Thread: Buying a Trail Camera

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

The sim card cams that send photos may seem like a good idea, and if put in places where there is little chance of accidental triggering by wind on branches, rushes etc and there is coverage may be an option. I know someone who has one, after recieving 200 photos of rushes, and a whacking great phone bill the sim card came out pronto.

You set them to turn off before wind in daytime
You also have FULL control via SMS to turn off if stormy night

But - care needs to be taken where to position them - I always have my Batt chainsaw and cut away any wavy stuff in 30m range

Also - do not get a Cam that only does PXT - as NZ is .50c per pxt
I use GPRS (only available on Vodafone of 2 Degrees) and pay bu Data used
Set pic sent back at min (copy of actual at only about 50-100bits) and you will get 20 pics per MB @ .20cents per MB = 1-2 cents per pic
Also you can set cam to only take 1 or 1000 pics per 24 hour timezone

So your mate obviously needed to do some study or better to talk to someone who knows before installing it :-)
Prob another Millennial mania who looks over the top of us "olde c~~nts" :-(