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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5504195" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Totally agree.</p><p></p><p>However, if these cams have a useful life of only a couple years,</p><p>you'll get much of the Ridgetec's extra up-front costs back from their significantly lower cost monthly service plans.</p><p></p><p>Tactacam may only be able to have a relatively low price up front because they're relatively highly on their monthly service plans, especially if you're running 3 or more cell cams.</p><p></p><p>There is a learning curve in figuring out Ridgetec's differences, and in taking advantage of the features, but once you get past that, they likely become your most "go-to" cam. For me, the monthly service plan of 4 Ridgetecs has been comparable to the monthly service plans of 2 to 3 Tactacams, and that's with less limitations on the Ridgetecs (essentially unlimited pics).</p><p></p><p>But again, there are aspects with Ridgetecs I don't like as much as Browning cell cams, and vice-versa. As I review pics daily, I like to delete most pics not worth saving, and that will be most pics, no matter what cell cam being used. Ridgetec's software will allow you to delete off the their server (what you see), but they're not deleted from the physical SD card in the actual cell cam. By contrast, with Browning, the pics you delete daily on their server, are also deleted from the physical SD card in the cell cam.</p><p></p><p>So when you pull your SD cards from the cam, the Browning will just have what I thought worth saving, requiring little review, while the Ridgetec card requires a lot of time (for me) in deciding which ones are worth keeping. Yes, you can download the best pics daily (to your computer or phone) as you go, as a work-around this with the Ridgetecs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5504195, member: 1409"] Totally agree. However, if these cams have a useful life of only a couple years, you'll get much of the Ridgetec's extra up-front costs back from their significantly lower cost monthly service plans. Tactacam may only be able to have a relatively low price up front because they're relatively highly on their monthly service plans, especially if you're running 3 or more cell cams. There is a learning curve in figuring out Ridgetec's differences, and in taking advantage of the features, but once you get past that, they likely become your most "go-to" cam. For me, the monthly service plan of 4 Ridgetecs has been comparable to the monthly service plans of 2 to 3 Tactacams, and that's with less limitations on the Ridgetecs (essentially unlimited pics). But again, there are aspects with Ridgetecs I don't like as much as Browning cell cams, and vice-versa. As I review pics daily, I like to delete most pics not worth saving, and that will be most pics, no matter what cell cam being used. Ridgetec's software will allow you to delete off the their server (what you see), but they're not deleted from the physical SD card in the actual cell cam. By contrast, with Browning, the pics you delete daily on their server, are also deleted from the physical SD card in the cell cam. So when you pull your SD cards from the cam, the Browning will just have what I thought worth saving, requiring little review, while the Ridgetec card requires a lot of time (for me) in deciding which ones are worth keeping. Yes, you can download the best pics daily (to your computer or phone) as you go, as a work-around this with the Ridgetecs. [/QUOTE]
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