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I was at Bass Pro a few days ago with some gift cards burning a hole in my pocket. Without Really studying I purchased a Browning Trail camera. I bought a Command Ops Elite 22.
At $89 that included a 32 GB card and batteries it seemed like a good deal. It probably is but I expected better from the Browning name. I set it on some clutter behind my garage and left it 2 days and 2 nights. Daytime pictures are grainy, Night Time pictures are crappy. Deer that trigger it from 45 ft away are gray blobs. Those deer that walk right in front of it not so bad. It seems to trigger fairly easily and quick. Got a picture of a running Fox, at least I think that's what it was like I said Night Time pics are not so great. This is more of a rant than an actual review. The place I have intended to put this camera it should work fine.
 
That sux. I have been getting the cheapest cams I can get and have been pleased overall but quality varies so much now with the non cell cams.
 
Split Brow said:
I have purchased a couple of these and are amazing for the price, and great battery life. Highly recommend.
www.academy.com

Muddy Outdoors MTC100X 16 MP Trail Camera | Academy

Hook up the Muddy Outdoors MTC100X 16 MP Trail Camera in your backyard and wait to see wildlife. The 1.5-second trigger speed with a 2-second burst interval quickl...
www.academy.com www.academy.com
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I have 3 of those in use. Good pics and only have to re-set them occasionally when they inexplicably stop working. I'm impressed with the Tasco and Wildgame cam pics. Got them for <$30 each. They take very good pics and other than having to set the date/time on the wildgame every time i swap cards, I'm pleased.
 
I have had 3 of them since early last fall, haven't had the first issue out of any of them, and still have the same batteries from first install, and have been deployed since last fall.
 
I've said it over & over. If there was a simple camera that took clear pics, invisible flash, and would last for more than a year or two, I'd replace every camera I've got with them. But for whatever reason you can't get quality imagery with long term dependability unless you're paying several hundred dollars for a non-cell camera. $100 doesn't get you much anymore.

That said, I did buy a 3-pack of the cameras Split Brow posted plus two of the WGI versions of the same camera, and am pleasantly surprised with the clarity of the imagery, invisible flash, and zero sound. This will be year 3 and they're all but one still working like new. One took a dump half way through first season. But for $30 I'm willing to eat an occasional loss. The thing I like least about them is trigger speed. If set perpendicular to a trail the deer is long past before the camera even snaps, and the no glow flash means it won't reach far. So I set them up on mineral sites, scrapes, or linear with trails and have them relatively close. They take pretty awesome quality videos and don't spook deer.
 
I don't have that exact Browning camera but I have several other Browning's. The battery life (probably lasts 6-9 months) and picture quality have been great. A couple of them are model # BTC-5HD-MAX, paid $100 each. Don't remember what the other models are.
 
Buy HP4s or HP5s for $190 and know you're getting a great camera. Not a problem with any of them that I have (a dozen).
 

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