Trialing Kings Trail Cameras
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- THIS IS A HUNTING VIDEO. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED.
Little did I know this at the time but it was to be my last hunt before Covid 19 lockdown. I was keen to test out some new Kings trail cameras and compare them to my older Maginon/Aldi. This video features the results and my thoughts on these cameras so far. I hope you find it of interest and please give me feedback on results of similar trail cameras that you have used. Thanks again for watching
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Thanks for the honest review. A tip worth sharing I learnt from the The Hunting Public (THP) team was, as an extra check of the camera's view after installing, using the camera on your phone, put it on reverse and hold the phone up against the trail camera, and then you can see what angles etc.. the trail cam is likely to capture.
Thanks Garth. Love the tip👍
O’ dear Robbo, A fox on your door step, how lucky is he 😂😂😂
I only have big healthy foxes as well😊
G'day there Mr Robbo,
Firstly champ, I love the shout out you did to Profty, I have a "very similar" orange hat.
Mate, at the start of the second lock down, I knew I wouldn't see the scrub again for a spell. So I bought a Swann trail cam from Bunnings of all places. Truth be told, I didn't do too much research on it as the shops were shut and it was my only option apart from online shopping.
I set it up on a great walking track near me in Austral past Liverpool. There is a place called "Shale Hills dog park", there is a designated dog park, and and then a massive walking track that forms part of the Western Parklands that stretches all the way past Mt Druitt.
I have set it up in a number of places both to see what was about, and to try and learn how to operate it properly too.
The battery life is excellent. It takes up to 8 AA batteries. 4 in the actual camera, and 4 in the backing plate.
The first time I put it out I put it too close to some leaves off a tree and the camera snapped all the flicking around of the leaves. When I collected it two days Larter, no lie there was over 3500 pics taken. Even after that the battery was 100%.
The night vision is pretty good, but the flash or glare factor is a problem sometimes.
I have put the link to my Facebook page below, I post the best pics on my page as a way of keeping my love affair with the scrub alive when locked down, as well as to kill the boredom.
facebook.com/bart.fenech/
Bring on freedom day mate!!!
G'day Bart. The Lockdown has certainly tested us all and I for one am certainly over it but we just have to make the best of a bad situation. You are not the first that has mentioned the Swann cameras to me and most people have been quite happy with them. It comes down to value for money for me without spending too much on something that could possibly go walkabout. Stay well mate.
I found the same issue with the kings over exposure.. The only good activations i got on them were at night.
Thanks for confirming that it wasnt just the 2 units i was running.
Cheers Jake. Pretty much what I experienced. If it was only one of the cameras doing it I could handle it but it seems to be a consistent issue across the board.
@@BoltActionProductions apparently there's a firmware update to address the over exposure on the kings
Rich and Kid Archery and Outdoors. Yes mate there is and I have updated all of mine. Seems to improve the over exposure issue to a degree
@@BoltActionProductions still rather the aldi one over the kings after the update?
Rich and Kid Archery and Outdoors. Yes mate👍
Good info. Thanks for taking the time to make a video about the cheaper trail cams.
Cheers Chris. Glad you found it informative.
Hi Robbo, I bought 3 of the Kings cameras earlier this year. All 3 have way too much over exposure on the daytime pics, even more than your pics. Video is ok as is nightime pics. I only use them in the video mode now. I checked them only last week and 2 out of the 3 were on the ground as the plastic brackets at the back that hold the straps had broken. I saw a comment that one guy here uses the Swann cams from bunnings. I have 2 of these also and they function fine so far. they were twice the cost of the Kings cams but are worth it at $149.00.
I run several other cameras as well. I paid $350.00 each for Bushnell cams about 10yrs ago and they are still going strong. Anyway thanks for your review and happy hunting.
Thanks for watching mate. I would contact Kings via email regarding your overexposure issue. There is a firmware update they can send you that I am trialing at the moment. Certainly seems to correct the overexposure in the few images I have looked at since updating.
