Author Topic: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015 (Read 17007 times)

Seahawk12 · « **on:** April 10, 2015, 04:59:51 PM »

Just thought someone here may be interested in this.
I'm in the market for trail cams and I came across this today:
http://www.trailcamerareviews.net/best-trail-camera-reviews-buying-guide/

SemperFidelis97 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2015, 05:09:02 PM »

I have the m990i, and it has been flawless. The battery life, pictures, and the viewing are superb. I have been shopping around for a deal for a couple more.

L8NITE · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2015, 05:18:47 PM »

Awesome was just searching for somehing like this...thanks for sharing

3nails · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2015, 05:40:46 PM »

This chart is what led me to buy my Browning Strike Force cameras. Very pleased with them.

Fl0und3rz · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2015, 10:49:59 PM »

Thanks for this and thanks for the thumbs up on the M990i. I was looking at one of these.

Anyone know anything about these (SD card with WiFi)?

http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Wi-Fi-Class-Memory-TS32GWSDHC10/dp/B00A659ILQ

They supposedly add WiFi to almost any camera. I have seen some game cameras explicitly note that they are compatible with such WiFi SD cards (Bushnell, IIRC), but I am wondering about general compatibility and WiFi operability.

I might have to give it a try.

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2015, 08:58:56 AM »

Amazon has the 2014 model M990i on sale right now for $99.
I just ordered one up.

Fl0und3rz · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2015, 11:00:12 AM »

Quote from: Seahawk12 on April 15, 2015, 08:58:56 AM

Amazon has the 2014 model M990i on sale right now for $99.
I just ordered one up.

Link?

The only one I saw was $120

http://www.amazon.com/Moultrie-M-990i-Game-Camera-Model/dp/B00HAH6NFM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429120746&sr=8-1&keywords=2014+model+M990i

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2015, 12:52:25 PM »

Sorry Flounderz. I just went to get the link and they have raised the price. Supply must be going down or demand rising. Guess I got lucky to have grabbed one when I did. 40% off is still a good deal if the reviews are reliable. If I see the price drop again to the full 50% off I will post it here.

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 16, 2015, 03:13:10 PM »

They are at $99 right now.

http://www.amazon.com/Moultrie-M-990i-Game-Camera-Model/dp/B00HAH6NFM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429120746&sr=8-1&keywords=2014+model+M990i

I would guess that the price fluctuates a bit.

wt · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2015, 09:49:30 PM »

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2015, 10:03:19 PM »

I picked up a Blusmart 12 MP 1080P HD Waterproof Game Cam off of craigslist and a Moultrie m990i off of amazon.
I just set them up in the back yard a few minutes ago to see how they work at capturing the family dog on night patrol. I'll give a review of their performance in a few days.
So far I can say that in comparing the two, the Moultrie seems the better constructed camera and the directions are night and day. The Blusmart seems to have been written by somebody with a weak grasp of the English language. An example:

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"Selected swift button to the middle test gear, it would automatically come to the preview testing mode. In this mode, could make the function setting, and also could take the camera usage as a digital camera. Details come as below:"

At any rate, I will post more of a review on the quality of the cameras later.

huntnnw · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2015, 10:56:39 PM »

some of the best performing cams are not even on there..wild game innovations...By far the best cams I OWN..same with all my buddies. All we buy now..work flawlessly in cold weather and thats one of the biggest selling points around here. Thats the failure of 99% of the cams I deem junk

3nails · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2015, 03:59:38 AM »

Quote from: huntnnw on April 19, 2015, 10:56:39 PM

some of the best performing cams are not even on there..wild game innovations...By far the best cams I OWN..same with all my buddies. All we buy now..work flawlessly in cold weather and thats one of the biggest selling points around here. Thats the failure of 99% of the cams I deem junk

Good to know.

huntnnw · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2015, 04:48:41 AM »

Going on 4 years with my wildgame cams and none have malfunctioned and all work perfect in cold weather 30 deg and under. My buddy has 20+ of these cams , Bullblaster on here has some also

SemperFidelis97 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2015, 07:03:03 AM »

My new M990i's were delivered last week, I was able to put them up on Friday it will be nice to cover some more ground. Thanks for the heads-up Seahawk

grundy53 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 20, 2015, 07:16:07 AM »

Quote from: huntnnw on April 20, 2015, 04:48:41 AM

Going on 4 years with my wildgame cams and none have malfunctioned and all work perfect in cold weather 30 deg and under. My buddy has 20+ of these cams , Bullblaster on here has some also

What do you get for battery life on those.

