well this is a good topic to see what others get
I personally have been running trail cam's since the late 90;'s, with 35 mm film camera's(still have some and last used they still worked about 2006 or so when I stopped using them)
as for trail cam's I also run many l of mine 24-7-365, or should say I run all of them, but some are at properties far away and some times battery's die and be dead a while till I get to them,
right now I am running about 25 camera's of mixed brands, mostly Wildgame Innovations as I typically get therm the cheapest and they seem to work the best for the costs( last 15 or so I bought I paid like 40 bucks for them with batteries and a SD card included) but over the yrs.
I have run a lot of higher end models from cuddleback, and Buckeye, reconyx, and also many others in between these higher end one and lower end models, I did try a few of the earlier cell cam's that emailed you pictures, but they were just too hard on batteries when I tried them so stopped using, and haven't got into the newer one's friends have and love them, but I don't have the desire to get into hem!
that said, typically the higher end camera's worked and lasted there longest as they should!
but having too many get stolen, I found the cost wasn't worth the improvement over the cheaper models, and didn;t sting as much when they got stolen or damaged(had a few shot and smashed after they coulld';t get them off the tree), and always on private and posted land, never on public land ?? go figure?)
BUT as for life of cam's
I typically get 2 good yrs without problems from MOST camera's that WORKED well from day one
any cam that had issues from day one, never lasted long, trail camera's seem to be effected a lot by how they are handled in the process from factory to store to Buyer, being dropped, lots of vibration in shipping or?? seem to screw camera's up!
I also seem vibration screw them up riding on a ATV rack, being taken out to be placed!
some times I get 4-5+ yrs , but that's NOT the norm for me, my camera's be in heat of close to a 100 and 10 below zero or more with wind chills for sure below that!
things I found over the yrs that help make cam's last longer, or have less issue's , is ONLY using the SAME SD cards in EACH camera, and NEVER mixing them between cam's, for what ever reasons, I find when I mixed cards into cam's, cam's would start having odd issue's, or fail not so long after wards
same goes with using certian brands of SD cards, , sum SD cards just caused cameras to act up or stop working!
and I also found some camera's just didn;t like some brands of batteries!
things I do to make my life easier, is for every camera NOT in my yard where I can pull SD cards and check and replace ASAP<
I keep 2 sd cards for each camera and I number the SD cards and camera so there a matching set and will ONLY use these two cards in that camera, this way I always have a SD card to replace when I check camera, pull one reaper with other and move on!
and I also found its WAY cheaper to buy SD cards and batteries in bulk, I've gotten SD cards off ebay for fractions of what Walmart others sell them , same with batteries!, almost shocking how cheap I have gotten bulk off ebay at times!
as for warranty claims, I have TRUED I think with a dozen or so makers , some more than once, and my experiences have been up and down, some times, it just came down to WHO you talked too, and not the company they worked for that made the difference more than brand
as sadly customer service is a trait many workers don't understand or care too!
only one I NEVER had a issue with was buckeye camera company, (think they changed names now) they were always willing to help and work with me, but again the costs of there camera,'s they should LOL
all the rest were hit or miss pending again who I got to talk to !