I've had three Cuddebacks so far. The first original worked great, but I sold it to buy their new IR camera (not the one in your link) that came out a few years ago. That camera performed very well, but after one season of use I realized that I liked colored night pictures way better. So, I went and bought me one of the original models back on ebay. Just my preference I guess on the color nighttime photos, but the flash has never seemed to bother the animals either.