Spypoint FLEX-S Cellular Trail Camera: 🔋No More Batteries? Solar Panel, Great Images & Easy to Use!
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- I test out the brand new Spypoint FLEX-S cellular trail camera. This camera takes some really nice photos and videos. Choosing your settings has a significant impact on battery life.
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I love the sprinting part too! Makes me chuckle everything… I can only imagine what someone would think of they just walked up upon you when you were doing it.
I love these videos and I buy my products based on your recommendations so thank you!!!
Thanks so much 4BearsCamp! That means a lot to me. Haha yeah… some random dude running in jeans through the grass would definitely have people wondering what’s wrong with him🤣🤣
I also bought one of these new Flex S camera's and was completely disappointed in the battery life. With the camera only taking 11 pictures on "transmit on each detection" I was down to 72% battery, the solar panel can't keep the the internal battery charged during long sunny summer days, it clearly won't work well when I need it to during the fall / early winter hunting season. I was shocked to find out that if you buy the LIT-22 battery pack, the solar panel will not charge it. I have spent several hours on the phone with Spypoint customer service and they had finally agreed to replace the camera, then quickly told me that they didn't have any camera's in stock for warranty replacement and it might be 2 to 3 weeks before I will be shipped a replacement. For these reasons when my warranty replacement comes in, I am returning the camera to Cabela's. Was hoping the Flex S was going to be the next evolution of the Link Micro S and would come with a LIT-22 battery and the camera solar panel would charge it. This is a huge fail in product development in my opinion.
Between Spypoint's horrible customer service and sub par new product performance, it's time for me to give their competitor's a chance at my business.
Hey MLR! Thanks for sharing your experience. I thought the solar panel would hold up a bit better as well. Best of luck this season 🦌
I had the same issue had my camera up for 4 days I had 184 pictures n 4 days all deer. Battery’s died and bought a rechargeable battery. Now reading this comment wishing I never spent 50dollars for it. And SPYPOINT customer service Sucks. I spent 15mins on the phone then finally just waited for a call back n never got that call back . I’ll be switching deer cams that’s for sure
@@Jonesy522 Spypoint sent me a replacement since the solar panel didn't seem to be charging the internal battery. As soon as I got the replacement, I returned the new one to Cabela's for a full refund and bought another Link Micro Solar. I am sure in a year or so, Spypoint will have the bugs worked out on the Flex S, but never again will I buy a product that they have just launched.
Same exact issue the micro s with the spy point battery lasts like 6 months the flex s lasts way less then a month I don't think the solor does anything for it I almost think it actually lasts even less time then the g36 with the lit 22 battery I don't get it almost as if the solor is some how draining the battery
Same exact issue. Worthless solar panel, battery pack and internal battery dead within 2-3 days!!
I have the spy point flex and use a solar panel with it. I absolutely love it and the quality!!
Hey Ed! Yeah that separate solar panel is a really good size and provides lots of power. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Awesome thanks for all the information just got this model for Christmas ready to get started its my 1st trail camera
Awesome Kevin! Best of luck with it and thanks for watching 👍🏻
Seems like a decent cam. Great job Duane. Hope yall have a great weekend
Thanks Trophy Hunter! Have a great weekend man👍🏻
I absolutely love how you legitimately sprint for the shutter speed analysis. I smile every time I see those because it’s clear you’re A) Way faster than me and B) dedicated to making thorough videos. You should do a blooper reel of those if you have any! :). You’re one of my favorite channels on UA-cam!!
Howard! Thanks so much man! I really do try to make solid videos and appreciate you noticing. I did have one where I wiped out during a run… it was soon after that I realized I needed to do these on more flat land 🤣🤣🤣
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Thanks for watching and best of luck this season 🦌
Thanks for that link! I’m ashamed to admit I watched it 3 or 4 times and laughed harder each time, but it’s good you can laugh at yourself. I bought the Vikeri based off of your review and some of the Domain seeds as well. Best of luck to you on your season as well! I’m around Chambersburg PA, and I think I recall you’re from PA too. Hope you were able to score a 2nd round doe tag this year!
