Side by Side Comparison of: Primos vs SanDisk vs CamLockBox vs Master Lock

I bought this almost two years ago and it has performed flawlessly. I have set it outside and left it alone for a week at a time in the depth of the winter and it produced great videos of wildlife. I shoot mostly video and rarely do individual photos. In daylight the videos are in color, but at night with the infrared lighting, the videos are in black and white with very good detail. Snow, rain or 100 degree heat does not adversely affect the performance of the camera.

It runs weeks to months at a time on plain D batteries and the video is recorded on an SD card. I have no problems playing or saving the videos on my MacBook or iMac. You can't beat this product for the price

After using this camera for several months it has proven its worth. It is a basic motion sensitive trail camera. No frills or fancy settings to worry with. It is very simple and easy to operate. It takes quality and clear pictures even at night. I have not noticed any game being spooked by the camera what so ever. Some times it appears that they do know that it is there but it doesent bother them. The one thing you have to pay close attention to is any weeds or tree limbs that are in close proximity to the front of the camera is to clear and cut them away. As the wind blows the camera will detect them and take pictures of them. This is no flaw to the camera, it only goes to prove that the motion sensor is working quite well. Also keep in mind that it will , or atleast it was a bit of a learning curve with me to learn the proper setting for the sensitivity switch. That's something that just has to be done by trial and error, and each new location you place the camera will require a different setting. The camera seems to have a great weather proofing seal and even the sd card slot has a weather protective flap on it covering the card and protecting it from the elements. Overall I am very happy with this value packed and very reasonably priced camera and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a great camera that takes great pictures without all the confusing settings a lot of cameras have.

I ordered this Trail Cam on 8/11/14 and received it in less than 48 hours using the free shipping option. When I received it, I noticed that the instruction manual states that Primos made some improvements to the Truth Cam due to customer feedback. They state that they now have a 1 second trigger speed, zero photo capture noise, up to 32GB SD memory card support, and up to 200% longer battery life. However, this Amazon site or the Primos site documentation doesn't reflect these improvements. If I knew about these improvements when trying to decide which inexpensive trail cam to buy, it would have made my decision much easier. I also probably would not have purchased the two 8GB SDHC memory card, if I knew it could now handle the 32GB card. Both companies need update their websites.

I set the camera up in my back yard to test the camera out. It makes zero noise when taking pictures both day or night. During the day, it is hard to tell if it was taking picture or not, very stealth. At night, the LEDs have a low red glow when taking a picture. I have not seen either of the two status lights coming on, but not sure if this is me or the camera. Not sure what the difference is between the power saving state and the ON/RUN Mode mentioned in the instruction manual, but I think they are one and the same.

On the first day of testing my camera in the back yard, I was very satisfied with the results. It captured pictures of my dogs, both day and night. It also captured some night pictures of a unwanted guess, a rat. On the second day I moved the camera, the results were not as good. I had lots of day time pics of nothing and no night time pics were taken. I believe the false triggers during the day were caused by excess sunshine and moving tree branches and leaves. The no pics at night were caused by no activity. Seems like location, location, location is very important for positive results.

My review of this trail cam is on a very small sample size, and this is my first trail cam. I just wanted anyone interest in purchasing this camera to know that improvements were made to the Primos Truth Cam 35 that I received and the websites do not reflect these improvements.

Bought this little unit a year ago to find out what was wandering around my suburban garden. Didn't expect too much, figured it would probably be dead in a few months.

Well I was happily wrong - it has lived outside for 11 months (bought it inside when the snow got so deep it buried it). Two sets of batteries in a year (still on the second set).

I mostly use the photo rather than video feature. This is because I keep forgetting to retrieve the info and the videos use a lot of card space, filling it up and corrupting. Photos are clear in daylight and good enough in darkness. My only complaint would be that sometimes the unit is slow to shoot so you only get the rear end of a critter and only in the first shot but hey! I can tell a skunk tail from a raccoon tail.

Sensitivity is set to max all the time and this does occasionally get triggered by shadows or other light changes; it's generally a question of placement.

