Top NEW Cell Cameras for 2024 - Full Season Review

Looks like a Proline hanging on your wall.

About those picture and video transmittals packages, guess what. If it's windy you'll get pics and videos of swaying bushes and trees. Just what you wanted to waste your money on right?
Also Tacticam says their cams need their cards or their recommended cards and they have to be full size cards and not the mini SDHC. Ask me how I know and with 4 cams you need two cards per cam. I pulled my Tacticams because I have 4 cams, 4 solar panels and 2 battery packs that go inside the cameras and they started shutting down because I was using ONN mini SDHC cards. Cheapest I can do the recommended cards is over $100 and the rep suggests I add an extra $20 for windy pictures using the HD transmittal nonsense?
I plan on selling them or just throwing them away if I don't get my price. As I told the rep regardless of them sending a picture I still have to go out and change the card to see what the videos show ( I had the cams set to video because it's more info). He suggested the transmittal for the 4 cams however, during most of the season what you see are does and fawns. I'm hunting a 60 acre plot in the middle of farm country. Bucks show up on occasion but not that often until the rut/chase starts.
I have about 11 other non cell cams on the property so for now that's all I'll be using.

You should have included WISE EYE far better an customer service is unreal an you don’t pay extra for HD picture and HD video

Looking to upgrade from my covert which are just awful. On the tactacam if you purchase 4 cameras can you share one data plan with all 4? Do you need a separate plan for each camera?

How are your moultrie pics so clear?! I just bought an edge 2 and it seems really blurry

Hello.
There's someone dumping garbage on a dirt private road we own. I'm looking for recommendations on which camera to buy.
The location of the camera is liking going to be away from electricity and internet connection. It would be great to capture the plates of the car as they have to drive slow and in front of the camera.
I was considering getting a game/trail camera with a subscription so I can have the pictures sent to me, but I doubt the clarity of the camera will capture the plates?
Whatever camera works well with capturing plates, I'm going to buy another to use at my tree stand.
Any recommendations are much appreciated.

Basically Moultrie holds your pictures hostage.

WTF tactacam y'all are only running 32GB while the guys over here are running 512GB

I'd love to see you do an updated review of the cameras that have been released since the inception of the original Flex. That had so many issues initially.

Your base customer's are American I'm canadian and I use the absolute best cold weather camera on the market, it's a reconeco kunuk that takes 12 batteries built for for cold weather conditions , further more it has a lifetime warranty no questions ask , make no mistake this isn't no sissy camera it's built canadian tough, so you're video is 100% irrelevant to me.

Thanks for the great video and detail.
Is that a Darton SL50 on your wall? 🧐

For security usage, what one has high detail resolution from a distance to make out license plates and faces? It’s so hard to find any can from trail cams to security cams that take pics worth a crap for incrimination to identify criminals which is what I’m here searching to find one that’s valuable to use for this type of purpose to stop crime happening at our mailboxes.

If you were going to buy say ten or so which would you go with? Just bought four acres raw land and I want to deter trespassers since I’m only out once a week at most for now, thank you!

Just skip the video and buy a blackgate lol 😂 you can thank me later

What is this licking branch ? I'm very interested in testing that in my area...

Spypoint Flex are garbage. I've had 3 of them for about 9 months and they are practicably useless. They hardly ever sense movement, intermittent connection even with strong cell signal. Non stop card problems. Even when following their guidelines to the T, these cams don't work well. Porley designed, the app is ok but the cams are undependable at best.

Too much talking about deer instead of cameras

I have the spypoint flex and the tactacam x pro.
The spy point definitely does better capturing videos for me over the tactacam.

I wonder if they work overseas. I mean on different cell companies wherever you take them.

You're in Ohio ?

Do not buy spypoint cameras when they stop working they continue to charge you and they make it impossible to cancel

good info. but which one had the best performance in poor signal areas?

The Edge would be a NO for me for my use....I want one with the SD card.

Spypoint also has their $99/yr Insider Club membership ($8.25/mo) and with that, you get $0 = 250 pics $5 = 1,000 pics, $8 = Unlimited. So for me, that's a huge deal. I have some Flex-S now.. 36 MP and GPS, and on demand pics, and solar - and I can run all of them them for free with 250 pics each, all off-season year... Which really adds up with a dozen cameras in the field.

Lookin for a camera to keep an eye on my trailers in a storage facility. Thinkin go live

How is cuddeback not on any of these reviews. Yea image quality struggles but your bang for your buck is incredible.

I have 11 Spypoint cameras, and they have always supported their product for me. When I have an issue I chat with them on their website and the problem is handled every time. The warranty is fantastic.

Great video. Does any of these run off a 12v battery? I have a Spypoint and could run it all season from a 12v battery hookup.

Great review. I haven't seen someone go into such detail showing the different types of pics and videos. Thanks!

The 2 most important features in my opinion is knowing if a camera is low glow or no glow flash (840 nm vs 940nm) bc deer can see IR light. Also I’m waiting for a company to stamp every pic with the wind direction. That would be very valuable information to have attached to every pic. I don’t really care about moon phase or temperature

Spypoint cameras are pure shit!!!! Support is terrible!