Should be banned those electronic Gizmo's their nice but unfair advantage me I got with boots packsack rifle I call with my bare hands and I get my moose they should al least be removed a week before opening just my opinion that's all drone hunters too are becoming popular I'd probably shoot it if I could it's cool to see what's around in your hunting area when your not there I just don't agree with the use of those electronic Toys during the season not sure if regulations vary from place to place just out of curiosity I've never actually seen a cellular trailcam does it send a notification to your phone each time something triggers it ? Are you able to look at your cell phone and see our of the camera at any time if you wanted Does it have to be in an area that has cellular service cause where I live the service is terrible you leave town after a few miles out no service usually till the next town , in between towns there's more often then not zip all for cell service cause if that camera requires cell service it be pointless for me to buy one cause theres no service for 45min on highway either direction lol good idea with the solar panel that's what got my attention cause I'd wanna stick that camera at my spot and just leave it through with spring summer go back and grab it during bird season kinda thing just to see the wildlife throughout the year what might be in the area
Great video!!
Hey thanks so much man! I appreciate you watching 👍🏻
Just in case you haven’t heard these S cameras, the solar panel does not charge the solar battery sufficient to keep the camera running. I actually laid mine in the sun full sun for 12 hours with the camera off and it only charged my battery by 5%. It also kept making pictures of absolutely nothing.
Hey Stephen! Thanks for the info. Best of luck this season 🦌
Great video!! I just wish you covered the plans and pricing. Was curious about that.
Hey thanks so much! The reason I don’t cover plans and pricing is because they often change them from year to year and my content wouldn’t be up to date. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Thank you
Thank you for watching!
Solar Panel doesn't actually charge the battery and/or can't keep up with just two sends a day. It defeats the entire purpose of getting this camera: from Spypoint Chat
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It will not charge under the sun
It will just going to sustain the battery percentage
To make the battery last long
QUESTIONS if you can answer please. So if I understand you correctly, (1:33 minutes into the video), you CAN plug in an additional solar panel. Is this correct? I want to install one of my Flex-S in an area where there will be little or NO sunlight, therefore, I want to install an additional solar panel (with a 20 foot cable) to catch the sun 6 plus hours a day. Is this possible?
Hey Tacamo! Yes, I just doubled checked and that port can accept a solar panel plug so you should be good to run it the way you’d like 👍🏻
It'll be interesting to see if that tiny solar panel will be able to keep up with the heavy operational loads of the camera.
Hey AckBoater! Yeah I would probably throw some batteries in as a backup if I knew it would be getting a heavy volume of photos. Thanks for watching!
Mine don't last long at all I hate it compared to the link micro s last months the flex s lasts maybe 3 weeks max
It won't.
Complete junk! My micro s lte works way better. Solar on the flex does not charge the batter. Huge fail SPYPOINT!
Thanks for the video. So if you use the 12 per day setting does it still take a picture each time it detects motion?
Hey Wayne! Yes it will still take photos when we motion is detected. It will only send them according to the schedule you program
U did a Awesome on the video. What would u give that on a scale from 1 to 10?
Hey Pat! Thanks so much man! Haha great question. I’d probably go with an 8 or so. I personally prefer the photos + videos feature and I’d like that solar panel to power the camera a bit more, but I’m sure that’s difficult when you are constantly transmitting photos over the network. Thanks for watching👍🏻
Tried the flex and don't like as much the LTM micro 20 LTE. Our local Rural King sold 2 cameras in a bundle for $139.00. Which included 2 rechargeable battery packs and the micro SD cards. Like a dummy, I didn't try them out immediately! Then go figure I liked them and went to buy 2 more and only had one bundle left. Keep looking, but I think I am SOL......
Hey Paul! Oh wow… that sounds like a great deal! 👍🏻
@mountainbuck I am a bit confused and have been watching videos to figure out my problem so my camera has been working great the only issue i have is when a deer shows up I get a pic of it but that's it I don't get another one just the first shot and alot of times its just the head I want to be able to see the deer come in what its eating and even when it leaves could you help me out?
Hey Cody! There are a couple of settings you want to check on your FLEX-S. The first one is Motion Delay. If this is set for a long period of time (such as one minutes), then the camera will wait 60 seconds between photos. You’ll want to reduce the motion delay to something like 10 seconds unless you find you are getting too many photos or videos and then you can dial it back. The second thing you may want to consider is the Multishot feature. You can select up to 3, which will take a series of three photos (one right after the other in sort of a burst mode). This will also help to make sure you are seeing more of the deer and what they are doing. Hope this helps and best of luck this season 🦌👍🏻
So does it work primarily on solar and the standard AA battery tray is secondary power?
For these cell cams, I would continue to use AA batteries as a back up. The solar panels do a decent job, but the photo transmission over the network also chews up battery life (in addition to taking photos/videos, infrared use, etc.)
