Cheap 3G trail camera - the cheapest?
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Re: Cheap 3G trail camera - the cheapest?
That is great stuff there Chuck. Great to see how it is done. Price point is good...
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Re: Cheap 3G trail camera - the cheapest?
It is a very cheap unit. The one it is replacing which was a scoutguard 883mg is 3 years old and cost $400. The scoutguard is a better unit but you csn almost buy 4 for the same price. I can't run a cable through it so you need to be careful it wont get stolen. Im interested in real time activity not quality pictures. Ill put in field for a few months see how we go.
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Nice pickup Charles, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Cheap 3G trail camera - the cheapest?
Great stuff Chuck, nice vid.
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Great video Chuck. What telstra deal did you go for?
Measure it, when it’s on the deck
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Re: Cheap 3G trail camera - the cheapest?
Got an old one. $50 for 5Gb for 12 months. I might check what aldi can do.
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Good deal. I did hear that Telstra are going to drop 3G next year not 100% sure.
Measure it, when it’s on the deck
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Injust read that. They have put the 3g from 2100mhz to 800Mhz which would explain why im getting such good coverage today. I guess for $110 i can get a years use will still work as a non cellular camera afterwards.
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That is very true. Might explain why it’s so cheap. But for now it’s going to be a bit of fun.
Measure it, when it’s on the deck
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I bought one, it wouldn't send photos and then broke the 2nd time I used it, I'm never buying another one.
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Re: Cheap 3G trail camera - the cheapest?
You can get an aldi prepaid $15. That should get 1200 photos - plenty.deerhunter338mag wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:51 amGood deal. I did hear that Telstra are going to drop 3G next year not 100% sure.
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Re: Cheap 3G trail camera - the cheapest?
It worked the 1st time I took it out, then it stopped after 2 months so I went to check it out and it was dead.
I'm not sure if it was wild weather rain or what but it wasn't damaged, battery compartment was fine, it just stopped doing anything.
Ut the one I had looked the same, program on the computer looked the same so I would say it's the same thing.
There is every chance I got a bad one so I'm keen to see how long yours works for.
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