Another Good vid on affordable gear. I have had a Bunnings Swann cam for 3 years. I leave it up bush for months at a time, copped all sorts of weather, pp high country.
Battery always lasted, good pics and vids.
Find over exposed pics sometimes first light or if shady think it gets confused night/day mode
Thanks Geoff, good to hear some feedback and the Swann seem to get recommended quite a bit. They would be even more tempting if they were that little bit cheaper.
Oh yeah, didn’t realise how much I paid. Saw them in Bunnings yesterday. End of day, as long as you can see what is in photo, quality not huge problem. You just want to know what and when things around.
Hey mate, few years back I was using lillacorn and managed to pick them up from ebay for $150 each. A little more than what you paid but the quality was great on both photos and video. Battery life was excellent and they were left out for 3 or so weeks at a time. Unfortunately both were stolen which is a shame as you like to think that fellow hunters are honest. Both had access codes so fingers crossed they weren’t able to access and use them. Mate thank you for the up load of the vid today as you can imagine we are all going stir crazy at the moment, you certainly made my Monday👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
The Big TG hey mate I too use the little acorn and can’t fault them (for the money). I use python locks to secure mine - works well and despite some prick trying to steal one (which I uploaded onto UA-cam) so far I haven’t lost any, just a tip for the future only about $30 from Bunnings 👍👍
I too used the little Acorn and still have one somewhere. Certainly did the job at the time. One of the main reasons I don't want to invest heavily in each camera is for the same reason you mentioned. I am afraid some people just can't help themselves.
Bolt-Action Productions thats why I haven’t bought anymore. Great tool if you are on private property but on public land using them is very questionable, shame.
Recently bought the Swift Enduro 4G camera from Australian outdoor cameras . Best trail camera I've used , however its not cheap .
Cheers John. There certainly are some good ones out there but this is one thing I don't want to invest heavily in for obvious reasons. It's a shame but the nature of the beast when you leave them in public land.
Thanks for this really informative upload mate, i am very interested in this type of camera and is good to get an honest review of the pros and cons.
Cheers Sean. I am glad you got something from it.
Good review Robbo. I’m using the Little Acorns off eBay. I bought those about 5-6 years ago and used them for 2 years then didn’t put one of them back out until a few back. The first week it worked no problems when I checked so then I left it out for about 6-7 weeks. Checked again and didn’t even bloody work. Was pretty pissed off. So now I don’t know what’s around that area apart from a doe and yearling at her feet. I’ll try the Aldi ones when they’re back out. Cheers mate.
Cheers Gilly. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Something ive noticed is its best to do a format on the card before leaving it in the bush, I havent had an issue since doing this!
Talk about timing Robbo, I just got back into the office at work from setting up a couple Trail Cameras around site and got this notification. LOL We are running the Swann cameras here. Never used them before so can not comment on how they go. Hopefully they do the job. Love yah work mate Keep them coming.
Cheers Jody. Seems like a few people are running the Swann. I suppose being readily available at Bunnings may play a big part in this. Interested in hearing your thoughts after you get some images back. Thanks again for dropping by.
Nice review Robbo, always good to compare the cheaper units.
Good to show the options for all budgets.
I swear by Little Acorn's, got 3 of them and can't complain about the quality.
Not overly expensive, therefore I can sleep at night not fearing my $400 buck camera is in some turds backpack because they are cheap skates.
My first trail camera was a Little Acorn and I do still use it every now and then. Certainly something I don't want to invest heavily on each camera.
I don’t know about sub $100 but I just bought my first trail camera a couple weeks ago and it’s a Swann camera from bunnings for $140 I’ve been really impressed with it and how well it picks up stuff.
A few people giving the Swann the thumbs up. Might look into them but I would like to see if I can keep them as cheap as possible.
hi robbo i have 3 hc801b an 2 vimel both lots are great cameras. hc801b was 75 each an the vimel was 65 for 2 on ebay.for trouble shooting overexposure dont have them facing into the sun ive found it works
I'll look into them mate. Thanks for the input👍 The cameras over expose no matter the direction you face them, just worse if you point them into the sun. Which is pretty obvious.