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 20, 2015, 10:55:11 AM »

I checked the cams this morning and figured out I had made a mistake. Camera 1 had 4455 pictures and cam 2 had 1200 pictures.

I had left them set on time lapse. D'oh!!
Good thing I'm testing them at home. This is my first set of trail cams and I prefer to make my bonehead mistakes here. I erased everything, programmed them to go on motion, and reset them in the back yard.
The picture quality was good, but I'm going to wait to get some pics of the dog or other critters before I post them up for comparison.

huntnnw · « **Reply #17 on:** April 20, 2015, 09:48:45 PM »

depends on batteries and which models...some run on 12 dbl A's and some on 8...Lithiums will usually last April to november and sometimes longer, but I like to replace with new batts come cold weather if they have been running in cams all season long.

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 20, 2015, 09:57:33 PM »

Quote from: huntnnw on April 19, 2015, 10:56:39 PM

some of the best performing cams are not even on there..wild game innovations...By far the best cams I OWN..same with all my buddies. All we buy now..work flawlessly in cold weather and thats one of the biggest selling points around here. Thats the failure of 99% of the cams I deem junk

Which model do you prefer? Wild Game Innovations Crush 10X Lights Out Hunting Trail Camera?

huntnnw · « **Reply #19 on:** April 20, 2015, 10:18:56 PM »

I love my lightsout models..ALL game cams should have the wide angle option...it captures so much more. My cheap $50 wgi work awesome also

Toyuki · « **Reply #20 on:** April 21, 2015, 02:24:25 AM »

Im looking forward to your reveiw on the blusmart. I was eyeballing it on amazon, I just cant pull the trigger on it yet

grundy53 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 21, 2015, 06:13:30 AM »

Quote from: huntnnw on April 20, 2015, 09:48:45 PM

depends on batteries and which models...some run on 12 dbl A's and some on 8...Lithiums will usually last April to november and sometimes longer, but I like to replace with new batts come cold weather if they have been running in cams all season long.

Yeah, I always use lithium batteries in my trail cameras.

Band · « **Reply #22 on:** April 21, 2015, 10:43:40 AM »

Quote from: grundy53 on April 21, 2015, 06:13:30 AM

Quote from: huntnnw on April 20, 2015, 09:48:45 PM
depends on batteries and which models...some run on 12 dbl A's and some on 8...Lithiums will usually last April to november and sometimes longer, but I like to replace with new batts come cold weather if they have been running in cams all season long.
Yeah, I always use lithium batteries in my trail cameras.

I'm a little baffled about how well the lithium batteries are lasting in my camera, a Browing Strike Force. I've had it in operation since December, capturing around 250-300 pictures and the battery life is still showing 100%.

grundy53 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 21, 2015, 02:39:49 PM »

Yeah, they last forever. Especially the cameras that don't take a ton of pictures.

Magnum_Willys · « **Reply #24 on:** April 21, 2015, 03:03:52 PM »

Still can figure why they are so big? Seems a cigarette pack size would be plenty big. Tough to hide these bulky dinosaurs.

grundy53 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 21, 2015, 03:10:49 PM »

Quote from: Magnum_Willys on April 21, 2015, 03:03:52 PM

Still can figure why they are so big? Seems a cigarette pack size would be plenty big. Tough to hide these bulky dinosaurs.

