Trail Cam Review
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:37 pm
It has been a year since I picked up a Browning Spec Ops trail camera and thought I would post a review I posted on another forum in case anyone is looking to buy one.
I purchased the camera in November of 2014. Online reviews on this model seem to have a significant number of thumbs up so I picked one up at Cabellas. It was also in the price range that made it affordable for me. As usual the prices for different models vary from reasonable to expensive as you add capability.
In any case here is a link to the browning web site :
http://browningtrailcameras.com/our-pro ... ps-series/
As far as use and reliability goes I would say over all I am happy with the unit. It is easy to use and produces good daylight pictures and fair but grainy IR night pictures. The IR flash range looks to be as specified.
I chose to power my unit with Ni-MH rechargeable batteries. A pricey move when you add the cost of the charger but the batteries powered my unit for a month at a time over last Winter and for close to 8 weeks over the summer. Not sure how well standard non-rechargeable batteries would have held up in the weather. If I run the unit long enough it might be worth it. I would think the battery life would vary with the activity level as well, specially at night.
To summarize :
Pros :
Takes decent quality pictures considering the price
Survived one of the coldest Winters I can remember
Stamps each picture with time,date,barometric pressure and temperature
Has several modes of operation.
Night range is equal to or slightly better than what is speced
Cons:
The temperature is not accurate
The barometric pressure is not accurate.
There is no way for the user to calibrate either pressure or temperature
Did not capture a picture of Bigfoot
Not a bad cam and i found that deer and coyotes traverse my back yard quite often. I have also caught turkey and fox passing through as well.[/u]
I purchased the camera in November of 2014. Online reviews on this model seem to have a significant number of thumbs up so I picked one up at Cabellas. It was also in the price range that made it affordable for me. As usual the prices for different models vary from reasonable to expensive as you add capability.
In any case here is a link to the browning web site :
http://browningtrailcameras.com/our-pro ... ps-series/
As far as use and reliability goes I would say over all I am happy with the unit. It is easy to use and produces good daylight pictures and fair but grainy IR night pictures. The IR flash range looks to be as specified.
I chose to power my unit with Ni-MH rechargeable batteries. A pricey move when you add the cost of the charger but the batteries powered my unit for a month at a time over last Winter and for close to 8 weeks over the summer. Not sure how well standard non-rechargeable batteries would have held up in the weather. If I run the unit long enough it might be worth it. I would think the battery life would vary with the activity level as well, specially at night.
To summarize :
Pros :
Takes decent quality pictures considering the price
Survived one of the coldest Winters I can remember
Stamps each picture with time,date,barometric pressure and temperature
Has several modes of operation.
Night range is equal to or slightly better than what is speced
Cons:
The temperature is not accurate
The barometric pressure is not accurate.
There is no way for the user to calibrate either pressure or temperature
Did not capture a picture of Bigfoot
Not a bad cam and i found that deer and coyotes traverse my back yard quite often. I have also caught turkey and fox passing through as well.[/u]