I think my Aldi one is a Signal, bought it last year.
Thanks for the feedback mate.
Gday, I have a maginon, and it does great stills . Had it out for 3 months on private property. Even got a wedgie sitting in front of it. Cheers, great vids
They certainly do the job and are good value for money. Glad you enjoy our videos. Thanks for watching
Thanks for a great review mate
My pleasure mate. I hope it gave you some decent feedback 👍
I use Bushnell, great quality, menu not the simplest in my opinion. The price is over $100
Cheers Luke. They certainly have done the job and been around for quite some time.
Hi love the video!! But I’m confused.. when you operate that camera, did you put them at SET position or ON position?
On position when they are actively recording in the field. Set position to review our setup
Great work Steve.
Thank you kindly
I brought a ebay one bout the same price found it alright except first time using it where the strap goes through broke
That's a bummer😢
ive got 3 boblov ebay cameras, theyre great quality and seem to last for a fairly long time.I tired the Swann Bunnings camera and it stopped working with in 3 months so i wouldnt go back to them.
Cheers Mick. I'll check em out👍
I think these are pretty much the same as the Aldi one's. I've got 6 or more Boblov at my place. My biggest issue has been water ingress due to the frost over winter. Most have lasted over 3 years now.
great! very informative!
Thanks mate. Glad you enjoyed it.
Fantastic review Robbo.
Glad you liked it!
Gday Robbo, My Dad bought 2 Kings Trail Cameras to use on the farm and we are getting 30secs on the day time videos and only 6secs for the night with a low battery indicator and did you have trouble with this and what settings did you have? Ps great review.
Brandon I wish I had an answer for you here but I certainly haven't had that issue. I can only suggest to look at the type of batteries you are using. There is a firmware update available for these cameras. Contact Kings and they should be able to email you the update. Good luck with it mate.
@@BoltActionProductions All good, well have a look. 👍
I've tried 7 Swann trail cameras and each one works fine at first but after a few months they all stop working. Won't be getting anymore.
That sucks I've had my Swann cameras for 5 years now and never had any issues
Thanks for the feedback on the Swann.
I don't know if it's UA-cam compression or if it's my aldi camera being a lot newer than yours, but mine definitely has better night time picture and video quality than what yours has shown. For the money and aldis fantastic returns policy, their camera is hard to beat.
Brett I have no doubt the later ALDI camera is better as mine is a few years old now. What resolution is the new camera as the maximum on mine is 12mp. The return policy for ALDI is a gem👍 Thanks very much for the feedback.
@@BoltActionProductions I can't remember off the top of my head and my camera is at a mates house well out of my town, and with social distancing a thing at the moment, I don't think going to get it off him classifies as "essential travel" no matter how much I want it back haha. I don't think it's any higher MP but I'm sure I don't have to tell you that there is a lot more to picture quality than its MP.
Thanks for the reply Brett. The later ALDI cameras certainly look to be pretty good👍 Make the best out of your isolation mate😂🤣😢
Steve the latest Aldi camera's lve been told are made in the same factory as the lower priced bushnell's in China.. I've got one and it works great for what it is ..no over exposure, sound o.k., but not as good as my spy points..you get what you pay for l guess..thanks for vid..
Cheers John. You certainly get what you pay for and normally I wouldn't hesitate paying for better quality. Trail cameras are one area that I am happy to find a compromise.
I have 2 Swann security cameras from Bunnings. They hold 8 batteries take pretty clear videos and photos.
Cheers Chris. Might be worth a look👍
Still using kings picking up a heap of sambar now and getting a few dogs too.
Did you have any probs with over exposure ?
Had a couple mate. I put the card in my phone so it takes two seconds to delete anyways. I like the kings
@@zacroberts4008 thx fella , appreciate the reply...keep safe
They certainly seem to be working well for you mate. I think I will just keep mine and set them for video only. Hopefully catch up soon mate. Look after yourself.
