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What do you guys think of this Game Camera #6429055 08/29/16 01:36 PM
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I ordered this game camera, as I got it super discounted in exchange for my honest review ($30 shipped).
It is not a mainstream hunting brand, but I thought the specs looked good.

What are your thoughts on it given the specs and housing and such? I will be doing an in depth review once I receive it but I wanted to get some feedback from here on it initially.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JROOG8G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6429159 08/29/16 02:40 PM
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So you got a discount for honest review and then you ordered it? Sorry I never heard of the TC.

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You get the discount for a given product then after you receive the product you give an honest review on it. Most of the products are free. This Camera was a 70% discount which made it $32 for me. If you read reviews on amazon for products you will often see where they put a line in the review that is sort of a disclaimer like this

"I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest review. However, my review reflects my honest opinion of the product and the discounted rate had no effect on the quality nor honesty of my review. I am NOT required to give a positive review to a product that I feel does not deserve it. "

I have done this for many items over the last month or so. Its pretty cool especially when most of the items are free. There are a bunch of sites for doing reviews for products like this. You just choose products you would be interested in and request a voucher. They will approve it and send you a coupon code to use when you checkout on Amazon dropping the price.

This is the site I use.
https://www.amzreviewtrader.com/

Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6429178 08/29/16 02:53 PM
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I will never pay for phone cases or screen protectors again lol. I read a ton of reviews when I was looking for a new phone case that said they got the case for free for their honest review. That is what made me look into these discount for review sites.

Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6434575 09/01/16 06:25 PM
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Set it up in the back yard last night and looked at some of the pics on my lunch break. I had the distance of detection setting set to high and it took 600 pics since last night due to a tree about 55ft across the yard blowing in the wind and I had the interval set to 5 seconds. The pics it took during the daytime were very very clear. I wiped out all the pics and I set it to low setting on distance and 10 second duration. I will see how the pics turn out between now and tomorrow, I will let my German Shepherd walk around the yard and such to see how well it detects him and how the night pics look. The night pics from last night were almost solid white and washed out but I think that was because it was sitting on the patio too close to the ground. It is mounted on a pole now to see how it does. We shall see! Definitely well worth the $32 for the crystal clear daytime pics! It also takes videos so I will test that as well. I have a 32GB card in it and I will be at the land often hunting or close enough that I'm not too concerned about it taking too many pics and filling up.

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Originally Posted By: crice8
You get the discount for a given product then after you receive the product you give an honest review on it. Most of the products are free. This Camera was a 70% discount which made it $32 for me. If you read reviews on amazon for products you will often see where they put a line in the review that is sort of a disclaimer like this

"I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest review. However, my review reflects my honest opinion of the product and the discounted rate had no effect on the quality nor honesty of my review. I am NOT required to give a positive review to a product that I feel does not deserve it. "

I have done this for many items over the last month or so. Its pretty cool especially when most of the items are free. There are a bunch of sites for doing reviews for products like this. You just choose products you would be interested in and request a voucher. They will approve it and send you a coupon code to use when you checkout on Amazon dropping the price.

This is the site I use.
https://www.amzreviewtrader.com/


Gotcha thanks for the clarification. up

Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6434636 09/01/16 07:18 PM
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How about posting some actual pics???


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Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: Double Naught Spy] #6434655 09/01/16 07:27 PM
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I wanted to wait to post pics until after I test it tonight since it is now setup properly. I didn't feel like it was fair to post pics that could have been lesser quality due to my flawed setup lol.

Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6435516 09/02/16 01:28 PM
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Here is a few pics. The daytime ones are nice, but nighttime is not quite as good. It could be because there are a lot of lights beyond the fence at an apartment complex and busy road that are messing with the ability to take clean night pics. Hopefully nighttime pics are clearer in the dark woods. Video seems to be a little darker than daytime, which isn't a big deal as I won't be using the video functionality anyways. For $32 i'm very happy with the daytime pics and functionality of the camera. The remote is easy to use and has a little spot in the compartment where it stays when not being used. The screen on the camera is clear and nice to look at pics on the fly without having to put the sd card in a laptop.








I will have upload the videos to youtube or photobucket then post them.

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Hey, thanks for posting the amazon review link. 'Didn't know they had that. Looks like you got a decent camera for 32.00. Not sure I'd pay 109.00 for an unknown brand, but I guess that's what their program is about - making it known.


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Here is a few pics. The daytime ones are nice, but nighttime is not quite as good. It could be because there are a lot of lights beyond the fence at an apartment complex and busy road that are messing with the ability to take clean night pics.


LOL, NO, that isn't why the camera isn't able to take "clean" night pics.


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Alright so I checked the camera yesterday after it was at the feeder for about a week. Ignore the timestamp as it is a little off I think since I turned off the power for a while before setting it up. Overall I was impressed and it performed better than I thought. There were over 4000 pics because I had the interval set at 5 seconds and high sensitivity. I changed the interval to 5 minutes. Here is some pics. It seemed to detect deer well beyond the feeder pen. It also showed me a crazy looking multi main beam buck that is coming to the feeder daily.


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Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6450005 09/13/16 01:29 PM
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Sorry the pics would not upload through the forum so I had to use photobucket. These are not the best of the pics but rather just some random ones i clicked quickly to upload.











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Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6451182 09/14/16 02:05 AM
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pretty good pics

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Not too bad for the price, I would want more from the night pictures at $100 though.


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Re: What do you guys think of this Game Camera [Re: crice8] #6451719 09/14/16 03:32 PM
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I get pics that good out of my $50 Stealthcams. So the above doesn't look particularly great for the $, especially @ $110 (see Amazon link above).

The claimed 65 foot flash seems exaggerated as well.

The flash is a spot and not a flood. That is not a good feature. You loose what is on the periphery of your images at night.


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Originally Posted By: Double Naught Spy
I get pics that good out of my $50 Stealthcams. So the above doesn't look particularly great for the $, especially @ $110 (see Amazon link above).

The claimed 65 foot flash seems exaggerated as well.

The flash is a spot and not a flood. That is not a good feature. You loose what is on the periphery of your images at night.


I completely agree. Part of the reason the flash is that poor may be due to my setup. I have it angled down too much right now so the focus seems to be directed down. Next time I check it I'm going to move it down a bit so that it is aiming its flash straight out. I definitely would look at other options at the $100+ range, but if they lower the normal cost to about $56 I would probably still buy this one since it has a viewer and nice functionality overall.

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I really need to set it to take some videos as well because it seems to take pretty good videos for the price. Look at the reviews on amazon where another person posted their video. Do the $50 stealth cams also do video?

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If your happy that's what counts. Look pretty good to me.

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Originally Posted By: Wilhunt
If your happy that's what counts. Look pretty good to me.


Definitely happy for the $32 I paid for it lol.

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