I know I was curious about the comparison of the cuddelink (I mostly have J-1415) vs spypoint micro. Basspro recently had the spypoint micro's at $119 + $20 for a trade in so I went ahead and bought a couple. I've attached a couple pictures from this morning that look to be relatively similar in distance.
Spypoint pros -
1. Super easy setup. Basically just download the app, take a picture of the bar code in the camera, turn it on. No old school interface in the camera to click through.
2. Very small.
3. Cheaper.
4. I can make camera changes from the app remotely.
5. I can see battery level as well as card space and cell signal from the app.
6. Battery seems way better.
Spypoint cons -
1. I'd say picture quality is not as good. I can see that there are deer present but I sure can't tell which ones I'm looking at unless they are within a really short distance.
2. Unsure on long term cost as I have not picked a plan (free first 30 days).
3. Photos only delivered to app instead of email.
4. micro sd card instead of regular sd like the other cameras I've used.
Cuddelink pros -
1. Better pictures.
2. Email pictures.
3. Regular SD.
4. One plan to pay for.
Cuddlink cons -
1. Battery life. I finally sent one in for repair this week because I was only getting 7 days of battery life no matter what I changed (batteries, location, sd, settings and this was only at like 20-30 pictures in that time period).
2. More expensive.
3. Relies on the network so if you are linking or the one home unit goes down, you have the fix it.
4. Battery life. Yeah, I said it twice and I admit that I haven't bought the D boosters yet but I probably will.
I'm going to move the spypoints around a little so they are in places that normally get closer pictures. That may shed some more light on things. I'll probably go ahead and put both cameras on the exact same tree actually just to see how they match up that way.
Spypoint pros -
1. Super easy setup. Basically just download the app, take a picture of the bar code in the camera, turn it on. No old school interface in the camera to click through.
2. Very small.
3. Cheaper.
4. I can make camera changes from the app remotely.
5. I can see battery level as well as card space and cell signal from the app.
6. Battery seems way better.
Spypoint cons -
1. I'd say picture quality is not as good. I can see that there are deer present but I sure can't tell which ones I'm looking at unless they are within a really short distance.
2. Unsure on long term cost as I have not picked a plan (free first 30 days).
3. Photos only delivered to app instead of email.
4. micro sd card instead of regular sd like the other cameras I've used.
Cuddelink pros -
1. Better pictures.
2. Email pictures.
3. Regular SD.
4. One plan to pay for.
Cuddlink cons -
1. Battery life. I finally sent one in for repair this week because I was only getting 7 days of battery life no matter what I changed (batteries, location, sd, settings and this was only at like 20-30 pictures in that time period).
2. More expensive.
3. Relies on the network so if you are linking or the one home unit goes down, you have the fix it.
4. Battery life. Yeah, I said it twice and I admit that I haven't bought the D boosters yet but I probably will.
I'm going to move the spypoints around a little so they are in places that normally get closer pictures. That may shed some more light on things. I'll probably go ahead and put both cameras on the exact same tree actually just to see how they match up that way.