Spypoint trail cameras

Doubleclutch

New member
Letter to Spypoint:

Last year, 2017 at the end of November I ordered four of your SpyPoint Force-10 cameras.

One of the cameras leaked water into it during a rain and quit working around the first of this year. I did not contact your company for some time since your warranty is stated as two (2) years. After a close examination of the camera the door gasket did have a flaw at the top center and was obviously glued on improperly.

I contacted your company by email and received a reply that I should send the camera in with $20. For repair and that the warrenty was for one year (1). I called and talked to a person, Robert that said that I had no way of knowing if the camera had a factory defect to send by email, copies of my receipts and a picture of the gasket and if he determined the problem to be a factory defect it would not cost $20 to repair, to send you the camers..

I sent the camera to your company. Then I received a phone message from Robert that stated that if I would send $50. He would send me a new camera. I returned the call and was told that Robert had gone home.
On 4/27/2018 @ 11:30 AM Robert called again and I tried to tell him that it was obvious that your company did not honor your written warrenty. Robert did not want to hear what I had to say and started to talk over me and would not listen at all, so I just disconnected the call after being told that the camera could be sent back to me or put in the trash. I have never experienced such unreasonable rudness from a reputable company represenative.

Now I have discovered another cameras with water inside, but is still working, for now. I can not see any defect in the door gasket at this time. That is a 50% fail rate in the first few months of operation.
mad.gif
 
Last edited:
thanks for the warning i don't think i'll be buying spypoint. it's been a few years but i have had good luck with moultrie customer service .
 

I keep hearing the same about Moultrie.

I may use my cameras differently from many and differently from people that I know.
I leave mine out all year in the real thick woods right behind my house that is over 22K acres of timber.
I look for quick trigger speed to catch fast movers and good battery life is a plus. The Spypoint advertised both and only uses six AA batteries.
Spypoint has about ½ the width of my Brownings field of view and maybe 1/3 of the wide angle Stealth Cams. I have not seen a longer battery life with Spypoint. Spypoint’s narrow field of view gives a lot of blank pictures, no critters.

I have learned the hard way to stick with reputable American companies regardless of where their cameras are made.
Not long ago I sent a Culddeback camera that I bought in 2005 to a friend that wanted one to see what was lurking in their back yard. It was still working fine but used D batteries.
I have called Cuddeback for new door gaskets and they sent them for the old out of date camera for $5.
Called Browning for new door latches and they sent them free, also way out of warranty.
 
Never used a Spypoint camera but have used Moultrie and Cuddeback several years ago. Pictures were fine, batteries went fast and the cameras developed a few problems after a couple seasons. I used alkaline batteries back then and they didn't last long.

For the past 4 years I've used the Reconyx HyperFire PC900 which takes 12 AA batteries. I use Energizer Ultimate Lithium Batteries and after 2 months of continued use this past winter I still have 85% battery life. Temps got down to -24*F at night on more than one occasion and I had a total of 586 pictures on the card. Picture quality is good but really no better than other trail cameras of recent manufacture. I have never had any problems with the camera, so can't comment on their customer service, but for the price of their cameras, I would think the CS would be great.

The newer Reconyx Trail Camera Versions look to be a significant upgrade from my current camera but for my "needs", I'll try and resist the temptation to "upgrade". All Reconyx cameras are made in the USA.
 


Write your reply...
Back
Top