Which brand of trail cameras last longest?

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I've gone through three trail cameras in two years and I'm tired of replacing them. Had one quit working after six months, another got moisture inside despite being weatherproof, and my current one eats batteries like crazy. I went to check it last weekend and found it completely dead again, who has recommendations on trail camera brands that is actually durable.
 
I've had good luck with Cuddyback. When I was at the sporting goods department of Fleet Farm we sold a ton of Reveal Tactacam's. Never heard a bad thing about them. I think they are probably the top cellular trail cam.

The Bushnell has a great price point and takes good pictures. The only one that I've had fail was due to battery leakage.
My coolest trail cam picture.
 

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I’ve had Bushnells last through brutal winters and summer storms. Keep silica packs inside and use lithium AAs… mine’s still snapping pics after four years in the woods
 
critterpicker said:
I've had good luck with Cuddyback. When I was at the sporting goods department of Fleet Farm we sold a ton of Reveal Tactacam's. Never heard a bad thing about them. I think they are probably the top cellular trail cam.

The Bushnell has a great price point and takes good pictures. The only one that I've had fail was due to battery leakage.
My coolest trail cam picture.
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Cuddyback’s great! My buddy swears by his Tactacam too. I’ve caught foxes, owls and one nosy raccoon mugging for mine.
 
I had a Bushnell out for four seasons with no problems. I change the batteries every year and clean the gaskets. It lasts longer than most cheap cameras, it's more expensive at first but it's better than having to replace it all the time
 
The time to buy them is when the new model comes out,buy the old ones on clearance. When I was at Fleet Farm we put some Bushnell on clearance. Don't remember exact price,but it was a good deal.
 
Cuddeback and Reveal Tactacam are actually great and they take good pictures. If you get a cellular one, pay attention to the signal and how fast the battery drains. Your settings are as importan as the brand.
 
Spypoint worked for me for years but a battery leaked and ruined one. Now I only buy metal housing models and keep silica packs inside. Doing simple stuff keeps them working.
 
I've lost a couple from batteries leaking that said,it's probably cheaper to use Lithium batteries. In extreme cold weather they stll keep the camera taking pictures. Alkaline batteries will fail miserably when the temperature dips to -20° .
 
critterpicker said:
I've lost a couple from batteries leaking that said,it's probably cheaper to use Lithium batteries. In extreme cold weather they stll keep the camera taking pictures. Alkaline batteries will fail miserably when the temperature dips to -20° .
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LOL,,,at -20 degrees, which does occasionally happen around here, neither me or the deer will be wandering around, thus no pictures to be taken.
 
When I was a bit younger,I would bow hunt to the bitter end. I remember one new years eve,well below zero,stiff breeze,I was still shooting aluminum shafts (long ago) the arrow passed through the deer,blood froze on the cold shaft,when arrow stuck in the ground the sudden stop caused the frozen blood to flake off and it was laying on the snow in curved flakes the same radius as the shaft. I know,seems far fetched,had it been the age of cell phones I'd have pictures to prove it.
 

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