I have 5 out in the field right now. I'm still evaluating them but thy have all been pretty solid. Mostly on pictures. I'm liking them so far. I'm slowly adding solar panels and/or external batteries. And I just need to say that I love your presentation method, "ginormous" and "larger enough" made me smile. Keep the review coming and light-hearted and fun.
I have 4 Flex, 4 linkdark and 1 micro lte. I love the Flex no issue after two months. I get 25% signal in the red and they still send alerts/pics. I use mine for security, they don't take many pics so I can't complain about the battery issue....I also joined their club so basically all my camera plans are free as I don't expect more than 250 pics per month on any of my cameras, thats a win win for me.....And I will be getting a few more cameras to cover some more out building that I have...Thanks for the video.
Love the t shirt .. glad to see the witness. it doesn't surprise me as you and your husband have great chemistry and seem to be some pretty content folks... all good.
They have this model on sale in a bundle for $89 right now. So I have a few different models. One area I have one in, you have to put a hanger on your head and walk in a wide zig-zag motion to get a cellular signal. Well, I put a camera in the woods there. It gets a 50% signal consistently and transmits just fine. That camera is in Louisiana, and I live in Florida. They work. I put the spypoint battery w/solar on those cameras, and they last.
I have one in the field right now with a solar panel from Amazon. It’s working great. The solar panel has built in lithium batteries so I don’t need any batteries in the camera. I’ve ordered 2 more Flex cameras to replace the Link-Micro solar’s I’m starting to have problems with. I’m sure it’s just firmware that needs to be updated, but I’ve decided to move on from them. The Flex takes a much better pic vs the Link Micro. The Flex also does remote firmware update which is huge!
Truly I would give it a 5!! It’s a really great camera with great video!! Seriously all the others make you buy a plan, Spypoint gives you a 100 free!! The battery life has been pretty good for me. The coyotes have driven the deer away but during the day I have lots of foot traffic . I even hooked the HME solar panel to the flex and great stuff so far!!
Looks like a great trail cam at a fair price. The only problem I see is that I would miss the exercise I get from checking mine. At my age, I need all I can get. Thanks for the review, well done as always, thanks guys.
I just set mine up today .. I need to update the firmware and I waited 45 minutes and it didn't update .. so I'm just running on the old firmware for right now. I'm getting pictures and stuff tomorrow I'll get to see how the pics are in daylight
@@ReviewThisThing Updates are fast if you first download the update file to a PC then extract the files in a directory. Copy the 2 files to the formatted SD Card and put it in the camera. Turn it on and the camera will start the update automatically. Takes about 5 mins.
I now have 4 flex..... i bought 2 and had to warranty my dead link dark which they gave me 2 for it. As far as everything you say in your review I agree. My biggest complaint is the picture review, one each view takes 3 picture credits so you really are only getting 33 free a month. The second is I have my cameras in a very tall grassy area and I get a ton of pictures of movement from the grass. This is a problem because with the new animated gif that is sent you can not zoom in on the picture and it constantly goes to the option to review again or purchase the hd video. As you said a normal picture would be much better. Because of the multiple pictures that are being sent I had to set my delay to in one case 30 minutes, it was just two annoying to have my phone blow up every 2 hours for 10 minutes for pictures of the wind blowing. This delay makes it so I am very likely missing the pictures that I want most of the time because if the wind blew in the last 30 minutes and triggered movement then that target buck just got away without a picture or video being taken. I have on numerous times offered to be on the R&D team but they simply never reach out. In my opinion the Link Dark is much superior camera, if they just added an option to send the video from that camera they would have a home run. Also I have noticed night pictures you can see the blinking green light in the video.
I bought a flex an the battery compartment doesn’t hold a tight connection returned it an the new camera was the same way had to close the lid with a stick in it to make it work
My flex has stopped sending me pictures unlimited plan status shows the SD card is full I assumed it would automatically rewite starting from the oldest first just wondering if yall experienced the something
Just picked up 2 at Walmart post season for $60 each. Picked up solar panels off Amazon non spypoint after watching someone else’s solution for poor battery. Trying to get my settings to take video instead of pics. That seems to be a little sticking point right now before I put out into field.