Im a spypoint customer. Im going through batteries a lot in my link micro. Batteries are high now. Looking into solar powered but all cameras have crap reviews
Hey Jeremey. I’ve had some good success with adding in a separate solar panel on my cellular trail cameras. I’ve used a Tactacam solar panel and a Moultrie Mobile solar panel and both cellular trail cameras lasted for months with no batteries. When using the integrated panel (like this FLEX-S), I believe there is just too much juice being used due to the photos/videos and then the transmission. A bigger panel definitely works better.
Are HD picture or video extra besides what you already paid for plan
Hey Valencia! They count HD photos as photos (so if you request an HD version, it may count as 3 or 5 photos), but you will have to pay for video requests.
What would you go with spypoint or tactacam?
Hey Haiden! There’s features I like about all the major trail cams. Tactacam and Moultrie Mobile have the photos + videos feature that I really like. Spypoint and StealthCam have the on-demand photos and videos option which is pretty cool. I really liked the Reveal XB, but they aren’t making it any more. I’m also really excited to check out the new Moultrie Mobile Edge Pro here pretty soon. I know it’s a lame answer but it’s tough to pick. After checking out the new models and using a bunch of them this season, I’ll have a better idea what my favorite is for 2023. Thanks for watching👍🏻
Have had 3 different model spypoints all issues….longevity issues and customer service terrible. Junk
The Link S I own has been great but Spypoint customer service is horrible
Hey Jim! Thanks for the feedback and for watching 👍🏻
Don't you have to pay for an account with that cellular network for the FLEX-S to access it?
Hey SemperBlood! Yes, you need to pay for a subscription for all of these cellular trail cameras. I believe SpyPoint gives you the first 100 photos free. Thanks for watching. 👍🏻
Can you use WiFi with this or is it only cell. I will be using it by my house. so Wifi would be great.
Hey NorthernANTs. Sorry, it’s only cell. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
@@mountainbuck I ended up ordering, CEYOMUR 4K 30fps Solar Trail Camera, WiFi Bluetooth 46MP Game Camera, Trail Camera with 120° Detection Angle Night Vision Motion Activated IP66 Waterproof for Wildlife Scouting with 32GB Micro SD Card. The deal breaker for me was it had a it was $119. but had another $40 off when I put it in the cart. I was like sold! Not sure what the difference is from the CY95 you did the video on before.
Mine sucked! 1000 pics in 1.5 days! Took it back and bought the new tracacam .
Hey Shawn! Oh wow! That’s a lot of photos. Did you try adjusting the sensitivity?
@mountainbuck I did, set to low. The camera was no good. An all my buddys told me not to buy it. Tactacam is the way to go!
I've had it for 3 days and have had nothing but problems with it.😢
Hey Ricky! Sorry to hear that man. What’s been going on with it?
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Thanks Alex!
I'm not really impressed with this camera. My battery keeps dying & it keeps shutting off
Hey Michael. Do you have it set up on a feeder or in a spot where you get a high volume of photos?
I have 2 of them. They can’t be on Instant mode unless you have a car battery connected to it. It will discharge in 2 or 3 days. Standard mode with 4 times sync per day will be a much better way to set it up for battery savings. That means every 6 hours it will send pics if it detected something. The solar panel on them does not provide enough charge to be affective. They take good pics and video.
@@sako4methanks for your insight! 👍🏻
Same issue
My Flex-S was complete garbage. So many issues. Also unbelievably bad customer service. I used mine for target practice
lol. Sorry to hear you’ve had trouble. Mine is still working ok for me.
@@mountainbuck lol. But I’m all fairness. When it actually worked. It was really good
I can relate. I’ve actually shot a trail cam before myself 🤣🤣🤣
My flex s was complete junk straight out of the box. Then after 3 days of partial operation it quit altogether. Had it for 3 weeks and have replaced the batteries 5 times. SPYPOINT customer service is also beyond terrible. DO NOT BUY!!!
Ah man! Sorry to hear that. I didn’t use this much beyond the test period. Sorry you had trouble and thanks for watching
Complete junk! Solar doesn’t work and reading the comments it’s a common problem. Bought the battery pack for $79 Canadian thinking that would help but it doesn’t solar panel does not work! Junk. My micro s lte’s hold their charge. Not impressed with SPYPOINT at all! Junk.
This product is garbage unless you can touch it.