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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 357375" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Well written Mark!!!!</p><p></p><p>I also went through the same process and have been very pleased with my choice</p><p>except for battery life.</p><p></p><p>The mistake I made was buying a 9 volt system that used 6 D cell batteries.</p><p></p><p>In the motion mode (44 frames in a row) with the infrared illuminator going</p><p>the batter life suffers and with the 9 volt system there was no way to use a solar</p><p>panel to keep them charged and life was very short.</p><p></p><p>I remedied this buy installing 7 Nickle metal hydride batteries and they have almost 8</p><p>times the amp hour rating but the voltage is 1.2 instead of 1.5 so you need to add one </p><p>extra one to the system.</p><p></p><p>Like you I try to hide the trail cam and use a tree when possible or drive a "T" post</p><p>and camo it and then using green tie wraps tie some local foliage to the T post.</p><p></p><p>Also I found that my camera does not date/time stamp in the motion mode so I prefer the</p><p>still mode.(More information and battery life).</p><p></p><p>I hope this adds to your post and will help others.</p><p></p><p>Thanks </p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 357375, member: 2736"] Well written Mark!!!! I also went through the same process and have been very pleased with my choice except for battery life. The mistake I made was buying a 9 volt system that used 6 D cell batteries. In the motion mode (44 frames in a row) with the infrared illuminator going the batter life suffers and with the 9 volt system there was no way to use a solar panel to keep them charged and life was very short. I remedied this buy installing 7 Nickle metal hydride batteries and they have almost 8 times the amp hour rating but the voltage is 1.2 instead of 1.5 so you need to add one extra one to the system. Like you I try to hide the trail cam and use a tree when possible or drive a "T" post and camo it and then using green tie wraps tie some local foliage to the T post. Also I found that my camera does not date/time stamp in the motion mode so I prefer the still mode.(More information and battery life). I hope this adds to your post and will help others. Thanks J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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