2nd quit working because of an update or lack of keeping it updated. (To update requires the update to be installed on a sd card while on internet, then insert card in cam to install the update on cam) He is a one sd card kinda guy, and just deletes the data on the sd card in field and then right back in the cam. It failed to get the updates needed to work. He is on his 3rd cam now. User #2 On 2nd cam in 6 months, and returned an additional cam because of magnitude of issues with the 1. User installed some AA batteries to quickly check out the purchase and programed the camera settings. Then went to field and wanted to use the rechargable Spypoint battery pack. Camera wouldn't respond. Spypoint tech support said oh yeah, you will have to use the batteries you set it up with. Not gonna do that, return it. So 1st cam is exchanged and also purchased another one. 1 camera is set up with the rechargable battery and set up over a feeder. 1st day or shortly after the battery is dead. Spypoint tech says if you have it set to upload pictures immediately it will use the batteries up fast. Recommended to only have it "communicate" once a few times a day. Seems to be doing ok on battery life on uploading data every 2 hours so camera owner can look at pics that were taken during the 2 hour time frame. That is better than going to the field to check an sd card, but not what I have come to expect from cell cams. If settings need to be changed, user needs to be close to the camera to be able to adjust on the phone app, or camera has to have enough phone signal at that moment. Camera apparently doesn't take pictures when it is trying to upload data, as that was another issue user faced when wanting pictures immediately available. Camera has failed to communicate since midnight 1/1/2019 and user finally reached tech support today only to be told they know of an outage and are working on it. User #3 Has had cam for about 2 weeks. Set it on a hog trap with cellular triggered gate. Without being able to see pictures quickly after picture was taken, it isn't reliable enough to be used for that. User also received an error code that sd card was not installed and drove out in a rush thinking camera had been tampered with. He found no issue but the error resolved itself with a power cycle. Initial set up of cam in the field it is best to have it on instant communication so that you can make sure it is aimed correctly to capture the area targeted. However, one must cause it to trigger and then clear the area and wait for the notification the pic is ready to look at. I have Bushnell cellular cams and have great luck with them. I know in area of lower cellular signal I need to keep the picture delay at 1 minute to give it time to upload the pic before taking the next pic. If activity triggers a pic, they are generally uploaded within 10- 30 seconds 24/7 with my Bushnell cams and viewable to me. [/QUOTE]
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