On our ranch there are 9 of us that run camera's, they alll seem to have problems at one time or another. We have come to the conclusion that it is always a crap shoot. I have three different ones, the first one I bought was a low end moultree, it did ok battery life wasn't what I desired and it wasn't compatible with a rechargable kit, last year I bought2 wildview that has been good and I put a 12v rechargable kit on it, lasts forever seems like but the the flash isn't that good. We haven't had any water issues, and we have 3 cuddebacks between all the guys. They complain about battery life and having trouble with the cards, but no water issues. There is one guy that bought a leaf river camera and it seems to be the best at this point between all the camera's that we have and we have one of just about every brand. Like I said between all of us we have between 18-20 cameras, and they all seem to have a problem at one point or another. The higher end camera's will work better on trails and the lower end cameras work better on a baited site or watering hole, just what we found....Hope it helps you out....