So solar powers camera up and seems to work fine. So the question is do I go straight solar or put the batteries in as well. Will the camera default to solar as primary?
Great review. I just got one and was about to upgrade the photo plan but was wondering how to cancel the plan if I buy it. I only need unlimited photos for a few months and want to make sure I know how to cancel it. Thanks!
The battery life on them is not that good but is easily mitigated. I now run external batteries on all of my cameras. Herd 360 makes a panel that works on all cameras (6v or 12v) and has all of the various plugs you could need for the different cameras. The ones I don't have solar panels I run 9ah power sonics (rechargeable). All you have to do is buy a power sonic ($25) a cord (depending on your camera model) and a waterproof box. I simply drill a hole in the bottom run the cable and seal it with silicone. For $50 I have cameras running on 108 Wh of power and is easily still double that of lithium. I hang the boxes in the tree on a screw in step so its off the ground.
We have 1. Videos are amazing. Same a pics. Our 12v solar kit went out so we sre on aa batteries and it sucks. We tried lithium and they died in a week. Other than a fast drain its awesome
What are the best settings so that the batteries do not go dead with it being in a very busy area; also how do we get the videos? Other than not knowing how to get the videos, I am enjoying it!
So we’re still working on that. We’ve been told by Spypoint to have pics sent 12x/day. If it’s super busy, you may want to make the rest time between pictures longer. Play with it and see what you think. Okay. If it is set to take videos, you’ll see a gif type pic that is transmitted. If you want the full video, you have to request it.
Good deal! I’m glad you figured it out. I’m sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner! Try those settings and see how it goes. Let me know what you find out!
That’s not ideal. I think sometimes the meter is off. It may actually have a dead battery instead of just being halfway down. Ours definitely shut off this weekend with the super cold weather.
@Review This Thing thanks for responding. This is the second time it happened on this camera. I have 2 others that are still new I'm box. I'm debating on sending them back and going with the reveal
That’s tough. We’ve not had many issues, but I know other people have. The Reveals are great cameras, too! Also, had your camera already sent all of your plan allotment when it stopped, or should you have had pictures left?
@Review This Thing it had more pics left both times. I changed batteries after it happened the first time and it worked great. I have a couple link micro and have had no problems with it. Have 2 cell link and one worked fine for awhile and the other never worked. I will call them. I like the 100 pics free with spypoint. If other companies had it , I would probably go with them. I usually get unlimited during hunting season anyway so I'll decide. I wanted to go all cell cameras and that's why I was buying some of the flex hoping they would work. If I have to change batteries every month it kind of defeats the purpose. Not completely , but alot of it. Thanks for the response and trying to help. I just came across the channel and really enjoy the videos I've seen. Appreciate the work and will subscribe
Thank you so much for watching. We really appreciate it. I’m with you. If you have to go in every few weeks to change something, it’s not an ideal “remote scouting tool.”
It has a couple of meanings. First is a reference to hunting, of course. Second reference is 1 Peter 2:24 - “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”” Meaning, the “something” that had to die was Jesus Christ that we might be able to die to our sins and live for God. Thank you for watching!
First Flex went through 8 new Lithium batteries in 10 days. Got it out of the field and put 8 new alkaline batteries in. They lasted 4 days. Called customer support and they sent me a new one. This one seemed to work initially but when I tried to do the firmware update, the status light turned blue and stayed that way all day. Batteries in this one didn't last a day. Firmware never did update. I love their Cell links which is why I purchased the Flex to begin with but it has been nothing but disappointment. Will request a refund next week and go back to another camera brand and use cell links.
@@ReviewThisThing everything they haven't been able to make it communicate. The bad thing is that 3 of their competitors cams (dual sim)work perfectly in the woods.
I have 5 out in the field right now. I'm still evaluating them but thy have all been pretty solid. Mostly on pictures. I'm liking them so far. I'm slowly adding solar panels and/or external batteries. And I just need to say that I love your presentation method, "ginormous" and "larger enough" made me smile. Keep the review coming and light-hearted and fun.
😊 Thank you so much for your kind words AND for watching! Let me know how the solar panels do. We really need to try those!