Got a few surprises - a random dude wandering around our house one afternoon, my son breaking the bird feeder, but also some confirmations of skunk, raccoon and possum routes through the garden as well as a bunch of squirrel, mouse, chipmunk, rabbit and bird pictures

Definitely a lot of fun to have watching visitors of all kinds to our garden

Thanks to others' reviews of this camera, I have multiple TruthCam 35s around my property. Some have been up taking pictures since December (it's July now) and they still show 50% battery life left, after taking hundreds or thousands of pictures.

I've caught the usual skunks, rabbits, etc. along with fox, coyote, and two different bobcats using these cameras. It's such fun to see what's going on when you're not looking - the night shots can be pretty good too, but the daytime shots are excellent almost without fail. My mother who lives in a semi-rural area (many fences, close neighbors but still some land) actually caught a picture of a bear in the back portion of her place.

Can't say enough good about it - easy to set up, rugged construction, waterproof, easy to mount and move, takes video or photos, and again the battery life is amazing.

The one thing they could do to make this even better is add a time-lapse feature, so instead of motion sensor trigger it takes photos at user chosen intervals, but as it stands there's no reason to not get one. They'd be as good for security cams as they are for wildlife I think.

these is the 5th time I have ordered these I just filled three of the 8gb with all the CD's containing music so I could retrieve some wall space in my home. could not believe I got close to 400 cd on these three. the sound quality is as good as the cd's I have found I could place a three drawer file cabinet full of scanned papers on one and now I am looking to get more to transfer all my DVD movies onto. Scan disk has been consistent in their quality so I turn to them repeatedly. I do not hesitate to recommend them.

I bought these cards to give to someone along with a an older Canon SX-10 IS camera I was no longer using. The recipient of the cards is happy with how they work and I have used these same cards in trail cameras with no troubles. Obviously, they are best used in cameras and devices that do not require high speed recording so if you are looking to use these on a more recent camera you should probably look at higher capacity Class 10 cards. If all you want to do is take photos they will work fine for you, and while I've used them for short videos, there are better choices for not much more money.

I have a canon camcorder that is a couple years old. It has an internal.memory and slots for 2ad cards. The color on the internal memory was never right. The sub slot would not work. I could do a work around with orca but the color was still bad. I ordered an Sd card. It came in a day I told my wife she was about to hear either sounds of complete joy or of the camera smashing against the wall. It worked! Recorded perfectly. Put it in a card reader to download,made a DVD,watched the dvd. The playback was perfect. Your sd card made me have the happiest day I ever had with a computer or camera.

These work fine. I had one go bad once and it turned out to be a bigger deal to exchange it than it was worth, so I just view them as expendable now and go on. Maybe they work for storage, but I just use them to transport images from cameras to hard drives. They seem more reliable than I imply with the sentences above. I suspect water does not compromise them, nor does heat or cold, as far as I can tell. 8 GB holds a lot of one megapixel images. Class 4 is fast enough for several of the items that I own that I use these in (for instance they are fast enough for images from a Primos Truth Cam 35 camera (a.k.a. one type of Trail Cam), which is a type of mounted, motion sensing, day and night camera that can be left out in the elements for weeks or more).

SanDisk is the best! I use SanDisk flash memory cards exclusively with all of my electronics that require them, e.g., trail cameras and other digital cameras. I have never had a SanDisk memory card fail to work and have used them where they were exposed to temperatures ranging from 1 degree (F) to 100 degrees (F) and in the rain and snow. I have several SanDisk memory cards and use them on a daily basis. As a matter of fact, I have four trail cameras operating right now that run 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

I've had this unit for a few years. I bought a new model when I couldn't find this same model at a good price. Decent picture in the day, not as high quality as newer models. Adequate pictures at night- you can tell if an animal or human is in the frame, but maybe not individual features.

It's worked reliably well for 3-4 years, until once when I switched out the card. I received the dreaded 'SD Full' message that has plagued others, even though the card was not full, and worked in the same camera previously. Suddenly no cards would work, and the batteries that were in it were drained way too soon. I noticed that the I pushed the SD card in to where it clicks the release, but held it there instead of allowing it to spring itself out, the SD card would sometimes work. I blew some air into the empty SD slot and that worked well.

