GodGunAndCountry
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Is the cellular ones worth the monthly cost over the regular one?
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Cellular or fixed trail cams
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RobDooley
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The cellular cameras don't require you pulling the card to view pictures; therefore, it keeps you out of the area which will prevent further contamination. additionally, if you are walking in and get a "hit" you can abort. Just my thoughts.
No comparison IMO
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GodGunAndCountry
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I think I'm going to see if there is one I can connect to it when I'm nearby . The monthly fees seem a lot for now
I have the cuddeback cuddelink system love it. I think the advantage of cell cams is you get an idea of daily movement, instead of scrolling through several days of pictures at once.
Started using cell cams last year and got spoiled with them. Would be hard to not use them now.
TheLBLman
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Depending on your application, you may find either more suitable.
I'm using both non-cell & cell,
and for certain purposes, one can be better than the other.
I think BSK only uses non-cell cams for his purposes.
I'm using both non-cell & cell,
and for certain purposes, one can be better than the other.
I think BSK only uses non-cell cams for his purposes.
If using on a single farm, the CuddeLink system is very cost effective. $16/mth for up to 24 cameras.
The start-up cost isn't insignificant, but very much inline to the cost of other cell cams. Comparatively speaking, over time, CuddeLink is the most cost effective cellular camera option available if you're running multiple cameras.
A CuddeLink system was just posted in the Classifieds...
FS: Cuddeback CuddeLink Trail Camera Bundle
And I agree, there are applications for both but once you've used cell cameras, its very hard to go back to only non-cell.
The start-up cost isn't insignificant, but very much inline to the cost of other cell cams. Comparatively speaking, over time, CuddeLink is the most cost effective cellular camera option available if you're running multiple cameras.
A CuddeLink system was just posted in the Classifieds...
FS: Cuddeback CuddeLink Trail Camera Bundle
And I agree, there are applications for both but once you've used cell cameras, its very hard to go back to only non-cell.
BSK
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This says it all. It depends on what you are using trail-cameras for. If you're using them to get an idea of deer movement in an area you plan to hunt, I would go cellular. Much less human intrusion needed. I use trail-cameras to run photo-censuses of local deer populations. For that application, where sometimes thousands of pictures are needed to get good data, go SD card only.
TheLBLman
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One of those applications for me is field scan mode. Even though I do this with some of my cell cams, most often it's done with non-cell cams which are placed so that the area is not disturbed when cards are exchanged.
I can go thru hundreds and/or thousands of field scan mode pics much better & quicker when I pull the sd card and load on my computer. I quickly save what I want, the rest get deleted. No times is spent (wasted) with uploading/downloading.
If non-cell cams can be placed at spots where you're already walking by them, or can drive right up to them, non-cell can actually be preferred for a couple reasons.
1) Most non-cell cams are better performers, i.e. shorter recovery times between triggering events, and non-cell cams are not failing for a few seconds while cell cams upload pics.
Some cell cams are designed to only upload 1 pic of a series per triggering event.
Let's say you set the cam to take 2 pics when something triggers it.
With some of the cell cams, you will only get 1 pic uploaded, not knowing what the other of the 2 was, until & unless you pull the sd card!
This issue is even worse when you set your cell cams to take 3 pics, and you only see 1 of them.
2) Your personal time consumption, although this can be more or less with either.
While running several cell cams, not only must you look at what comes in (try not to), but you will then need to decide for which ones to request higher resolution, to look at later, when those "better" pics get uploaded. Ultimately, you still need to pull the SD cards to get all the pics, if you're wanting to save many in their best resolution.
Every brand and model can be different, but some cell cam brands/models do upload all the pics taken, and/or provide the option for it.
TheLBLman
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To add a bit to the above about most non-cell cams being better performers:
If you set your cams to have short times between triggering events, such as 0 to 10 seconds, as well as take 2 or more pics per triggering event, with many cell cams, you will need to visit the cam site to replace your batteries in only a month or two. But with non-cell, you may go 6 to 12 months before needing to replace batteries.
While we're often told the big advantage to cell cams is you don't have to visit the cam site to see the pics, less issue has been made about the fact batteries need changing more often, and/or you will not get as many pics with cell cams as non-cell cams.
All above "in general", as a high-quality cell cam can be a better performer, and have better battery life than a "cheap" non-cell cam. But a rather average non-cell cam is typically a better performer, with longer battery life, than a "cheap" cell cam.
Don't tell me your cheap cell cam takes great pics.
It's the pics it doesn't take and you never see that may matter most.
If you set your cams to have short times between triggering events, such as 0 to 10 seconds, as well as take 2 or more pics per triggering event, with many cell cams, you will need to visit the cam site to replace your batteries in only a month or two. But with non-cell, you may go 6 to 12 months before needing to replace batteries.
While we're often told the big advantage to cell cams is you don't have to visit the cam site to see the pics, less issue has been made about the fact batteries need changing more often, and/or you will not get as many pics with cell cams as non-cell cams.
All above "in general", as a high-quality cell cam can be a better performer, and have better battery life than a "cheap" non-cell cam. But a rather average non-cell cam is typically a better performer, with longer battery life, than a "cheap" cell cam.
Don't tell me your cheap cell cam takes great pics.
It's the pics it doesn't take and you never see that may matter most.
cade
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Look in classifieds at bundle of cuddeback I posted and total worth the 16 dollars a month for up to 24 cams
