Comments on: Moultrie I-40 Trail Camera Review

By: bob

bob — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:28:45 +0000

i own 5 of the moultries 4 of the i40 and one of the new 55i. this is the 3rd year and have 2 that the lcd is bad and another that is going bad. impossible to talk to customer service . have sent an email and been waiting for a reply. i think there customer service phone # is a joke. i was satisfied with the battery life and pictures but wish i could get my cameras fixed.

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By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:04:18 +0000

Very disappointed right from the get go with this unit. Doesn’t seem to work in cold weather whatsoever. I walked in front of it right after I took from the warm to the cold outside and it took 5-8 seconds before the flash went off. I had coyotes less than 15 feet away from the camera that night and it didn’t even take their picture.

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By: John leatherwood

John leatherwood — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:11:46 +0000

Owned 6 moultrie I 40. They were pretty good
cameras. Over 2 years sent everyone back to
moultrie display slowly faded away. I will tell
you one thing there customer service is great.
They replaced every camera with no problem.
Some were only 3-4 months old. It did cost me
$10.00 everytime I sent them back. I feel like
they owe me around 70 bucks. So I went to
cuddeback capture, had them for 5 months and
really like them no display to worry about, 2 less
batteries. Fast trigger speed and very good pictures.

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:51:21 +0000

I have a moultrie I40 that worked flawlessly for 18 months and all of a sudden I couldnot read the LCD to set time etc. however the camera still tool great pictures. I contacte Moultrie and although the camera warranty is 12 months thay said send it in and we’ll fix it. I got it back and the LCD worked for one week but the camera kept taking good pictures, I did not want to send it back during the rut. A month later after the rut, I sent it back again and a 2 weeks later a brand new camera arrived. Great customer support for a comaera that was out of warranty.

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By: Douglas Sykes

Douglas Sykes — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:05:47 +0000

I don’t see how you can recommend Moultrie’s I-40 to anyone. I have two of them and they have been nothing but trouble, they seem to use extremely unreliable components and the customers service is not the good. Sure they will send you a new replacement game cam, that won’t function properly either. I would much rather just buy one cam and have it in use for 5 or 6 years.

I have talked with other owners of the I-40 and 90% of them are dissatisfied also. I am not sure about what is going on with the quality control at Moultrie, but something is clearly wrong.

At this point I cannot recommend the game cams to anyone.

So far, I have sent the cameras back on three different occasions and I have a second I-40 that is starting to have the display going out on it, so I will be sending it back to you also.

The time line.

Feb 2008 – Purchased first I-40 game cam

Apr 2009 – Purchased second I-40 game cam

Apr 2009 – Display went out in March, 2009 on first game cam. Sent game cam back to Moultrie April, 2009 and received a replacement game cam. Time in service = 11 months.

Aug 2009 – Started having problems with the motion detection on first replacement game cam. Sent back to Moultrie and received another game cam. Time in service = 4 months.

Sep 2009 – Second replacement game cam will not “boot up”. Will send back to Moultrie.
Time in service = 0 months

Sep 2009 – Display on second game cam is going out and is also having issues with not keeping correct time. Time in service = 4 months.

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By: Maurice Cummings

Maurice Cummings — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:04:11 +0000

I forgot to mention that I have another one here on the coffee table that I’m getting ready to fix up and get into the woods. I camo them out with camo duct tape so they are not so visible to crooks and deer.

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By: Maurice Cummings

Maurice Cummings — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:57:10 +0000

The best I have found. The picture quality on the Moultrie I-40 is 2ed to none. I have read a lot of reviews about the card being hard to get out. I’ll let you in on a little secret. If your going to replace it with another card so you can take it home to check out your pictures, then use the case as a pair of tweezers to remove the card. For the price of the camera and the quality of the pictures, it can’t be beat. As far as the strap you don’t need all that much pressure on it anyhow. Just snug it up.

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By: tom dalton

tom dalton — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:56:12 +0000

I have trouble with all 3 of my Moultrie cameras for daytime whiteout. Anyone with helpful suggestions please call me 731-644-9599. Moutrie technical assistance is impossible to get in contact, wait time is always 90+ minutes. HELP!

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By: bill

bill — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:30:16 +0000

how do i download to a memory stick? Also when removing SD card do i have to shut off the camera? the book tells you none of this.

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By: william taylor

william taylor — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:57:31 +0000

I have been disappointed with my I40 because of 2 problems:
1) The menu display went bad and cannot be read. (I had an older model Moultrie with the same problem) Luckily, I know the steps to take as the pictures are still good
2) The camera is in so. Texas (where it’s hot) and seems to be triggered by the daytime heat.

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