I took the unit apart to see if any other areas were dirty. If you do this, keep track of each screw location, as they are different sizes. Inside it was incredibly can for having been outside in the weather 4 seasons, full winters and many rainstorms. I'm glad I got it working again, I'll post an update if it gives me trouble again soon.

I've owned 6 or 7 of these over the last 5 years and have gotten some great pictures. I've also gotten a lot of windy day pictures with no animals. Battery life is pretty good. I finally invested in some rechargeable D batteries and I found a great deal on brand name batteries by the dozen. Life of the camera has been between a few months to a couple of years. The last Truth Cam I bought was less than $80 and I just got a $30 rebate check from Bushnell. I hope they run that promotion again soon. Of the Truth Cams I bought 2 of them were a cheaper 'refurbished' deal. They did not last long and I will not go that route again. In full daylight the pictures are bright and crisp. I try to have the camera facing north so the sun isn't shining into the lense. Night shots are black and white. For a 3.5 megapixel camera the pics are pretty good. Of course depending on the light you may get blurred shots if the subject is moving. All in all I like these cameras. I have started to think of them as almost 'semi disposable' , expecting no more than a year or two of use from them . Of course they are out there 24/7 strapped to a tree through the wind, rain, snow, heat and whatever else mother nature throws at it. So, if the price stays below $100 I will continue to buy these game cameras and get pictures of deer, bob cats, turkeys, skunks, coyotes, squirrels, birds and moose.

All of these $100.00 to $200.00 cameras are junk. made in China, and last at best 2 to 3 years. IF they work right out of the box.
At eighty bucks this camera has most options available in all the makes and models.
Its wake up time is about 2 seconds and its woken shutter speed is less than one second.
I have a serious squirell problem on my feeders and I am impressed with the three shot or 5 shot burst that catches the critter at its statring point, catches a blurred in flight, and landing of the varmint. its a handy tool that advises me where to place critter deterents.
I have bought or used most makes brands and models of these less than stellar products. in my hummble opinion just be happy it works out of the box. but this primos 35 has been the best of the bunch.
Its a shame with the tech available with the digital camera market today that the best trail cams are so far behind the curve. it almost seems intentional. the next best choice is the bushnell or the stealth cam. still i must say you will be lucky if it turns on out of the box. try it out at home the day you get it. run the camera through its paces with your kids, dogs, wife, whatever. just dont walk to the woods strap it up and expect it to work.

Very simple to use (no real need of the little manual), reasonable shots day/night time (think lower end of a standard mid order 2010 smartphone, with daytime shots being in colour and better, and night time shots being b&w and lower quality). Easy to view photos via the SD slot of my iMac. You can easily distinguish between animals even at the lower night time photo quality and for this price, it seems good. The motion detection on photos and video is good. Two D cell batteries seem to last weeks on casual use. We use it at home for capturing nocturnal animals...for fun, not for hunting.

My only gripe at $77 is that the SD card is placed outside and at the bottom of the camera face where water can drip into it, protected only by a flimsy little rubber stopper. It should have obviously been contained inside the protected control panel area (and anyone can pop it out even if the camera is well secured against loss)!

I purchased the $23 mount which is abit fiddly and has a narrow tree hugging footprint. It does offer a bit more swivel for awkward branches etc. and, well, at this price one can't grumble. The Python cable sold as an accessory is a useful anti-theft tool.

Note the original cam comes with a green strap-on belt, as does the mount.

I have tried several inexpensive game cameras, kept this one. I like the easy setup using dedicated switches instead of software function programing. Specs calls for trigger at 30 feet max range. The night photos are not well illuminated beyond 10 feet from camera. The daylight shots are fantastic. I was happy with this unit and needed another camera, so I upgraded to the Primos Truth cam 46. It cost more money and performance was not as good as Truth cam 35. Sent the Truth cam 46 back and ordered another Truth Cam 35. Happy with both Truth Cams 35. The video mode does eat up SD card space so I switched over to the 5 shot photo feature with 1 second delay between shots. uses a lot less card space and sharp photos. By the way the specs say 8 GB (SD HC MAX SIZE) My two Truth cams 35 accepted 16 GB SDHC and seems to work fine. I would have given the camera 5 stars, but the distance of the night photos beyond 10 feet were a little disapointing.

