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Overall rating: 4.0588236 / 5 from 17 reviews.
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Like it
"I like theses spypoint cameras, I have never put batteries in them. The night pictures aren’t the best quality but it is good enough for what I need. I would like the solar panel to pivot so you could always face it directly to the sun."
I have not had time
"I have not had time to set it up and use yet. But, if it works like the other SpyPoint I have, it will be great - let's hope!!!!"
Unreliable. Avoid this camera if reliability is important to you. Great concept, but not quite ready for prime time.
"I had been intrigued for a couple of years by the Spypoint Solar. It seemed like a tremendous concept. I was concerned about a few reviews on Amazon about how it worked for a few weeks and quit, but you never know. Could be user error. Then the Solar Dark model came out several of the same comments showed up on Amazon. Nonetheless, I got one from Trailcampro along with the lithium battery and pressed it into service in our Neighborhood Watch program. The pictures were inferior to other cameras but they were "good enough." The utility of never having to worry about a battery is huge. Just huge. It worked about three weeks and quit. I'd flip the switch on and it lit up but nothing else. Blank screen. Wouldn't bring up a menu. I called Trailcampro and they immediately replaced it. Like, shipped me a new one before they got the broken on from me. Amazing. I love doing business with Trailcampro! I got the replacement and installed it. It worked well for a few weeks as I checked on it periodically so I forgot about it. This afternoon I needed it. Really needed it. We had a vandalism and the camera was perfectly positioned to get a great picture of the suspect's vehicle. I grabbed the camera and guess what. Unresponsive again. Blank screen again. Couldn't bring up a menu again. No picture. Last picture on the card was a week and a half ago. Geez... I really hope Spypoint works out their firmware issue. The built in solar panel concept has serious potential. Especially if the marginal image quality can be improved. For now though, I can't use it. Reliablity is crucial for my application. I have pitched it in the trash."
Spypoint solar dark
"The first time I checked for pictures I realized I didn't know how to check to see if or how many pix I might have.The quick setup manual doesn't Explain this nor does it mention how to use the view screen. The camera took 837 pictures in a week mostly of the wind moving some trees . The night time photos are just ok but that was expected I was a little disappointed with the low pixal quality of the daytime photos they suffer badly if you try to enlarge them. I am hoping the battery life will over come these shortfalls. The service from the trailcam folks is marvelous. I could actually talked to someone who didn't sound bored with my dumb questions and really helped this 70 year old make this work . I loved it thank you so much"
Photo quality needs improving....
"This is a great camera in every way except for photo quality. Better resolution and better night photos would make this a runaway winner."
Great camera
"I like everything about the camera!!"
Night photos are not good.
"Night photos are not good. The solar battery is excellent and day pictures are great."
Bad night pics
"Bad night pics"
Excellent night video sequences!
"I'm always trying out new Trail Cameras as I need good ones to capture sequences that I use for product reviews. I needed to capture a skunk using a new style of auto-release live catch trap. I placed two Spypoint Solar-Dark cameras in a cross-fire setup so I wouldn't miss the action. The first time around I did not use AA batteries and just relied on the solar charged internal battery. The video sequences were 60 seconds each and that soon ran down the solar battery - missed the key moment. Installed AA batteries and tried again - Fantastic video and quick trigger got everything I needed and am very satisfied! I think longer video sequences at night will use up the in camera battery fast and the first thing that cuts out is the illumination, leaving you with dark video. Audio is also good! The solar panel battery is probably nice for short vids and stills, but for the longer sequences you'll want your own batteries in the pack. I definitely recommend these cameras and will be adding more to my animal behavior observation collection."