Trail cameras which ones are you using??

I am in the market for a couple of new trail cameras and I was looking to see what everyones using and their opinions or reviews on whats good bad or otherwise.

I've been using the Wildgame Innovations cameras now for two years. I haven't spent over $70 for a camera yet (usually $60) and they take great pictures. I wish they had a little quicker trigger speed, but for the price, I can put out a couple for the price of one CuddeBack! Here in Tennessee, baiting for hunting isn't legal, but I found all I have to do is dump a little Acorn Rage liquid (which IS legal) and they'll stop. Or I set them on a trail, pointing down the trail and get them while they're walking toward the camera. I have had an issue or two with the cameras failing, but one phone call later for an RMA # and I get a new camera sent to me. I don't have to deal with the extreme cold that you guys up north have, but the cameras run on four C cell batteries and have held up to 20 degree nights. So they do everything I need. Formerly Steve @ G & S

would suggest a 'good one. the cheaper trail cams eat up batteries. I got cheaper ones and have spent enough $ on batteries I could have got a better cam. top line Cuddie backs etc. batteries go a long time. 6-10 months? they also take much better photos.

I have a moultrie. This is the first I have used it, but so far I am satisfied with the pic quality and battery life.

I use whatever I can find on closeouts. They tell me all I need to know and if something goes wrong with the camera, I do not have alot of money in it. So far this has served me well.

SpyPoint Game Cameras. The best camera hands down for the money! Got these just over a week ago. I have the camera a little close but sure nice to see a few make it through the hunt! www.spypoint.com

I had cuddiebacks for years. They were the best for a while. I got two Cuddy captures and they lasted 2 years. Good pics but 4 d cells and 30 pic later in the cold won't fly for me. I went to Moultrie m80 had one and worked great and thought I had the best. Then it got cold. Alkaline batteries last 20 pics under 25 degrees. Got a Reconyx last week. Much better camera but needs 22 bucks worth of lithium batteries to work under 30 degrees. Reconyx should really get better pics for a cost of 472 dollars it should take better pics than it does. It does though work in the cold. The Reconyx better last 10 years or it won't be worth the cost. I might stick the lithiums in the Moultrie m80 and see how it works. If it works good I might just stick with the 80, I don't know.

Our group has been using Cuddebacks for years, but will be transitioning to something else, possibly Reconyx. Cuddebacks used to be made in America and used to be very good. Now they are made in China and just aren't reliable especially given the price of over $200. Didn't have problems for years. In 2010 we had a Capture from 2009 that would run the batteries down within 12 hours of being put up. Exchanged it a couple times and had 2 brand new ones do the same thing until getting one that worked. This year had another one go with the flash working only 10% of the time at night. In trying to replace cameras with new Capture's over the past couple years it seems that half of the new Capture's are junk right out of the box. As for the Attacks, know a few people who tried the new ones this year and the consensus opinion is that they are junk. It's too bad, because Cuddeback/Non-Typical is a Wisconsin based company that traded quality and reputation for a margin boost and gave their customers a low quality product for the price. As for Moultrie, I have a friend who used one and it works like crap. While I've experienced quality issues with Cuddebacks holding up, the pictures are generally very good quality. With the Moultrie, its picture quality and sensitivity were terrible. By the end of the year I didn't even bother checking that camera as it was a waste of my time. I'll probably try a Reconyx next. I know some people who have them and love them. I guess they are made in Wisconsin, which is a plus. While they may be a little more expensive, I'd rather pay a little more and not worry about it rather than farting around trying to exchange cameras at the store or sending them to DePere.

I have an old stealth cam and I agree with the slow trigger speed. Just have to put it where the deer are taking their time going by. I does take nice pictures though. I got a wildgame model D8 last summer for $70 at gander mt. It is 8 megapixel and IR and for the price I thought I would give it a try. I love this camera. It takes pics or video, I use the video and they are good quality. It has a built in viewer which i like and battery life is good. Trigger speed is very good and has a range of over 50 ft. After using it for the fall I want a couple more of them, but I can't find them anywhere. My thought is if I have $300 budget, I would rather have 3 $100 dollar camera's than one expensive one. If you don't leave them out all winter, even the cheap ones should last years. The stealth cam I have is now 5 years old and still works good.

http://www.chasingame.com/ Here is a website for trail cameras. This is the best one I found. There is few others if you want to check them out. Just google trail cameras reviews. I have the wgi ir4 it worked good for a season and a half then the day pics and video went all white. The night pics and videos still turn out good. I have also had a stealth and the trigger speed was insanely slow. I read on the website I gave you it was 4 seconds. My experience for cameras under $100 works good for a season or two then something goes wrong with them. This year I got a wgi micro red 3 for Christmas and I bought a primos truth 35. We will see how they work. My initial thought on the truth cam that it has different video lengths witch I like since i use mostly video mode on my cameras. So the 10 sec video clip should work good for me. Save battery compare to most cameras just have the 30sec video clip.