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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5736530" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Just a valid comparison of relative battery life of a few different cell cams from TrailCamPro.com :</p><p></p><p>Browning Defender Vision Pro (only 8 AA batteries, red glow flash) = 14+ Months</p><p>Ridgetec Lookout (12 AA batteries, true black flash) = 4+ Months</p><p>Spartan GoCam (12 AA batteries, true black flash) = 3+ Months</p><p>Muddy Manifest (only 8 AA batteries, red glow flash) = 4+ Months</p><p>Muddy Mitigator (only 8 AA batteries, true black flash) = 3+ Months</p><p>Tactacam Reveal X Gen 2 (12 AA batteries, red glow flash) = 6 + Months</p><p>Tactacam Reveal X Pro (12 AA batteries, true black flash) = 3 + Months</p><p></p><p>The above were tested as "apples to apples" as was reasonably possible.</p><p>However, true black (invisible) flash cams consume batteries faster than "red glow" visible flash.</p><p>Then there is the issue of performance.</p><p></p><p>Higher performance cams will generally consume batteries at a higher rate, but this is certainly not always the case. Of the above, the Browning Defender Vision Pro is possibly the higher performer overall, yet has the best battery life.</p><p></p><p>Higher performance includes such criteria as trigger speed, recovery time between triggering events, flash range, detection range, etc. Lower performing cams miss many pics that higher performing cams consistently get.</p><p></p><p>So battery life is just one factor to consider.</p><p>As you can see, the above Browning will save you a lot of money on batteries.</p><p></p><p>The battery life any particular user achieves, with any particular cam, will be largely determined by the user's setting choices, as well as the strength of the localized cell service.</p><p></p><p>One of these setting choices is frequency of <u>scheduled</u> uploads. Some brands may limit your <u>scheduled</u> uploads to only 2 to 4 daily, while others brands (such as Ridgetec) allow for <u>scheduled</u> uploads every 5 minutes.</p><p></p><p>Most cell cams also allow for the "immediate" upload setting. This setting consumers batteries much faster than "scheduled" uploads. Of course, immediate is just what it says. But how often are the pics really needed immediately as opposed to several times a day?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5736530, member: 1409"] Just a valid comparison of relative battery life of a few different cell cams from TrailCamPro.com : Browning Defender Vision Pro (only 8 AA batteries, red glow flash) = 14+ Months Ridgetec Lookout (12 AA batteries, true black flash) = 4+ Months Spartan GoCam (12 AA batteries, true black flash) = 3+ Months Muddy Manifest (only 8 AA batteries, red glow flash) = 4+ Months Muddy Mitigator (only 8 AA batteries, true black flash) = 3+ Months Tactacam Reveal X Gen 2 (12 AA batteries, red glow flash) = 6 + Months Tactacam Reveal X Pro (12 AA batteries, true black flash) = 3 + Months The above were tested as "apples to apples" as was reasonably possible. However, true black (invisible) flash cams consume batteries faster than "red glow" visible flash. Then there is the issue of performance. Higher performance cams will generally consume batteries at a higher rate, but this is certainly not always the case. Of the above, the Browning Defender Vision Pro is possibly the higher performer overall, yet has the best battery life. Higher performance includes such criteria as trigger speed, recovery time between triggering events, flash range, detection range, etc. Lower performing cams miss many pics that higher performing cams consistently get. So battery life is just one factor to consider. As you can see, the above Browning will save you a lot of money on batteries. The battery life any particular user achieves, with any particular cam, will be largely determined by the user's setting choices, as well as the strength of the localized cell service. One of these setting choices is frequency of [U]scheduled[/U] uploads. Some brands may limit your [U]scheduled[/U] uploads to only 2 to 4 daily, while others brands (such as Ridgetec) allow for [U]scheduled[/U] uploads every 5 minutes. Most cell cams also allow for the "immediate" upload setting. This setting consumers batteries much faster than "scheduled" uploads. Of course, immediate is just what it says. But how often are the pics really needed immediately as opposed to several times a day? [/QUOTE]
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