First off this camera is not even a month old and i am already running into problems with it!! The first time i put it out worked alright.....quite a few blanks tho, i looked at the battery life when i checked it, said it was full. so i put it on my lick thinking after two weeks ill have a bunch of photos.....checked it today battery dead, i thought i must have taken alot of pics. NO!!! FOUR FREEKING PICTURES ON IT!!! one of my back walking out, two blanks, and one white out! I will be sending this camera in for a new one.
That is unfortunate, well look on the bright side, you have an excuse to get a new toy! If I were you I'd look into a Bushnell Trophy Cam.
Lol welcome to Hell Ive been dealing with Stealth cam's BS for over a year now (4 cameras returned altogether)...and the one i finally ended up with isnt even that good. Good luck
My dad purchased the first camera on our property, a stealth cam. It worked great until mid year last year when it started to flash low battery no matter how new or old the batteries were. It took a bunch of blank pics. It finally shot craps completely, not taking flash pics at all, although if you took the batteries out, it will flash every time. Very weird. He just bought a Bushnell Trophy cam under my recommendation to go along with all the D40's we have. I can't wait to pull the card in it this weekend.
well at least yours would flash period! mine wouldnt even flash to tell me its low! (ah i miss the bash smilie)
Im in the deepest part of hell now....and there service could be a little bit better.....called them and all they could do was tell me to send it in, couldnt even give me reasons why it has been acting this way!
Thats all they do is say they will replace it, Be aware that you are getting a refurbished one, somebody else's junk After awhile they will tell you that the next camera has no warranty and if it breaks they wont replace it. That's when i DEMANDED they give me a new one. After they tried to pull another fast one on me i got a factory sealed camera. So far, it has performed ok at best.
Boys, I'm telling you, and Caleb you already know this. Buy from Trailcampro. That way if you have a problem, they have a 90 day return policy, no questions asked.. You try it for 90 days and if you don't like it or something is wrong, there is no dealing with some service department, where they could give a flip about you or your problem. Instead you will be dealing with someone who wants to make things right and will gladly take the camera back if you are not satisfied. I really hope you get your problem worked out MN . It's so frustrating to have a camera that is not working properly, especially at this time of the year. Blessings.....Pastorjim
I hear ya Jim, the seller is everything these days, Cabelas crapped out on me when my Moultrie died, and now ****s Sporting Goods did the same with the Stealth cam. Trail cam pro sounds nice, but im sure JZ can hook us up here as well :D
Yup cabelas is where i bought my stealthcam, you just cant rely on those big box stores they just want you to spend your money and be done with you when it comes to customer assistance, Thanks jim, ill definatly will be looking at other places to be buying my cameras, ill have to give trail cam pro a look.
Stealth Cam made some AWSOME 35mm cameras, but when they switched to digital....things went way down hill! I gave up on them after purchasing their first digital and seeing the 4 day battery life, 20+ second picture delay, and green tint to all my photos. I switched to Reconyx last year and havn't looked back. I had a problem and sent my camera in and they are fixing, no questions asked. I should have it back here within the next few days... they are currently testing everything to make sure it is performing as advertised. Within the next two weeks I will be getting another game camera, but I have decided to switch it up and build my own. I am going to be using a Yeti Cam Control Board with a Nikon L10 (5 megapixel camera), and a Pellican Case. I figured that the price (going to run around $150 total, is gonna be worth it for all the options and the amazing photo quality. What is nice that I can easily configure the cam however I would like it. There are so many kits available today, it really only would take about 45 minutes and a few common tools.
magnet, you mean there are kit type things you can buy to make you own camera? do you think these would work better than company made cameras? is there a website i could check out?
My moultrie has been giving me problems on and off and that is when I started building my own cams. The trigger speed is fast and I can customize them to my specs. If they break I can fix it. I'm in the process of building another one I will post pics when I'm done.
I have been looking into trailcampro, my next camera purchase will be from there,, But anyway, that sucks man..Hope it works out and they get you a camera that does its job.
