Frankly Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I know nothing about game or trail cameras but I'd like to get one or two to install at my home range for curiosity's sake and maybe to catch trespassers. Ideally I'd like a camera that would be able to send images directly to my cell phone. The range is a bit too far from my home to pick up my regular WiFi network and I really don't want to have another monthly bill for cellular service so manually using a card reader is OK if broadcasting gets expensive. I'd also like a long battery life since I'm lazy. And cheap too haha... I know, impossible but I'd love to hear some practical suggestions that will save me hours of having to read dumb Field and Stream or Amazon recommendations. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 From watching police shows on t.v. it seems a major problem with "catching trespassers" is the camera being high enough resolution to actually identify the people. Not sure that a trail cam will have sufficient resolution. But, not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) Yeah I know, I'm more curious than vindictive, I don't care if somebody walks my trail as long as they don't do anything bad or sue me. Edited December 3, 2019 by Frankly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino329 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I have some property in Vermont that I wanted to start watching who is accessing the driveway and my property. I just purchased a SPYPOINT Link S. It has cellular and Is both battery and solar powered. Bass pro shop had them for $499 and get one free. You could get the same offer now spypoints website.I’m hoping to set it up next weekend. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Sounds sweet but expensive! I guess I'm in the manual sneakernet budget then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I have 3 of the Arlo Go cameras. They each have a SIM card, and I bought them at a local Verizon store. They were not cheap...at $432... each... My regular cell phone service is through AT&T. The Arlo Go's are connected through Verizon's cell service. But that....in my opinion is really cheap... just $35 a month for all 3 cameras. Arlo has like their own "cloud" that the videos get uploaded to. They keep them up for a rolling 7 day period. I have the Arlo app on my smartphone. So if a camera is activated by motion, my phone goes "DING!" I can set each camera's sensitivity to motion. Or I can have it disregard motion entirely, and activate only on noise/sound. Once my phone goes ding, I can go through the Arlo app to see a 10 second video clip of what triggered the camera. I can also set it up to just live stream....in real time. They also have a speaker on them, so when my dogs start acting up, I can talk to them through the Arlo and get them to settle down. And, there might be a siren feature on them but I haven't tried it out yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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