Good Flash mem

THEY WORK WELL

I have several camera's these disc's will work in all of them..

They work OK , but, I would buy a faster card like a (10) SDHC flash memory card. You can just about see the rating marked on the card.
I did not know how they were rated at the time I bought them , but, the 8- (4)SDHC work fine. I would like to max out the speed of the camera with a faster memory card like the (10). Next Time America.

I use a lot of SD cards in game cameras left "in the field" to document wildlife movements. The San Disk brand are as good as any, and normally more economical, so I tend to use a lot of them. This was a good price on a good product.

Camera worked at first now just under 2 years old and getting sd full error message. I see others have had this problem. I will contact primos and hope for the best. But you may want to think twice about buying a product that only last a few years.

update..
contacted Primos customer service. very nice listened to my problem and offered a 50% discount if i bought a new camera from there website.I was a little reluctant to purchase another Primos if product isn't going to last, but i did and will hope i get more years out of the newer designed cameras..

We have two of these, they work great. Only reason it gets a 4 is because the rubber cover for the memory card comes off pretty easy, and is really hard to put back on! If lost they are good about replacing the cover though.

October 21, 2016 Update: This still works & takes good pictures! However it sure eats up the D Batteries. We are lucky if they last a month, worse in cold weather!! Dropping review to a 3 star, as batteries are expensive!!

I bought this because someone was vandalizing my porch (nothing crazy). I rent an apartment, so I cannot drill holes to route wires, nor does it seem feasible to have a WiFi based system that clogs up my bandwidth, all at an affordable rate (no monthly fees). So why not use a hunting camera? Seems simple enough.

This thing uses 4 giant D batteries. D batteries are expensive. So you hook it up (has screw holes for a universal mount) and you set it to photo or video and then you set the delay time. The minimum delay time is 5 seconds. Therefore, depending upon where you mount this, it will wait 5 seconds before snapping a picture(s) of the subject. In my case someone could run up and get out of range before being caught.The infrared lights illuminate very brightly when it snaps pictures or records video. I understand that this is for hunting and infrared lights work this way. I used this over winter, and in temperatures below 20°F, the camera didn't work consistently. The pictures are clear enough, nothing special. I had this under an overhang on my porch (not that dark) and it almost always used infrared, which was kind of annoying.

The thing is hardy though, and the plastic case is well made. The display clearly shows the battery life (although this can fluctuate). On two occasions, I put new batteries in and they died within a week. This could have been due to the extremely cold temperatures (below 15°F). Sometimes it would just continuously take pictures and die really quickly, as if the firmware had an issue. I had it mounted up high, but anyone could easily come and disable, destroy, or steal it if they wanted to.

It would capture every movement of a squirrel on my porch (I have hundreds of squirrel photos), but not people walking up and ringing the doorbell. Overall, I was underwhelmed for the purposes I was using it for. After never catching the perpetrators, I sold it and moved on. Thankfully the vandalism stopped.

This camera has some very positive attributes, but is let down by it's performance somewhat.

Pro's:
Very sturdy case
easy to mount with a quality strap
Easy to get pointing to the right place
Great battery life
Really easy to use

Con's:
Takes to long to fire
Low light picture quality is very poor
Ton's of false positives (pictures of nothing) on high sensitivity, but misses what it should capture on low.

I bought it to get pictures of the deer that have been pillaging our garden, it was up in various (hot spot) locations for several weeks before taking good pictures.

I don't have a plethora of different trail cams to compare it against, but I do feel it needs more technology in it. For example, it should pre-focus when setup (it's a static camera, so shouldn't need to focus for each shot). That would improve fire time.
The sensitivity should be either adjustable on a dial (rather than just 3 settings), or automatic. Generally if the environment is monitored for a few minutes, it's not difficult to adjust sensitivity to a little over the environment (branches swaying in the wind etc).

It's ok, but I'll try a different one next time.

