Reconyx Microfire
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This is actually the first I have heard of theses......I took a little time to review them and it looks like a fine camera from what I can tell. To me its big selling point is the app and mobile access to the camera to control it. I have some spots it would be nice to have something like this, but still have a difficult time buying a $500 camera!
Bullwinkle
Active Member
They look awesome. Very easy to hide
What doesn't make sense to me is the feature of downloading on wifi if you're with 100 yards. Who has wifi within 100 yards of your camera location???
What doesn't make sense to me is the feature of downloading on wifi if you're with 100 yards. Who has wifi within 100 yards of your camera location???
You don't need a wifi hotspot: the camera creates a network for you to access from your phone or tablet. Wherever your camera is wifi will be.
Bullwinkle
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That is very cool. So you can check you pictures without going to the camera. Great feature. Tx
Shaft
New Member
It's within 100ft not 100yds.
Yep. If it was 100yds, I would be way more tempted to buy one. Im not a fan of how the Microfire needs to be mounted either, way to easy for a squirrel, coon to sit on top of cam and mess up the cam angle.
I'll stick with my XR6s and HC600s.
Bullwinkle
Active Member
Thanks for clearing up my mistake
Still a nice feature. I try putting cameras where I can drive up to them and not leaving scent With Reconyx battery life you wouldn't have to leave the cart or touch anything to get your pictures all season
Bullwinkle
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Hopefully the mounting system is strong enough not to move if a squirrel sits on it. Raccoon seems unlikely to me.
Native Hunter
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Make it work at 200 yards and I will buy 6 of them. 100 feet doesn't excite me........
Buckly
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100 ft isn't much but, I think that you will see the technology get better over the next few years to extend the range out a bit. I like the idea though. Since I started driving right up to the cameras I have seen much better results getting bucks on cams and them not skirting the area. Staying back even 100 ft and never getting off the machine will be even better. I am going to try and buy 2 this year.
I mounted a XR6 with one of those homemade mounts that are made out of eyebolts/etc. I had everything tightened so well that I never thought it would move. Checked the cam and you guessed it, a squirrel messed with the cam and the cam angle was way off. I went back to strapping the cams tight to the tree and putting sticks behind the cam to get the correct aim/angle if they are mounted higher. Anything mounted out and away from the tree is asking for something sit on the cam in my opinion.
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Bigeight
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That's been my experience with that type of mounting system. I put up 6 cameras during a September scouting trip to IA all mounted this way. Returned to hunt in November exited to check the cameras. Every single one pointed down, or beat to crap by coons. The pictures told the story....deer, deer, deer...coon, then coon hands, then the ground !
Seabee
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First person to make wifi work reliably at 200yds will have more money then they know what to do with!
Native Hunter
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And that's what we once would have also said about a powerful computer which would set in a man's lap....
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Bullwinkle
Active Member
Hard to believe Reconyx would design a new camera and have it fail on the mounting system. Embarrassing flop from the best camera manufacturer in the industry.
I was going to buy a bunch of these. Thanks guys.
I was going to buy a bunch of these. Thanks guys.
Bullwinkle
Active Member
Reviews on Cabelas hit the universal mount for being tough to screw in. Didn't see anything about squirrels messing up the camera angle???Good review on the cameras but only two
