Cellular Trail Cams

[MMallard]

Anybody tired em?

[CW]

I've got some covert code blacks. They work well if you have sufficient cell signal (either AT&T or tmobile). To get a pic to transmit, you have to set the size fairly small but you can tell what you've got and it stores a full size image on the sd card as well. The key is having enough cell signal.

[yourmanwm75]

Never heard of this... What is a Brand? Want to research this!

[CW]

Covert is the brand I have but many brands have them. Buy the cam, program it, go to AT&T and get a go phone SIM card and get the 1000 texts per month ($10/month) package and you are in business. But I can't stress enough that you have to be able to get a signal where you want to use it.

Here is a day pic. The quality is nothing near what is on the card but sufficient to know what you have.

[ShotgunSP]

The technology is close, but I have not found a reliable solution yet. I did some product testing at Lawdawg's place this spring. 3G coverage was ok, but the camera had a terrible time uploading reliably, causing battery life to be pathetic. Picture quality suffers when reducing the image size in order to get the unit to upload photos, so much so that we had a tough time identifying buck racks. The growth of LTE coverage will help this tremendously, but we are still a year or two away.

[ccope]

Tried the Moultrie cell camera last year. We tried it on a few places close to town so we had decent cell coverage. Pictures are small, but it was good enough to tell what was walking by. Every time it takes a picture it will send you a text and/or e-mail. It can get addicting.

[MMallard]

Thanks Fellas, Im looking at the Covert Black Ops and just cant pull the trigger yet

[RebelYelp]

we sell a bunch of the Covert black ops, the 2 biggest issues are A. sufficient cell service (not a big deal around here, not sure about other places) and B. making sure ATT gives you the right plan. The cameras work great, my two are out 24/7/365. Battery life hasn't really been an issue.

[matador1]

My problem has been the AT&T service only. WIll not pick up at my place. I love the concept and the price isn't bad for the technology.

[MMallard]

HOw many bars do you gotta have to get a picture out? Did yall ever use the signal boosting antenna they sell?

[CW]

Pretty sure 2 bars minimum. Yes on the antenna. I have one for each camera and it is the difference in working or not but I still can't put them anywhere I want to even with the booster.

[JMallard]

I think you should buy 2. I am all for it.

[Roach]

I'm getting on average 50 texts a day from mine.

[MMallard]

What kinda signal you holding?

[CW]

Matt, I'm getting so many from mine that I had to change from the $10/1000 plan to the $20/ unlimited plan on two cameras. Both are transmitting with 2 bars of coverage and that's with the booster antenna on both.