Comments on: Cuddeback Capture http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:03:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ross http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Ross Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:03:21 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-120 First off, George you have a real problem, lmao! What kind of chip do you have in there? It reccomends 1GB standard SD Chip with 2 being max but not reccomended. Maybe that is part of your problem?? I have over a thousand pics on my card and the alkie batteries just keep takin a lickin, but keep on tickin! So either you got unlucky with a real lemon or just plain need more smarts to operate the simplest camera in the world :) Anyhow, here is my very honest review on the Cuddie 5.0 IR. First off, cons 1. I wasn't the happiest when I seen what used to be a previous US Product, now made in China like all the rest. No wonder we are going down the shitter!! 2. Cuddie brags about how simple they made that camera, which is the truth. But the simpleness bragging covers up the real truth which they don't want to admit. That is, they cheapened what once was a fantastic camera up bigtime by removing many previous essential features. 3. It doesn't take multiple pics at once which is a feature I like. The best you can do is set the delay to 30 seconds and you will enjoy quite a few pics. 4. You can't set it to take video clips. 5. About every 30 pics or so, you will get one picture that won't develop if you click on it. Maybe that's a problem on my end with the card. I just flopped in a old 2 GB card I had laying around because I'm too cheap to buy a brand new 1GB card. Here's the pros: 1. The daytime pics are absolutely fantastic, better than any other game cam I owned. They are photo album quality. The night IR pics are like any other average IR camera. Good enough to see what's lurking around and perhaps a good idea how many points are on your trophy buck but nothing spectacular. 2. The batteries last forever. I was thinking about modifying that camera by voiding the warranty and drilling a small hole through the back cover and hooking up wires to the terminals for external battery. But, after I seen how long budget alkalines last, I put that idea in the closet. 3. The trigger speed is extremely fast or faster than previous models, putting Cuddie in a class by itself with that feature. 4. By removing all the advanced features, they did make it extremely simple for any plain moron to setup. Well, almost any moron :) Hope this review helps you. I may be somewhat outspoken, but I tell it like it is! First off, George you have a real problem, lmao! What kind of chip do you have in there? It reccomends 1GB standard SD Chip with 2 being max but not reccomended. Maybe that is part of your problem??

I have over a thousand pics on my card and the alkie batteries just keep takin a lickin, but keep on tickin! So either you got unlucky with a real lemon or just plain need more smarts to operate the simplest camera in the world :)

Anyhow, here is my very honest review on the Cuddie 5.0 IR.

First off, cons
1. I wasn’t the happiest when I seen what used to be a previous US Product, now made in China like all the rest. No wonder we are going down the shitter!!

2. Cuddie brags about how simple they made that camera, which is the truth. But the simpleness bragging covers up the real truth which they don’t want to admit. That is, they cheapened what once was a fantastic camera up bigtime by removing many previous essential features.

3. It doesn’t take multiple pics at once which is a feature I like. The best you can do is set the delay to 30 seconds and you will enjoy quite a few pics.

4. You can’t set it to take video clips.

5. About every 30 pics or so, you will get one picture that won’t develop if you click on it. Maybe that’s a problem on my end with the card. I just flopped in a old 2 GB card I had laying around because I’m too cheap to buy a brand new 1GB card.

Here’s the pros:
1. The daytime pics are absolutely fantastic, better than any other game cam I owned. They are photo album quality. The night IR pics are like any other average IR camera. Good enough to see what’s lurking around and perhaps a good idea how many points are on your trophy buck but nothing spectacular.

2. The batteries last forever. I was thinking about modifying that camera by voiding the warranty and drilling a small hole through the back cover and hooking up wires to the terminals for external battery. But, after I seen how long budget alkalines last, I put that idea in the closet.

3. The trigger speed is extremely fast or faster than previous models, putting Cuddie in a class by itself with that feature.

4. By removing all the advanced features, they did make it extremely simple for any plain moron to setup. Well, almost any moron :)

Hope this review helps you. I may be somewhat outspoken, but I tell it like it is!