I bought this camera, with security can and cable lock. I've used it about a year. I liked that one, so I bought two more of the same configuration. One of those two was defective, and wouldn't trigger but rarely, so I lost a lot of actually important shots (these aren't all used as game cameras). Amazon did accept a return but for a restocking fee. When I told them I found this disappointing, they refunded that charge. Kudos Amazon! They continue to impress me. My opinion? Products like this should fail very, very rarely. What's inside is not that complex. Ask anyone who's worked on military electronics in the field. We need to hold vendors to higher standards to compete on the world stage. Battery usage is good, although buy Tenergy rechargeable D Cells and a good charger, it will save you quickly because wow, D cells are expensive. Two of the Transcend SD memory cards I bought failed in these cameras in just a few months. So far, Kingston and Sandisk SD cards have been working fine for me. This camera has given some really nice shots, although, of course, I have never seen a picture as nice as what they advertise in their package. It's not very different from a cheeseburger commercial in that regard.

This seems to be a situation where a couple guys come up with good idea, find some local talent to get the ball rolling, then take their idea to China get it made for pennies, then reap the rewards. (God bless America?) Some of you may say this is simply fair trade. I'm beginning to wonder, frankly. If we don't start producing products domestically for the world market soon, I fear we're in deep trouble. As far as I know, there is no American equivalent of the game cam. Please let me know if I'm wrong on this. I know we can make quality products.

They claim in their package that I have to return the registration card to receive the warranty, but I believe this is incorrect. Please read [...]before you "fall for that". I find this to be subterfuge - a bit shady on their part.

Aside from misgivings related to foreign trade and some not-necessarily-true statements, the camera has indeed worked in general, and has produced some important and enjoyable images. The rest are easy to delete.

Becoming obsolete by Apple and Samsung products

The only complaint I have about this product is that the Flash Memory cards did not come with a plastic storage case. Once you open the package their is nothing to put the memory cards into when they are not being used.

Grandsons needed these for school. Assume they do the job as they have not complained about them

These were advertised as 8 GB.I rec'd two 4GB cards. That's okay, I can use same.

I think these will work fine, I just got the wrong ones. I needed the mini's. I will find a use though.

The camera worked great for a year and after that it kept sending message errors. I changed batteries as Primos suggested, changed SD cards as Primos suggested, left the batteries out for two days as they suggested. ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE HELP!!! Very poor customer service with a nasty ATTITUDE never would I buy anything Primos ever again. The camera functioned ok at first but the pictures gradually got worse. It seemed to have moisture inside the unit from the beginning.

Customer service goes a long way, they offer me a new one at $20 off retail which is still higher than Amazon, Really?

Primos you have lost a very loyal customer, I had eight of your cameras and many other hunting products. It is painfully clear customer service holds no importance to your company.

I purchased this camera in September of 2013. It is now January 2015. These units are 4 months out of warranty.

Initially I really liked this camera, especially for the price. I purchased two of these cameras, and used them for hunting and around the property to spot the wildlife that came around at night. The batteries lasted through a couple thousand pictures initially. Video did not last nearly as long, as expected. However, the quality of the photos and videos during the daytime was quite good. The nighttime photos and videos were adequate.

After a year, I noticed the quality of the photos began to degrade. I thought it might be the batteries, so I switched to Duracells. This did not make a difference, nor did cleaning the lens and sensors.

In October of 2014, the unit stopped taking pictures at night (black screen pics, no video). Knowing that the warranty had just expired, I tried to determine whether or not this was due to cold weather or just happened to get a couple of bad batches of batteries. After trying various things over the last few months, I finally started doing some research on Google and discovered this is a known issue with this camera. Both cameras I purchased started having this issue at the same time. Primos knows about this issue, and has known about it for a considerable amount of time.

In speaking with Primos customer service, they offered me a 30%-50% discount on my next purchase. I can't see myself ever buying another Primos product given that these units fail consistently, that it's been a known issue since long before the warranty expired, and Primos is unwilling to make it right. This is not the first time I have had quality issues with Primos products, but it will be the last.

What I do wonder is why there isn't a class action against Primos for this camera. They are still selling old stock of this camera, full well knowing it is defective.

