Pete,
Glad to hear the Ebay light is still going strong. Some of mine are and others lost LEDs along the way, but I guess considering the cost, that isn't a bad thing. They are cheap. I am not using them now but did initially with the Gen 1 scope.
All my wireless remotes are still working fine. I am still using the first one I purchased back in 2011 and use it to turn the inside cabin lights on and off. They too aren't very expensive, so I guess if you get a couple of years of good use, then maybe that's not too bad either.
Red fox notice my trail cameras and I find that some are not bothered by them, while others seem to jump out of their skin when the camera turns on.
If you want stealth, the 940nm is the way to go, but also with a bullet camera behind a daytime scope, quite a bit of light is lost. The view is very good if only using it as a scanner. But, if you have a Gen 3 monocular like the PVS-14 Vic loaned me, the view should look really good. With a Gen 3 scope of a higher magnification, I'm not sure how much light might be lost.
I don't know if you saw my previous post of the coyote video with the bullet camera behind my daytime scope set at 6x. Just in case you didn't, here is what it looks like. The spot light was mounted about 20 yards from the bait site. As you can see, quite a bit of light is lost as well as focus / clarity, but a shot can still be made.
Below is the view of Vic's PVS-14 and the 940nm spot light in case you didn't see it in my other post.
Ambient light only, very dark in the woods.
With the 940nm Spot Light
The only way I have found the 940nm spot light to work reasonably well with the bullet camera behind a daytime scope, is at a bait site. Mount the light close to the site and it will work well enough. It won't throw a beam very far for the camera to see behind a scope, but using the camera alone as a scanner, it works great. The scope lens cuts down quite a bit on brightness.
