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I am thinking about getting a trail cam, what would be a good one for the money?

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Really depends on what you can afford.
I choose the Moultrie I40 as my first camera, it is digital & infra red, can do video or stills.
I ordered it over EBay, had a problem with itwhen I didthe updatebut Moultrie replaced without questions.
I prefer the digital vs 35mm, don't have to have film developed.
I have had as many as 1800 photos on my 2gb SD card, mostly squirrels.
Whatever you end up buying make sure you put it in a secure box when leaving it outside. While it is no guarantee it won't be stolen, it is a great deterent.

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Just buy a cuddeback...the rest are junk or only half the cam of the cuddy. You'll thank me later.

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I just bought the Moultrie D40 for $100. Put it out over a pile of corn, and in one week, I had 200 pics.I have it set at the best pic quality, and I am not all that excited about the quality, but for the $$$, I think it is a great camera so far.

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I bought the same camera after Christmas before I got on Pro-staff for Predator.

good cam for the money!

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thats not really a good way to enter into a forum with an accusation like that,but welcome to the forum........Ted

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Especially since cuddeback has had alot of problems with their cams the last 2 years.

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My cudde expert and IR....took good pics but...
Both ened up Leaking Water
Only got 350-400pics per set of batteries
Was a pain to remember how all the buttons worked
Has the worst customer service ever!
Pain inthe but to hang on the tree.

My new MoultrieI40's
Has all the same features and then some than the cudde.
Have bothtaken right a 1000 pics and still read 65-70% battery life
Takes an awesome day and night time pics
Has a faster trigger than the Cudde IR I use to have
Will take 3 quick shots
Is way easier to set up
Is easily straped to the tree
Cost half...yes half of either one of my cudde's did.
And their customer service is 100 times better

So tell me again why the cudde is better????Having had 2cuddes, 2 leaf rivers, and 2 Moultrie I40's....Cudde has a lot to do if they want to compete with these new Moultries. I think you go it backwards on who's offering 1/2 the camera....that would be cudde andfor twice the money.

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I love my cuddeback, but am about ready to start building my own camera. Wish me luck!

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how do you know about moultries service? i own a cudde and have no idea how good thier service is cause i've never had a problem with it, it's been attached to a tree since i got it. do you guys have to get the moultries fixed a lot or what?

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Thank you everyone for the replies as I am currently looking into getting one.

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If i were you i would buy the Stealth I450 and the external battery pack. it takes way better pictures than the moultrie, and cost 1/2 as much as the cudde.

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the picture you posted in the contest did look really nice. how much is that stealth?

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I got it at bass pro for $170 with batteries and a card. You can find them cheaper when you get just the camera though. You pretty much have to buy the 12v battery pack though because it will eat batteries.

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I've personally had to deal with Cudde, which I hope you never have to do. After 10 calls I gave up. Can't say I've had to deal with Moultrie personally but I have not read a bad comment on them yet for those who have...there was an whiteout issue with the 1st I40's that came out and they since have put a update on the moultrie site to fix it. That is the only issue I have seen and everyone has said they were jonny on the spot helping them remedying the problem. Read around on them.

I'm not knocking cudde's picture taking ability. They are fast and take great pics. Just had issues with both of mine after we had a rain storm come through and then felt like I got the shaft from them when I needed them the most. I've got $800 in my cudde's and neither one of them work now. 1 year old. that's crap! Got turned on to these moultries and they are awesome for the price. Just my own 2 cents. Good luck with your cudde. Maybe you will have mroe luck with yours than I did.

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good luck with my cudde? i didn't buy the thing yesterday. i've had it for more than four years and have had nothing but "good luck" with it. feel free to use whatever camera you want, but i prefer to look at a high quality picture when i check my card, not something i have to ask "what do you think this is". to me, pics off of moultries don't even look like they were taken with a camera, they look like they were done in watercolor or something.

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Heavy hitter,

You must have the 2005 cudde, those were excellent cams with excellent dependability.
But, the 06-07 cuddes, have had more than their share of problems.;)

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Yea ive noticed a trend. I bought the best film deer camera ever made (Non-Typical DC-100 Deer Cam) in 2003 and it was amazing. Then Deer Cam came out with the DC-200 and the DC-300 and they both sucked. Everytime me and my buddy called into customer service they would tell us to try something different with the cameras to make them work. Now if im not mistaken, Non-Typical makes the Cudde, and the 1st ones were amazing cameras, then they came out with upgraded models and they sucked.

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Cay4,

You are correct, that seems to be the trend.
Instead of getting better they are having more issues.
Any trailcam forum you log into, people are complaining.
No doubt most manufactures have their issues though.
You are right cudde, does own nontypical.

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Over the last four years I've used the 26 digital trail cameras and right now my favorite is the Trail Watcher 2035. You can find them at trailwatcher.net.

You can read about my trail cam experiences at the website listed below.

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I would stay away from the cuddyback after hearing all the problems they have had with them. Not saying they are not a good camera but it has to be ideal circumstances like no rain, no bugs, no cold, 75 degree temps. Just kidding but after doing a lot of reading and research I went with the Moultrie IR40 and WOW the battery life and picture quality are great. And for the money (around 219) its half the price of a lot of other cameras. I have heard and read a lot of good things about the stealth 1450 to but have not got to try one out yet. Another good website is chasingame.com . They do all kind of trigger testing, flash range, battery life and many other tests to give people an idea of what cameras will do.