Trailcam Longevity

[bandgod]

So I know everyone has their own opinion on what trail camera is the best and which ones they wish they could afford and such, but how long have you had your current camera(s) and what is/are it/they.

I have two bushnell TC and one is finishing it's second year of service(including being torn apart by a bear) and the second one is at about a year and a half. I also have a tasco that is going on three years.

So how long have you had your camera(s)?

[BigDaddy12t]

My Cuddeeback Capture I have had for close to 2 years. I have 2 homebrews that I have had for less then a couple of months.

[janesburg]

I have a 2005 cudde C3000 running 24-7

[bandgod]

I forgot to mention how long you keep them out for the year may be good information as well...I keep my bushnell's out for about 10 month (I pull them from about mid april until about mid June) My Tasco I put out from mid June until the first part of December.

[JW]

I have gotten two I bought from Big Daddy!

And I placed them both in Native bear boxes and glad I did! So far so good. don't care much for the Cuddy tho. Might be using it wrong.

JW

[pnut]

My Scoutguard is going on 5yrs with no one single failure.
My (2) Cudde Captures are 2009 and 2010 models with no problems.
My Reconyx is only 6months old.
They all stay out about 10-11months out of the yr and are in lock boxes which help keep the elements off them. I also stick with Lithium Energizer batteries.

[GTOHunter]

I have 2 Moultrie I-60 trail camera's...probably 3 or 4 years old,the last 2 years I've kept them out year round 24-7 365 days a year and their still running great!I bought a Moultrie I-35 and its going on its second year and working fine,the Moultrie D-55 IR is about 1 year old now and still has the same batteries in it from when I first out them in...been running this camera full time for about 9 months.

I plan on getting a Cuddeback Capture "Flash" Camera and possibly the new Moultrie M-100?

[marquismarc]

I have 2 Moultrie I-40's one is 3 years old and the other is 1 1/2....I keep my cameras out from June to January and at this point both of them are paper weights, one just quit working and the other started smoking the last time I turned it on. I have a Wildview x8ir in the mail right now to replace my dead Moultries.

[bandgod]

Thanks for the input so far. My main reason for asking this is that I believe there is more to buying a camera than just the specs. At this point it seems like you have cameras in the $125 and under catagory, the $125-200 range and then over $200 range. While the benefits of some of the expensive cameras are obvious as listed in their specs, I think there is also a benefit in knowing how long the cameras will last. Most companies have some sort of warranty but if the camera dies shortly after, too bad. If the expensive cameras lasted several more years longer than the cheap cameras then I might be more willing to dish out the extra cash. I'm trying to see in my minds eye if that is the case or do all cameras have relatively the same length of life. Again, thanks for input so far!

[HardwoodHunter]

I went to the casino last year and managed to win $250, so I went to wally world (we don't have any hunting stores around) and bought the most expensive trail cam they had. It was a $150 Bushnell, it wasn't the trophy cam though. This was around July, so I immediately put 'er in the woods, it ran from July to around mid January when I got tired of hiking in the snow to get it hah. I didn't change the batteries, and put it back about a month ago, she's still running strong with not one flaw. (However, now that i've posted this I expect it to be mangled by something next time I check it. haha)