I agree. But the moultries are pretty small.

huntnnw · « **Reply #26 on:** April 21, 2015, 06:33:30 PM »

What cams are bulky ? I wouldn't consider any of my cams bulky . Most of the cams size is to hold batteries. Until a manufacture can come out with a lithium ion rechargeable cam that they could shrink the housing down

Magnum_Willys · « **Reply #27 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:05:45 PM »

Its when you start hangin em on public land that they look big.

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:14:18 PM »

I remember seeing this beast in a youtube video. It's big, but it's shaped like a log, so.............

BLDtraLR · « **Reply #29 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:29:08 PM »

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #30 on:** April 24, 2015, 09:14:35 AM »

I have continued to test the two cams out. I moved them to the front and have been aiming them at the road to capture neighbors driving by.
I left them both out and exposed to the rain storms and both did just fine.
Both take nice photos. The Moultrie has slightly sharper images at night.
Blusmart motion detection seems to work better. They both captured things like vehicles, but I saw that on two separate occasions a neighbor walked by that the Blusmart captured and the Moultrie did not.
I measured the distances and one pedestrian was at 50 feet and the other at 57 feet.
My next test is going to be to set them back up in the back yard, mark distances at 10foot increments and attempt to trigger them in daylight and at night. I'll update my results when I get them.
Included here are a pic from the Blusmart and one from the Moultrie of the same vehicle. Both photos have been re-sized to accommodate the site.

Band · « **Reply #31 on:** April 24, 2015, 09:42:46 AM »

I had not heard of Bluesmart brand game cams but that looks like a pretty crisp pic. I see that Amazon has them for $112 (53% off) at the moment. Good reviews too. http://www.amazon.com/Blusmart-Megapixel-Waterproof-Hunting-Surveillance/dp/B00Q6GW2RG

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 24, 2015, 10:22:01 PM »

I ran some more tests.
I placed each camera side by side in the back yard set at "motion detection" with 60 second intervals and used small bamboo plant stakes to mark the distances at 20', 30', 40', 50', and 60'.
I went out while there was still good daylight and and again well after dark.
I would start at the 60' marker count to 65 Mississippi and move around a bit.
Then I would move forward to the 50' marker, counting to 65 Mississippi and move around a bit and repeat the process all the way through the markers and then forward to 10'.
The Moultrie gives zero indications when it takes photos, but the Blusmart has a double red blink that is noticeable if you're looking right at it.
The results showed that the Blusmart took photos when I started to make motions. The Moultrie took photos, but most of them were taken at unexpected moments. I would estimate they were taken after I had moved forward and had counted to around 30 Mississippi.
The Moultrie took better nighttime pics, but the timing of the pics is off. I'll have to run some more tests to figure out what's going on with it.
As for distances, the Moultrie took a couple out past 40' but I would place it where it is going to be within 30'-35' of a trail and probably make efforts to keep it well within that range.
The Blusmart detected motion out to the 60' marker but was very consistent within 50'.
Here are a couple of the nighttime pics at 20'

Fastass350 · « **Reply #33 on:** April 27, 2015, 11:42:52 AM »

Anyone with the moultrie m990, what kind of lock box or security do you have? Just ordered one and need to get something to lock it up in

Thanks
Chris

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #34 on:** April 27, 2015, 11:47:51 AM »

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Anyone with the moultrie m990, what kind of lock box or security do you have? Just ordered one and need to get something to lock it up in

Thanks
Chris

I got one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Moultrie-Game-Camera-Security-Box/dp/B00AU6D9AW/ref=pd_sim_sg_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=0XCYSRB2S0T3NRQ40FGB

Fastass350 · « **Reply #35 on:** April 27, 2015, 03:04:02 PM »

That's the one I looked at but some reviews said it was too large for the 990. Anyone have the mini box?

Seahawk12 · « **Reply #36 on:** April 27, 2015, 04:27:51 PM »

Hmm. That's weird, because mine fits exactly as advertised. I bet the reviewers that posted that didn't use the mounting bolt that's included.

Fastass350 · « **Reply #37 on:** April 27, 2015, 04:40:54 PM »

That makes sense. I'll try one and see. Thanks for the help

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