I bought this in Nov 2011, used under a big oak tree for 6 months, camera was in a lock-box and secured with a Master Python cable lock. I used the photo mode. No problems there, pics came out good.

Then..I moved the camera and lock-box to a palm tree in front of a house, kinda close to the side of the house...I left it there for 4 months, when I opened it up the batteries(Duracell) were corroded. The SD card was a bit corroded and wouldn't work when plugged into another sd card reader, so it died. There was a white crusty film inside the camera. I tried to clean off the battery terminals in the camera but it did no good. The camera doesn't work anymore. I tried with new fresh batteries, the camera IR lights came on and there was a faint glow in the green and red lights by the lens. The LCD panel did not work..

I thought the camera was more exposed on the oak tree than the palm..I don't know why the camera box seal failed..but water evidently got in. By the time I discovered the damage the warranty was expired..I don't know if I can send it back to AMAZON for a replacement..

I think the lesson here is check the camera /lock-box more often..

When my TruthCam arrived, I was ready to try it out but it would not read the SD card that I bought with it. I tried a different SD card that I use on my other camera and that wouldn't work either. The screen just kept flashing "-SD-" no matter what I did. I tried formatting the cards on my computer, then formatting them in the camera they still would not work

So I went on Google and searched for solutions and discovered that this is a known issue with this model. Primo does not offer any type of technical support for this product either unless you purchase it directly from them, in which case they will mail you a replacement camera. Thankfully Amazon shipped me a new one but I am still very disappointed and concerned that you will not get any help from the manufacturer if your TruthCam happens to malfunction.

That all said when it works it does just as advertised. The night vision cabality is superior for the price. But take great care with the SD card slot and be sure to avoid getting dirt inside of it or you will end up with a door stop.

I bought this camera here on Amazon in late August, and deployed it as per the instructions. Three weeks later, I went back to find it completely dead and unresponsive even to new batteries. Checking the memory card, I found that it took 30 pictures over the first two weeks. After that, not another. The pictures do at least look good, and it captured all kinds of critters.

UPDATE:

I called Primos, as the manual says clearly "do not return to retailer". After 11 minutes on hold I was able to speak with a friendly, English-speaking customer service representative who was very cooperative in issuing me a return authorization number, and assured me that Primos will send me a new camera upon receipt of the defective one.

Two weeks after sending the defective camera back, I received a warranty replacement from Primos. They have handled this pretty well, BUT it's still unfortunate that I missed some prime weeks of having the camera in the field, and I am perturbed by having had to pay to ship the defective camera to them, effectively increasing the price by $8.23 (USPS Priority Mail shipping price).

Manufacturing defects happen from time to time, and are to be expected. I am still willing to believe that Primos makes good products: on the whole, this seems like a great trail camera, and the customer service experience has been good. They only fell short by not paying the shipping on the defective return.

NEW UPDATE AFTER 2 and a half years:

Well, now the warranty replacement has died, and so has the warranty. For the two and a half years that it worked, it saw light-to-moderate use. It has not been subjected to winter, or even sub-freezing temperatures. Over time I saw the loads of 4 fresh D batteries lasting less and less, too.

I was very happy with the performance while it worked. But I am very DISSATISFIED by the lifespan of the thing. MADE IN CHINA strikes again.

The memory card stopped working while I was taking wedding pictures, I was unable to get any of the pictures off the card after it stopped working. I luckily had extra memory cards on me. If you're a photographer, do yourself a favor and invest in good memory cards, these are unreliable.

Always make sure to double check s/h prices first. 11.00 to ship a lightweight 8.00 package is rridiculou.

Disappointed they didn't come in the protective plastic cases like most sd cards come in.

they did not work in my game camera, do not know if they are to large (8) and I need a smaller, will check with the camera specs

Apparently these are micro-sd cards. Would be nice if it said so or was pictured as such.

