Reviews
Very good for the price
Had this for two weeks now and have been playing around to see what it can do. Got it to check out activity in the back yard as we have chickens and want to see what is visiting at night. Have been putting it out every night for two weeks to record between 23:30 and 5:30 with various settings and quality for the images and video. Have captured stuff most nights, but the quality does vary. Where the camera gets wet, the pictures can be blurry if there is water on the lens, but this is likely an issue with every camera similar to this. The picture quality is decent and the video is good too. You will likely get much better quality with more expensive cameras, but I guess it depends what you want for your money. If, like me, you want it for a bit of fun to have a look around the garden at night, then it is a great buy. If you expect high quality video and razor sharp images, then you won't get them. I can't compare it to others on the market, but I suspect it does hold its own for the price.Very easy to set up and use - the buttons inside the unit are small, but then you quickly get used to what function each one has, so you don't need to see the images on them - I am often setting it up in the dark in the garden. Not had any problem with moisture getting inside the unit. I was a bit worried as the clasp didn't feel particularly tight, but it does seem to keep it sealed.The batteries I put in are high power alkaline batteries and I am still on the first set after nearly two weeks. I have been varying the number of pictures, length of video (keeping it between 20-40 seconds) and quality of images and video, but still have power. The battery indicator suggests it is at "half" but I suspect it just has 3 icons for FULl/HALF/EMPTY so there may be no subtle indications for when the battery is getting low but, for what I have got out of it so far, I am happy with that. Again, if you want to use this for more "serious" work and have it out all night every night, shooting hi-res images and video of longer duration, then you will wear the battery down. I was worried that the batteries were going to die after a couple of days, but so far, so good.Overall, it does what I wanted. Perhaps pictures and video could be better quality, but I think you are going to have to pay double-the price for that and so, if you wante something for a bit of fun and aren't expecting professional quality images, this is a decent little camera that is easy to use and works out of the box!
28/06/2020