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#21 ·
Pic-N Stick said:
Cabelas has the Tactacam Reveal XB on sale. It's a couple years old, but I've had one over a scrape (Since it's black flash) consistently for years, 24/7. Between the sale, military discoung and points I paid less than $35 delivered!

I also picked up another Spypoint Link Micro 2 for $57. I like to throw them up over a couple of White Oak spots just to let me know when the does start hitting them. I can be on doe patrol in a day or so...I call it "Operation Protect-The-Nuts!" o_O
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Not finding them could you attach a link for the Xb on sale
 
#22 ·
BuffaloMtn said:
I wonder if it was the solar panels on the Tactacam? Had a friend who had the same experience as you. We have some that are still running that have not been changed since we put them out last year (Spartan, GuardPro and one Browning that is a celuar) Also we do not do video but we get hundreds of pictures a week
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I have a feeling that is what the issue was. From what I have heard and read the herd 360 solar panels where about the best. It may be worth a try. Even though it would not work in the spring and summer with the leaves on the trees no matter what solar panel a person had. There simply isn’t enough available light in those conditions. We have a total of 21 Tactacams all have the external battery boxes I have built. With a 20ah lithium battery they will last 7 months plus on instant send times and 1 minute delays aver a feeder. If a person wanted to make them last a year it’s easy doable. You just have them send pics once or twice a day.
 
#25 ·
Just ordered an x66 pro earlier, was listed at 62.99, but then had a 20% off coupon that brought it down at $50 or so. Put my stealthcam deceptor out the other day and most of my night pics were terrible. Seems it's either getting moisture inside and fogging up or the IR flash just isn't working right. Reviews seemed solid, only complaints were battery life. I believe my solar panel will work with it, so hopefully that'll extend the battery life indefinitely.
 
#27 ·
We use both TacTacam and Stealth cellular cameras 2 have solar panels the rest are the Lithium Battery Packs. This years a test using the solar panels hoping they work out given it’s a 70 mile drive to check and replace any batteries. Like both products also have several non cells that don’t eat batteries and are close enough to check on.
 
#30 ·
I picked up a new revel 3.0 that’s week . Picture are considerably better than my old gen 1s, I love that they work off what ever carrier that has best signal where they are.
 
#31 ·
CT Crossbower said:
I bought two of the x66 , the battery life is not great, one is at 36 percent after 3 weeks, the other is 59 right now at 2 weeks. Night pics are not good. IMO the best thing about the camera is the live stream.
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I was thinking I had heard they were having battery problems. I bought one of their first cell cameras and returned it and guess I will hold off on this one too.
 
#33 ·
I was late to switch over to cell cams. I didn't think I had decent enough service for them to work. Tried my first Tacta Cam Pro last year it worked great. I am running 5 now and love them. I also run several GradePro std cams that work great. Some are at least 4-5 yrs old.
I am hooked on cell cams now. Plan on adding 3 more later this year.
 
#34 ·
I'm running a herd of Tactams If the solars are in full sun they last a long time. I've had some bad battery life results with the knockoff rechargeable batteries. The tactical rechargeable are better but still less life than the AA battery packs. The tactacams have so many features I think I burn batteries fast by getting pictures and videos transmitted to me and then HD pictures... So some of that lower battery life is cam pilot induced. This year I am trying to extend battery life and have them on pictures only and reporting once a day. That extends it out a lot. Keeping a herd of tactacams going for me is expensive.

I think the Garde Pros are great. I was running some of those with Spypoint cell units that you plug into the battery slot. The Spypoint battery life would go out 4 to 1 to the Garde pro. This year I have about 6 gardepros out there doing non-cell type pictures and videos. I think they really do a good job and nice videos for me and 8AA 's (is it 8 in there? Its been awhile since I put one out) run those things for a super long time.
 
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Running 8 Tactacams for my 4th year now. SK’s and XB’s. I’ve had decent luck using the lithium packs. Trying stand alone 12V 10AH lithium batteries in a waterproof ammo style box and chew proof cables with the lithium pack as a back up in 4 cameras this year to see how well they’ll do. Cover is too dense where they’re being used to add solar panels. Been having great success with the Tactacams.
 
#36 ·
I've only had a couple issues with Tacticam (other than the battery life indicator which works about as well a gas gauge on a Harley) , but I've had really good tech support help with Tacticam also. They are easy to get ahold of and they are knowledgeable. They will even access the cameras and work on them remotely.

I don't know about tech support for Garde pro cameras. Mine have have been subjected to a lot of kind of lack of care abuse, like sitting out there with dead batteries occasionally or in a corner of my garage dead. Or occasionally finding one I forgot about somewhere in the field. Winter to summer summer to winter. I haven't had a single issue with them. I've had some for 5 years now. Wish the cell cams sounded better.
 
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About to go set mine out this morning. Was going to leave the stealthcam setup, but I don't have a spare mount for it. But, I also have several pictures already to compare to the new camera. If it works, great. If not, I only paid $50 for it and the first month of use is free. Worst case scenario I buy a new stealthcam or tactacam.
 
#38 ·
The Tactacam battery cartridge lasts about two thirds as long as the Eveready Ultimate lithium batteries, the after market cartridges last even less. I am in year two of also using the 12 volt battery in a cartridge box setup and so far it has worked very well. If I get three years out of it the cost will be half that of the lithium batteries.
 
#39 ·
sonnysnight said:
Running 8 Tactacams for my 4th year now. SK’s and XB’s. I’ve had decent luck using the lithium packs. Trying stand alone 12V 10AH lithium batteries in a waterproof ammo style box and chew proof cables with the lithium pack as a back up in 4 cameras this year to see how well they’ll do. Cover is too dense where they’re being used to add solar panels. Been having great success with the Tactacams.
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I'm running an oem lithium battery pack with oem solar pack in a densely covered area. Even though it doesn't recharge much through Spring and Summer, the cam runs off the battery pack in the solar panel first. Once the leaves drop it gets a little sun. That combo has been out over a year untouched and showing 60% battery life.
 
#40 ·
So initial thoughts on this camera, yeah my stealthcam most likely had a malfunctioning flash. Night time pics are much brighter than what I had before. Similar times, 1 day apart, same mounting position. I don't know if the camera is as sensitive as the stealthcam is, but I'm still playing with the settings.
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