Great detailed comparison mate .. I've gone from Leupold to Kings now and having a decent run .. 4 cameras is better than one .. what sensitivity setting are you using in the Kings ?
Cheers mate. The cameras were left pretty standard. HD for video, 16mp for stills and normal sensitivity on the motion sensors.
@@BoltActionProductions hi mate you would actually be better off dropping the MP by 50% and the image quality will increase hugely. Bit of a marketing gimmick the MP rating
Is there anywhere in the settings to set the light conditions like most cameras to compensate for sunny days that may help. Hope you understand what i mean. Stuart Palmer Adelaide Sth Australia
In short Stuart. No there isn't🙄😢
How’s the Aldi, holding up after a year? Love the vids 👍
Haven't used it a lot to be honest but when I have it has worked extremely well. Thanks for watching mate.
Thanks for the review, i just bought two kings and wondering what size SD card you are using as I have 2 x 64GB cards?
G'day Kristine. Depending on how you set the camera up the 64gb cards should be fine. It is all relative to the quality of images you are after. Higher the quality of video and photos the more card space you will use. I would definitely send the suppliers an email and ask for the firmware update. Thank for watching.
Bolt-Action Productions thanks, also a dumb question what do I set the camera on? Setup or ON?
Once you have it all setup just slide to on and away you go.
I have two of kings cameras and a Nate has two as well. We are both having trouble with them the main thing is not taking night time footage on three of them and one only takes night shots here and there but very disappointing for night use and also set up both cameras beside each other to compare one took three hundred and twenty shots only in day time and the other only took three again in day time only neither camera took a single shot at night and my dogs were moveing around the yard. So all in all very disappointed with the Kings trail cameras
I am certainly getting some mixed reports on these cameras. Some good, some not so good. Thanks for watching👍👍.
Kings had a special going only last week 2 for $158
They are always running specials. So often that you don't really know if it is special😂🤣
I wonder if the one thumbs down was a Kings Rep ???
I wouldn't know and I certainly don't care. Thanks for watching Shane.
Been here before mate,better fellow hunter have the choose to pinch yeh kings camera,or the better name they might not be able to read that is the one they take.
I have been happy enough with the ALDI/Maginon cameras and wouldn't hesitate to buy any new releases.
Hey Robbo, I use trail cameras for work and in the bush. The best bang for buck weve found, which is mentioned a few time already is the Swann camera. Great high resolution images with a good trigger range. I also use the Signify Aldi camera which takes great photos and has a massive battery life (6 months in the bush on the one set of batteries). I've also used the Ltl Acorn, Gerber 3G and 4G and our latest one is the Spy Point 4G. The Gerber are quiet hard to set up the sending of images to email. The Spy Point comes with its own sim card and a app, and is a subscription based service. Would love to sit down and tell you some more. Otherwise check out my Instagram @hewesy 👍 cheers for another video while in iso 👌
Cheers Hewesy. I'll check out your Instagram page for more info.
What price do they start at???
www.4wdsupacentre.com.au/trail-game-camera.html
Kings have a sale on today I bought the camera it was $74 but when I added another item it dropped the price to $64. Can't complain about that.
Kings jobs work well for night but rubbish during the day bang for buck there not bad
I am testing a firmware update at the moment which seems to improve the daytime overexposure issue.
Hi Robo , should you put your name and ph number on it ?
That's entirely up to the individual.
For that price ya not going to go insane if a low life bottom feeding scum bag steels one.... Ive had 2 $400 moultrie cameras stolen at different times by poachers (on private property mind you).... havn't bothered getti g new ones but for that price its worth another go
Exactly mate. I can't afford to invest heavily in each camera for that exact reason. Just trying to find something that is good value and works half decently.
Been there done those. They're crap. Lucky if they're not over exposed.I've been trialling cheap tc's for 6 years now on my instagram account @bsmith_outdoors
Cheers Ben. I'll check out your Instagram page.