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]]> By: Steve http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Steve Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:28:08 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-113 I bought a Cuddyback 1 1/2 years ago, and it has a one year warranty. Had problems from day one. The first thing Cuddyback doesn't have any instructions, that you have to format your SD card, meaning take the SD card, put in a didital camera and take a picture first, before you put into your trail camera. Learning this the hard way, I blew out two SD cards, because we put them directly into the trail camera, not knowing you had to format it first. That was problem one. Now you put your camera up, the camera shuts down after two days of work, or it works just when it wants to, until you pop the battery out, and have to reset it, and then it just takes a few more pictures again, over and over, you have to do this. I get mostly just white pictures. I called Cuddyback, and explained to her what was going on, and she said try a certain brand of SD card, and asked if my batteries were good, been there, did that stuff. Now its off warranty, after one year, $200.00 camera, I am supposed to send them $110.00 plus $10.00 shipping, plus my camera, and they said they would send me a new one. What I am I supposed to do here, I feel when you spend this amount of money, it should work for more than what it did, especially since it did not work from day one. There customer service sucks, and their camera sucks. My son and son-in-law have the same problems with their cuddybacks. They should go good on their camera, and I feel that I should get a new one, with no strings attached. If I did send it in, what are the chances that they would just send me my camera back rebuilt, and still have the same problems. I guess they think on the phone, that I have the words stupid printed on my head. So this would be over $300.00, and whats to say that I still would have the same problems. All I hear about cuddyback, from others, is problem after problem. I don't think that I will ever buy from this company again, it is bogus. I might even think of taking them to small claims court, just to prove a point, of what junk these camera are. Don't ever think of buying one of these, because you will get the bad end of the deal. This camera is a big big let down, never worked when I needed it to work, I am done with cuddyback, and please don't make the same mistakes with your $200.00, you will be sorry!! I bought a Cuddyback 1 1/2 years ago, and it has a one year warranty. Had problems from day one. The first thing Cuddyback doesn’t have any instructions, that you have to format your SD card, meaning take the SD card, put in a didital camera and take a picture first, before you put into your trail camera. Learning this the hard way, I blew out two SD cards, because we put them directly into the trail camera, not knowing you had to format it first. That was problem one. Now you put your camera up, the camera shuts down after two days of work, or it works just when it wants to, until you pop the battery out, and have to reset it, and then it just takes a few more pictures again, over and over, you have to do this. I get mostly just white pictures. I called Cuddyback, and explained to her what was going on, and she said try a certain brand of SD card, and asked if my batteries were good, been there, did that stuff. Now its off warranty, after one year, $200.00 camera, I am supposed to send them $110.00 plus $10.00 shipping, plus my camera, and they said they would send me a new one. What I am I supposed to do here, I feel when you spend this amount of money, it should work for more than what it did, especially since it did not work from day one. There customer service sucks, and their camera sucks. My son and son-in-law have the same problems with their cuddybacks. They should go good on their camera, and I feel that I should get a new one, with no strings attached. If I did send it in, what are the chances that they would just send me my camera back rebuilt, and still have the same problems. I guess they think on the phone, that I have the words stupid printed on my head. So this would be over $300.00, and whats to say that I still would have the same problems. All I hear about cuddyback, from others, is problem after problem. I don’t think that I will ever buy from this company again, it is bogus. I might even think of taking them to small claims court, just to prove a point, of what junk these camera are. Don’t ever think of buying one of these, because you will get the bad end of the deal. This camera is a big big let down, never worked when I needed it to work, I am done with cuddyback, and please don’t make the same mistakes with your $200.00, you will be sorry!!

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]]> By: karl http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-109 karl Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:26:35 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-109 I wish I would have read this before my purchase. Spent an hour trying to get this new out of box Excite to work... nothing... card error.. my butt. JUNK. Plus, SCHEELS dimwit salesman sold me the wrong card.. so, back to town for that right one, only for it not too work... Did I mention JUNK... PLUS, the series of buttons to push is rediculous. tay away from em from the sounds and experience. I wish I would have read this before my purchase. Spent an hour trying to get this new out of box Excite to work… nothing… card error.. my butt. JUNK. Plus, SCHEELS dimwit salesman sold me the wrong card.. so, back to town for that right one, only for it not too work… Did I mention JUNK… PLUS, the series of buttons to push is rediculous. tay away from em from the sounds and experience.