I have 4 Flex, 4 linkdark and 1 micro lte. I love the Flex no issue after two months. I get 25% signal in the red and they still send alerts/pics. I use mine for security, they don't take many pics so I can't complain about the battery issue....I also joined their club so basically all my camera plans are free as I don't expect more than 250 pics per month on any of my cameras, thats a win win for me.....And I will be getting a few more cameras to cover some more out building that I have...Thanks for the video.
Awesome! Thanks for that info! And thank you for watching!
Love the t shirt .. glad to see the witness. it doesn't surprise me as you and your husband have great chemistry and seem to be some pretty content folks... all good.
That’s very kind of you to say. Thank you for watching!
I want that T-shirt!
www.huntingroots.com/product-page/somethin-s-gotta-die-t-shirt-1
😊😊
They have this model on sale in a bundle for $89 right now. So I have a few different models. One area I have one in, you have to put a hanger on your head and walk in a wide zig-zag motion to get a cellular signal. Well, I put a camera in the woods there. It gets a 50% signal consistently and transmits just fine. That camera is in Louisiana, and I live in Florida. They work. I put the spypoint battery w/solar on those cameras, and they last.
🤣🤣 That’s awesome!
I have one in the field right now with a solar panel from Amazon. It’s working great. The solar panel has built in lithium batteries so I don’t need any batteries in the camera. I’ve ordered 2 more Flex cameras to replace the Link-Micro solar’s I’m starting to have problems with. I’m sure it’s just firmware that needs to be updated, but I’ve decided to move on from them. The Flex takes a much better pic vs the Link Micro. The Flex also does remote firmware update which is huge!
Yes to all! We’ve got to try the solar panel!
do you have a link to the solar panel you purchased?
Can it take both pic and video or just one or the other…
Truly I would give it a 5!! It’s a really great camera with great video!! Seriously all the others make you buy a plan, Spypoint gives you a 100 free!! The battery life has been pretty good for me. The coyotes have driven the deer away but during the day I have lots of foot traffic . I even hooked the HME solar panel to the flex and great stuff so far!!
We just got a man SME solar panel, so we’re excited to try it! I hope it works well for us, too!
Great Video and I'll buy one after seeing your review. I just purchased the two pack Micro models this week and putting those out Saturday.
This one has been doing pretty well for us for sure!
I just purchased the Flex-S model yesterday.
Nice. Let us know how it goes.
Looks like a great trail cam at a fair price. The only problem I see is that I would miss the exercise I get from checking mine. At my age, I need all I can get. Thanks for the review, well done as always, thanks guys.
Haha. I hear that for sure! 😊
spypoint really good, just have issue that it takes pics of nothing constantly, maybe its me that i have it set up wrong
Did you try adjusting the sensitivity?
Great review!
Thank you!
I just set mine up today .. I need to update the firmware and I waited 45 minutes and it didn't update .. so I'm just running on the old firmware for right now. I'm getting pictures and stuff tomorrow I'll get to see how the pics are in daylight
Let us know.
@@ReviewThisThing Updates are fast if you first download the update file to a PC then extract the files in a directory. Copy the 2 files to the formatted SD Card and put it in the camera. Turn it on and the camera will start the update automatically. Takes about 5 mins.
Okay. Good to know. Thank you!
I now have 4 flex..... i bought 2 and had to warranty my dead link dark which they gave me 2 for it. As far as everything you say in your review I agree. My biggest complaint is the picture review, one each view takes 3 picture credits so you really are only getting 33 free a month. The second is I have my cameras in a very tall grassy area and I get a ton of pictures of movement from the grass. This is a problem because with the new animated gif that is sent you can not zoom in on the picture and it constantly goes to the option to review again or purchase the hd video. As you said a normal picture would be much better. Because of the multiple pictures that are being sent I had to set my delay to in one case 30 minutes, it was just two annoying to have my phone blow up every 2 hours for 10 minutes for pictures of the wind blowing. This delay makes it so I am very likely missing the pictures that I want most of the time because if the wind blew in the last 30 minutes and triggered movement then that target buck just got away without a picture or video being taken. I have on numerous times offered to be on the R&D team but they simply never reach out. In my opinion the Link Dark is much superior camera, if they just added an option to send the video from that camera they would have a home run. Also I have noticed night pictures you can see the blinking green light in the video.
