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Chippintuff:
I have a "Wildgame" camera that has worked pretty well for a few years, about 5 months per year and a Browning that I have used one year for about 5 months. This season I have had too many distractions to put up and tend any cameras, but during previous years I have gotten good service from both these cameras. I have also had other trail cameras going back to the days of actual film, and some of them worked pretty well and some not well. The main problems I have had has been cards quitting, sensors not working properly (usually sensing a different field size than the pictures included) and batteries dying without giving me a notice. It's especially bad when the battery meter says there is a 30% charge, and takes no pictures till the batteries are changed. The Browning has not done any of that, and the Wildgame camera has only let me down on battery charge readings.

WA

JEB:
I picked up 3 Primos Bullet Proof cameras..  They are small and simple to use.  They have an off, on and movie switch. You have to program the SD card in your computer for date and time but I don't worry about that as I check and clear the cards everyday.  They take only 4 AA batteries and they seem to last a good while.

bjrogg:
I have two wildgame innovations cameras that my kids got me for Christmas several years ago. They work fair but I've had trouble with both of them after they were a couple years old. Luckily I still had box and daughter in law had credit card receipts. I emailed wildgame and they gave me a return to manufacturer number. I sent the broken ones in and they sent me new ones back. They weren't exactly the same model. In fact the second time I sent one in they replaced it with a pretty cheap looking model. I tried it and was less than satisfied. I emailed them back and explained the situation. The person who was handling it didn't understand why they sent me that model. I returned it and they sent me a model more comparable to my original. I did have to pay the return shipping for all of the cameras I sent in. I think there are probably better cameras but I was happy with their service. Probably wouldn't have been without the box and reciept.
Bjrogg
PS about the same time my kids gave me the first wildgame. My brother and dad bought a few Cuddie backs. My brother told me the wildgame were cheap camera. I think they had three or four cameras between them. They all quit. They could send them back for repair for $100 apiece. I think all of them had the pins in the card reader slot broken. They wouldn't sell the card reader slot and my brother just bought different company's cameras. He has two Moultrie now but they were pretty pricey for me. They do seem to be nice cameras though. Better than mine.

TrevorM:
I doubt it's the actual SD card since you've replaced it. Could be making a bad connection, if you put the card into a computer are you seeing corrupt files? Something that might be a factor is the temperature, A friend of mine recently had issues with some electronics and it was because of the recent cold snap we've had.

PEARL DRUMS:
Pat, Browning makes a camera under $75. My kid has had it for 3 years and its flawless. The batteries last forever and it take great color pics. Its as easy as turning it on, closing it up and getting out of the way within 30 seconds. I put it out Dec 2nd to find out if a deer I had wounded was still around and what he looked like, health wise.  By Dec 27th I had 181 pics on it and only a few were void of a critter.

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