I’ve been looking at SkyPoint cameras and trying to figure out what plans are out there, not just from SkyPoint, but from all brands. I thought there was a plan you could get where, with one plan, you could keep adding cameras for the same cost. Might be a pipe dream/hallucination, but I thought I had heard that.
Does anyone know of a plan where you can use several cameras for a single price point?
If any knows, Sticker would know.
Does anyone know of a plan where you can use several cameras for a single price point?
Cudde has a plan that allows up to 16 cameras on one cell plan. The drawback is all cameras need to be on the same property / within reasonably close distance of each other.
CuddeLink Cell makes cellular trail cameras affordable. Instead of a separate cell plan for each camera, CuddeLink Cell can send images from up to 16 cameras on 1 cell plan.
Here’s how it works. A CuddeLink network of cameras send their images to 1 home collection device that is equipped with a cellular modem. This cell device sends the images from all the remote cameras, so instead of 16 cell plans, you only have 1.
I recently bought and hung a Moultrie XA7000i. Plans range from 9.99 all the way to 99$ I believe. The 9.99 is called the “small” and gives you 850 pics a month. That’s what I’ve started with and so far…no issues. My signal has been fairly steady at 47% which is plenty to get all the pics sent without interruptions. Very happy so far.
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Moultrie however requires a plan for every camera. The only other option I know of is the CuddeLink system.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>fishinfreaks wrote:</div>
Does anyone know of a plan where you can use several cameras for a single price point?Cudde has a plan that allows up to 16 cameras on one cell plan. The drawback is all cameras need to be on the same property / within reasonably close distance of each other.
CuddeLink Cell makes cellular trail cameras affordable. Instead of a separate cell plan for each camera, CuddeLink Cell can send images from up to 16 cameras on 1 cell plan.
Here’s how it works. A CuddeLink network of cameras send their images to 1 home collection device that is equipped with a cellular modem. This cell device sends the images from all the remote cameras, so instead of 16 cell plans, you only have 1.
That looks like a really nice program. The cameras aren’t even that expensive.
Another to look at is the Covert “Lora” system. Buy one cell plan for your hub, and you can connect I think 12 or 16 cameras up to the hub (as long as they’re within 1100 yards of each other).
I was interested in the CuddieLink system since it first came out. It seeems ideal for my property where I have about 10 cams working,
But reviews by actual users have been highly variable basically since they first came out. Some common issues mentioned over and over are:
1. Short battery life. Transmitting by wireless and cellular eats batteries.
2. Pictures from the cams are “dumbed down” to a lower resolution to make them transmit faster.
3. Difficulty getting/keeping cams connected. And the need to do on-site troubleshooting if cams aren’t working.
So there will need to be lots of improvements before I seriously consider buying in to this system.
I’ll tell you that if you buy ANY multi-cam hub system or cellular cam, just get the solar panel for each cam/hub. Most of these camera companies are based in the south and they have no clue how to make cams that can last through a REAL winter on batteries alone because when they test, they think “cold” weather is 34 degrees so that’s what they test in.
Don’t waste your money on the branded solar panels offered by the cam company. There are better solar panels available on eBay, they are cheaper and the quality is better. You may have to rig up your own plug, but that’s easily done.
Also, you can’t leave ANY wire or cord exposed between the solar panel and the cam. Birds and squirrels are just amazing at chewing up the insulation jacket and within a year or two they will have shorted the wire. All exposed wire or cords have to be protected with metal flex conduit. Guess how I found this out?
Grouse
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