Thank you so much for that! I’ve never tried the Link Dark, but it sounds great. Thank you for your experience!
❤❤❤❤The T-shirt!
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I have 2 flex I have one cam that doesn’t power up randomly with new battery. But once it’s on it’s great!
Hmmm…interesting
thanks for the video im looking for a new cell cam im lookig at that spypoint and the tactacam reveal xb 👍
Next week we’re actually posting our XB review 😁😁
I bought a flex an the battery compartment doesn’t hold a tight connection returned it an the new camera was the same way had to close the lid with a stick in it to make it work
Hmmm. I haven’t noticed that but that’s unfortunate to hear.
Great video young lady vary informative
Thank you! Then you for watching!
Im using an external 12v 8ah battery to power the flex as it eats batteries . so far so good
Oh wow. Okay. Good to know. We may have to try that out.
Great information! I bought one today based on this review. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! I hope yours works out really well for you, too!
Loved the shirt as well God is good!
You got that right!
My flex has stopped sending me pictures unlimited plan status shows the SD card is full I assumed it would automatically rewite starting from the oldest first just wondering if yall experienced the something
Hmmm…I haven’t seen that. I thought it would, too. The other one did. Does it still show good battery? Did you format the card?
Mine has worked good
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Just picked up 2 at Walmart post season for $60 each. Picked up solar panels off Amazon non spypoint after watching someone else’s solution for poor battery. Trying to get my settings to take video instead of pics. That seems to be a little sticking point right now before I put out into field.
Let me know that you find out!!!
So solar powers camera up and seems to work fine.
So the question is do I go straight solar or put the batteries in as well. Will the camera default to solar as primary?
I BELIEVE you will need to put batteries in, and it defaults to solar. Don’t hold me to that, though.
I got the spypoint flex s i love mine
How long have you been using it?
Hi, Do you have a vid out on the FexS trail cam? Thanks Mate☺👍
We don't YET, but we are currently in testing!!!
Nice review
Thank you.
Great review. I just got one and was about to upgrade the photo plan but was wondering how to cancel the plan if I buy it. I only need unlimited photos for a few months and want to make sure I know how to cancel it. Thanks!
You can get a monthly plan only. You can cancel through the app/online.
@@ReviewThisThing okay thank you. I see the monthly option, I just don’t see a cancel button anywhere
I’m pretty sure you have to renew each month.
@@ReviewThisThing oh ok. Thank you good to know
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Good camera I wish the antenna was a little more sturdy !
Did it break?
@@ReviewThisThing no I didn’t but it doesn’t secure correctly I always have to reposition it especially after high wind it should screw in better
Ah. I could see that
I want that T-shirt!
www.huntingroots.com/product-page/somethin-s-gotta-die-t-shirt-1
If you have more than one camera, does one plan cover all of them or do you have to pay separately for each one?
Each camera has its own plan. Same app, but you have to pay for them separately.
The battery life on them is not that good but is easily mitigated. I now run external batteries on all of my cameras. Herd 360 makes a panel that works on all cameras (6v or 12v) and has all of the various plugs you could need for the different cameras. The ones I don't have solar panels I run 9ah power sonics (rechargeable). All you have to do is buy a power sonic ($25) a cord (depending on your camera model) and a waterproof box. I simply drill a hole in the bottom run the cable and seal it with silicone. For $50 I have cameras running on 108 Wh of power and is easily still double that of lithium. I hang the boxes in the tree on a screw in step so its off the ground.
Heck yeah! That sounds awesome. Thank you!
How long is the wait period when requesting a video ?
I’m pretty sure it’s at the point of the next Daily Sync Time you have set.
We have 1. Videos are amazing. Same a pics. Our 12v solar kit went out so we sre on aa batteries and it sucks. We tried lithium and they died in a week. Other than a fast drain its awesome
How did the solar panel work when it wasn’t broken? We need to try one of those!