When it works, these cameras are great. When they don't, and its often, they are worthless. I bought one to test earlier this year. Based upon the quality of the pictures I ordered two more to cover some areas I hunt. After about 6 months the over exposed/under exposed pictures started showing up. two months later, about 30-40% of the pictures on two of the cameras were worthless. after 2 weeks of back and forth emails with customer service they finally confirmed that I had registered the cameras for the warranty. not impressive. I mailed off one camera today, and will be retrieving another camera shortly that is now not taking pictures at all, yet eating through batteries at a alarming rate. the final camera, that was working for most of this period, is now starting to produce unusable pictures. I'm waiting to see how customer service handles the warranty process (its through a third party). I am not impressed with these cameras which are more like disposables than reusable trail cameras. they are on the lower end of the cost scale, so be aware that you get what you pay for. Its a mistake I won't make again with a trail camera.

I tried so hard to get along with this camera. It worked fine out of the package, but after a couple weeks the night pictures were just black, with the only thing showing up were glowing eyes. Primos has decent customer service and replaced my camera with a new one. The 2nd one had a bad card reader, which malfunctioned after 1 week of use. I sent that one back too, to get a 3rd replacement. The 3rd worked great for about a month, then night pictures came back black. I am now on camera #4 of this model, all replaced by Primos, and camera #4 has just failed after 4 months - will no longer read the memory card. I am done, just throwing it in the trash and going back to Moultrie. I appreciate that Primos replaced my cameras each time they broke, but it is clearly not a quality camera and I wish I could have gotten a refund instead.

I purchased two of these as a xmas gift because of all the good reviews....one worked and one took endless pictures of nothing and everything was so "foggy" it was nearly all white, even though the weather was clear. We thought the second one might have the settings screwed up so we kept messing with them, but it never improved. Meanwhile the one that worked, suddenly wouldn't turn on anymore, so they were both useless. Given that I also purchased holders, memory cards, batteries and a field reader for them....it was a huge waste of money. With so many good reviews, I can only assume they have some serious quality control issues and we just happened to get two duds. That doesn't really help.

The camera lasted for about (8) months until it stopped working. Standard use hanging on a few different trees doing what trail cams are supposed to do. Took great pictures and my son and I were very happy with it.

So, as I had mentioned, the camera stopped working about (2) weeks ago and I wen through the process of changing out batteries, buying a new memory card, making sure things were formatted the way that Primo's says on their website. Still a no-go.

I emailed Primo's support via email on Sept 8th and have yet to receive a reply back from these people.

After doing more research on this product as well as Primo's support, I have found that [a] not too many people are happy with the product, and [b] their support staff is much less than "primo".

Should they happen to address my issues with this camera and help my 10-year old son and I out, I may revise this review. However, until that happens, 1-star it is. Spend a few more dollars with a different company.

Bought this summer of 2012, it seemed to work great when i first set her up. the sensitivity was on high of medium would end up taking a ton of pictures no matter where i put it up at. I got some really good pics for the most part and was pretty satisified with it. then it seemed like my battery life would only last about half (2-4 weeks)of what my friends (2 months)was. This year i put it up early spring and after 2 days the batteries were dead. call primos and they said my SD card needed to be reformatted from my laptop and they gave me instructions on how to do that. but the camera isn't even taking pictures anymore and is disfunctional. So i'll be getting back ahold of them hoping for a replacement or something. dunno if mine is just a earlier model and a flake or what. my friends is still running strong and working worth the price- unfortunately mine is not. I'm wanting to pick up another 2 or 3 cameras but doubt i will go this route again.

One is working as advertised; one worked once and then quit. Would not buy again.

one of the cards is defective. have it in a camera and it does not record a picture. tried it in other device and it still does not work.
not worth sending back for one card. I don't know if the other card is bad. I don't have the packaging any longer so will put in the trash.

Disappointed in the quality of the last batch I received. We have used SanDisk in the past. The tab to lock the card has broken off, which prevents us from using the card in our camcorder. Thus has happened with 6 of the 8 cards we bought. We tried taping over the area, but the card is too thick to fit in the camera.

One of the memory cards was damaged right out of the package. One of the gold pieces on the back was bent outwards. Cannot use.

Product was not as described in the ad. The advertisement said that it could be used in cell phones this why i made this purchase. This was incorrect. It doesn't fit. I had to make another purchase for the right size. I didn't bother to send this product back for a refund because it was too much of a hassle.