I have had two spypoint cams one micro and flex….both died less than two years! Longevity is definitely an issue

A warning about Spypoint Cameras: Between my brother and I, we have 12 Spypoint cameras. Only 4 of these are now working. Over the past year we have had nothing but trouble. We have stayed with Spypoint because that is a significant investment in cameras. The week before rut 8 of our 12 cameras broke down again. They have proven totally unreliable. With only a 2 year warranty and no customer loyalty you should seriously be cautioned before you buy one of their cameras. Just try to call into customer support and see what happens. We have had battery pack failures, lens failures, failures to transmit, failures to flash and the list goes on and one. We have collected our cameras from the field and brought them in to overhaul them as required only to have them fail within a month or so of being in the field. I am on hold as I type this review, I have been on hold for 2 hours and 11 minutes. The AI says that the hold time is less than 50 minutes. If you leave your phone number they will not call back. One of the biggest problems is that they seem to routinely change formatting without notification that they have done so. When they do this, your camera will stop to transmit photos. I could tolerate a lot of quirks, but the cameras have proven to be faulty and unreliable. It is tough to change once you own several cameras, but the unreliability of the cameras and even worse customer service should give you plenty of pause before you start using this brand. Like Remington rifles of the past, Spypoint were excellent cameras with decent customer service. Some new CEO or accountant must now own the company and is going to drain it dry with bad cheap products and bad customer support. Unfortunately, for me I will be looking for other camera brands and going elsewhere. I have to cut my loses to get a functional camera that is reliable and a company that provides something other than an AI chat and a phone that puts you on perpetual hold.

spypoint customer service does not exsist. left the building.

Is the tactacam python cable compatible?

Do you have problems with pictures uploading late with the moultrie?

i was going to get the edge, but the card deal changed my mind. i have a spypoint and they are junk. i am going to check out the reveal more, but for now that is my pick. thanks for the reviews, you helped me a lot.

Still trash customer service is even worst. All of the sudden during hunting season and non of my cameras work they are SPYPOINT working . 1 of them is 2 weeks old the flex s out of control. I think they manufacture problems during hunting season to make you buy more product.. unbelievable.. take 2 hours to get a customer service rep on the phone. Needless to say this is why I’m looking at the Video..

We want to use a cell trail cam for our rural home property boundary security against a neighbor who is trespassing. To be clear, the Moultrie Edge will send video clips or still shots thumbnails to your phone for immediate notification and you can delete if a false positive (wind blowing vegetation for example) to save storage on our account but if you want to save a video clip, you can download it to your home computer at no cost to you for use as evidence? Thank you for clarifying.

I have the tactacam gen 2.o and I just got the moultrie mobile edge and that edge is pretty nice. Love the vid!!!

I’m pretty suprised by the positive Spypoint reviews. I bought 3-4 micro links just to try them out a few years ago and they were the worst cameras I’ve ever used. Looks like they have came a long way with the flex. Might have to pick up a few.

I have trouble with my cameras draining batteries. Any tips or better camera alternatives

It would be nice of you to start by pointing out this concerns the US and possibly Canadian market specifically (still less than 5% of the global population). Not everybody can get this from your accent alone. Otherwise, a very useful overview, even if I'm interested in them for property control. And, btw, I would also mention that all three of those brands are North American and hence are likely to host their services (read: +-all of the stuff your camera sends) in there, instead of China, as some other well known Chinese brands do.

How long is the battery life on the Reveal X Pro? Thre property is far from my house and I have heard mixed reviews on solar options so I am strongly considering the RXP.

surprised black gate cell cameras isnt on here

Best review ive seen so far. Well done. I have tactacam spypoints and just ordered 2 moultrie. I dont do videos i really should though. But the price point for the moultries i just want to see whats in the area as they have the dual connectivity. It was either spypoint flex or moultrie and i hate spypoints.

I think I'm going to have to try Tactacam X pro. I have 4 different properties I hint besides mine. I've used spypoints for years. Their entry level cameras have worked great. I bought 4 flexs last year and every one of them dies from 1 day to a week. I really wanted to like it and stay on the same platform, but cameras don't do any good when they die so quick.

Anyone know what he said he put on the grapevine/licking branch? That’s something I’m familiar in my neck of the woods.

I appreciate the review. I am new to the cell camera scene but have had my Tacticam Reveal X Pro for about a year now. I am very happy with it and just ordered a 2nd one. I have a question for you though... I have not done the research but I found that by adding the Tacticam rechargeable internal battery pack and the external solar charger/battery pack, I should not have to ever replace any AA batteries again. The cost was about equal to buying the more expensive non-rechargeable lithium batteries, I will break even quickly. Do the other brands offer these accessories?

I appreciate your review, it seems to me you have shown that each one of us will need to evaluate the pro's and con's and then decide their value to make our decision! You gave us lots to consider!