Can you use it on wifi ?
No only through a cellular plan through Spypoint. Or you can use it like a regular trail camera and pull the card
What are the best settings so that the batteries do not go dead with it being in a very busy area; also how do we get the videos? Other than not knowing how to get the videos, I am enjoying it!
So we’re still working on that. We’ve been told by Spypoint to have pics sent 12x/day. If it’s super busy, you may want to make the rest time between pictures longer. Play with it and see what you think. Okay. If it is set to take videos, you’ll see a gif type pic that is transmitted. If you want the full video, you have to request it.
@@ReviewThisThing The videos I got those figured out today by playing around with it. They are pretty easy to get once you know what you are doing.
Good deal! I’m glad you figured it out. I’m sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner! Try those settings and see how it goes. Let me know what you find out!
Back again for another Flex Question. It won't let me share the videos that I have recieved. I can share photos but not videos.
The HD videos or the previews?
My flex has been pretty good I just have had the worst experience with Spypoint’s customer service they are horrible
There can be a delay for sure!
Their customer service is hands down the worst ever experienced, will never buy from them again
Not the first time someone has said that unfortunately.
I'm having trouble with mine not sending pics after the battery gets down about half way. Anyone else having trouble with that?
That’s not ideal. I think sometimes the meter is off. It may actually have a dead battery instead of just being halfway down. Ours definitely shut off this weekend with the super cold weather.
@Review This Thing thanks for responding. This is the second time it happened on this camera. I have 2 others that are still new I'm box. I'm debating on sending them back and going with the reveal
That’s tough. We’ve not had many issues, but I know other people have. The Reveals are great cameras, too! Also, had your camera already sent all of your plan allotment when it stopped, or should you have had pictures left?
@Review This Thing it had more pics left both times. I changed batteries after it happened the first time and it worked great. I have a couple link micro and have had no problems with it. Have 2 cell link and one worked fine for awhile and the other never worked. I will call them. I like the 100 pics free with spypoint. If other companies had it , I would probably go with them. I usually get unlimited during hunting season anyway so I'll decide. I wanted to go all cell cameras and that's why I was buying some of the flex hoping they would work. If I have to change batteries every month it kind of defeats the purpose. Not completely , but alot of it. Thanks for the response and trying to help. I just came across the channel and really enjoy the videos I've seen. Appreciate the work and will subscribe
Thank you so much for watching. We really appreciate it. I’m with you. If you have to go in every few weeks to change something, it’s not an ideal “remote scouting tool.”
I dont get the shirt ?
It has a couple of meanings. First is a reference to hunting, of course. Second reference is 1 Peter 2:24 - “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”” Meaning, the “something” that had to die was Jesus Christ that we might be able to die to our sins and live for God. Thank you for watching!
how many videos do you get for $20
$5 for 20 videos!
I'd be all over this if my hunting grounds had cell service.
Oh, man. What do you do while you’re in the stand? 😊
They typically have better signal strength than my phone when I set mine up. (The older link micros)
That’s a pretty decent point.
You can sign up for $99 a year for the club and get 250 pics free for every camera
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First Flex went through 8 new Lithium batteries in 10 days. Got it out of the field and put 8 new alkaline batteries in. They lasted 4 days. Called customer support and they sent me a new one. This one seemed to work initially but when I tried to do the firmware update, the status light turned blue and stayed that way all day. Batteries in this one didn't last a day. Firmware never did update. I love their Cell links which is why I purchased the Flex to begin with but it has been nothing but disappointment. Will request a refund next week and go back to another camera brand and use cell links.
Man. That’s unfortunate for sure. Let us know if you get the refund.
Must use lithium batteries, makes a huge difference in battery life
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CRAP!
Bad experience, huh.
spypoint has no active customer service. dont believe me try calling them before you waste your money.
Pretty bad, huh?
Not a good camera. Bad customer service at spypoint. Have had one for two weeks nao a picture one.
Oh no! What all have you tried to fix it?
@@ReviewThisThing everything they haven't been able to make it communicate. The bad thing is that 3 of their competitors cams (dual sim)work perfectly in the woods.
Yeah. That doesn’t sound good.