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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5119068" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>And<em> THIS</em> is one of the common over-looked ongoing costs of many lower-priced cams.</p><p></p><p>Last year I bought a couple cams that each cost $99.</p><p>Bought some others that each cost $199.</p><p></p><p>However, those $199 ones had more features, quicker trigger times, quicker recovery times between events, and more. In short, the $199 cams were providing me a lot of pics the $99 ones were failing to get. I know this because at times had both on the same tree, identically positioned & programmed.</p><p></p><p>How do you put a price tag on missed pictures?</p><p></p><p>But here's something easier to figure.</p><p>The $99 cams used 12 AA batteries;</p><p>The $199 cams used 8 AA batteries.</p><p></p><p>The $199 cams' 8 batteries appeared to last about twice as long as the other cam using 50% more batteries. Actually, if apples to apples, perhaps 3 or 4 times as long, considering the $199 cams were getting a lot more pics.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, just looking at the total costs, I figured I was spending about the same in the first 12 to 18 months for a $199 cam as for a $99 cam. All should be lasting longer than 18 months, after which the up-front more expensive cam becomes the <em>LESS</em> costly one to use.</p><p></p><p>The above is not even all the issues to consider,</p><p>such as frequency of needing to re-visit the cams,</p><p>which can mean spending a lot of money on gasoline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5119068, member: 1409"] And[I] THIS[/I] is one of the common over-looked ongoing costs of many lower-priced cams. Last year I bought a couple cams that each cost $99. Bought some others that each cost $199. However, those $199 ones had more features, quicker trigger times, quicker recovery times between events, and more. In short, the $199 cams were providing me a lot of pics the $99 ones were failing to get. I know this because at times had both on the same tree, identically positioned & programmed. How do you put a price tag on missed pictures? But here's something easier to figure. The $99 cams used 12 AA batteries; The $199 cams used 8 AA batteries. The $199 cams' 8 batteries appeared to last about twice as long as the other cam using 50% more batteries. Actually, if apples to apples, perhaps 3 or 4 times as long, considering the $199 cams were getting a lot more pics. At any rate, just looking at the total costs, I figured I was spending about the same in the first 12 to 18 months for a $199 cam as for a $99 cam. All should be lasting longer than 18 months, after which the up-front more expensive cam becomes the [I]LESS[/I] costly one to use. The above is not even all the issues to consider, such as frequency of needing to re-visit the cams, which can mean spending a lot of money on gasoline. [/QUOTE]
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