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]]> By: George http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-100 George Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:20:28 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-100 Finally got a hold of Cuddeback and their answer is the heat....ran all the tests they had and said it all checks out but it still won't take a picture farther than 2 to 3 ft out....and they say since the test check out they won't give me an RMA number to send it back....the problem is obviously in the trigger sensitivity...so they need to look at it. I'm going to send it back in without an RMA will let you know where it goes....Way it is now they need to keep it as its worthless Finally got a hold of Cuddeback and their answer is the heat….ran all the tests they had and said it all checks out but it still won’t take a picture farther than 2 to 3 ft out….and they say since the test check out they won’t give me an RMA number to send it back….the problem is obviously in the trigger sensitivity…so they need to look at it. I’m going to send it back in without an RMA will let you know where it goes….Way it is now they need to keep it as its worthless

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]]> By: George http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-91 George Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:58:50 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-91 I have a Capture and have sent it in twice....and right now i have it sitting next to a wildview...50.00 camera. The Wildview will generate say a 150 photos...the capture may have 3 to 8...now mind you they are side by side...and like the rest you can never get anyone on the damn phone...very poor public relations ....will be moultrie all the way now for sure I have a Capture and have sent it in twice….and right now i have it sitting next to a wildview…50.00 camera. The Wildview will generate say a 150 photos…the capture may have 3 to 8…now mind you they are side by side…and like the rest you can never get anyone on the damn phone…very poor public relations ….will be moultrie all the way now for sure

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]]> By: George O'Brien http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-89 George O'Brien Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:12:56 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-89 Just goes to show you that more expensive doesn't mean better quality....The service speaks for itself.....Moultrie....They are great in that department....and you will get a call back usually in a hour if you don't get them right then.....As far as Cuddy.....No support means the product is going down....They need to have a regular support person there to help. No more Cuddys for me for sure...and i have over 8 cams in the field. Just goes to show you that more expensive doesn’t mean better quality….The service speaks for itself…..Moultrie….They are great in that department….and you will get a call back usually in a hour if you don’t get them right then…..As far as Cuddy…..No support means the product is going down….They need to have a regular support person there to help.

No more Cuddys for me for sure…and i have over 8 cams in the field.

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]]> By: George O'Brien http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-88 George O'Brien Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:01:37 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-88 Guys i have a capture and it quit in three weeks.....sent it back and got another but guess what...maybe 3 pics...I tested it with three cameras in the same location...one being a cheap Wildview...49.00...the other a Moultrie D40they tool 180 to 200 pics during the same test period.....And as Usual for Cuddyback....No damn response. I think its a one man show there with automated voice ...never did get to talk to a tech...Hell they are all probably in China anyhow......say the least i'm Pissed Eddie PS still trying to get someone to talk to me ...been two weeks Guys i have a capture and it quit in three weeks…..sent it back and got another but guess what…maybe 3 pics…I tested it with three cameras in the same location…one being a cheap Wildview…49.00…the other a Moultrie D40they tool 180 to 200 pics during the same test period…..And as Usual for Cuddyback….No damn response. I think its a one man show there with automated voice …never did get to talk to a tech…Hell they are all probably in China anyhow……say the least i’m Pissed Eddie

PS still trying to get someone to talk to me …been two weeks

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]]> By: Bryan http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Bryan Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:59:01 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-75 I have had the Cuddeback Capture for about a year now an all i can say is it's the best game camera i have ever had. it take's nice clear pictures,supper easy set up an my battier life is awesome. every time i had it set up i came back to hundreds of pictures on the sd card the camera did not miss a thing over all im going to buy another one asap. I have had the Cuddeback Capture for about a year now an all i can say is it’s the best game camera i have ever had. it take’s nice clear pictures,supper easy set up an my battier life is awesome. every time i had it set up i came back to hundreds of pictures on the sd card the camera did not miss a thing over all im going to buy another one asap.

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]]> By: danny http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-56 danny Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:24:25 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-56 spend six hundred on three cuddebacks all junk customer support was a joke ,how on earth can three cameras have the same problem as whats posted here and support saying they never heard of the problem,save your moeney like i wish i did and buy froma diffrent company spend six hundred on three cuddebacks all junk customer support was a joke ,how on earth can three cameras have the same problem as whats posted here and support saying they never heard of the problem,save your moeney like i wish i did and buy froma diffrent company

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]]> By: John leatherwood http://trailcamerareviews.com/trail-camera-reviews/cuddeback-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-55 John leatherwood Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:24:18 +0000 http://trailcamerareviews.com/?p=21#comment-55 Owned moultrie i40 for about 4 years, every moultrie display slowly faded away. Went to cuddeback capture, what a difference hopefully if I have to send back to cuddeback there customer service is as good as moultrie. Cuddeback takes great pictures and batteries last along time and very easy to set up, great product so far. Owned moultrie i40 for about 4 years, every
moultrie display slowly faded away. Went to
cuddeback capture, what a difference hopefully
if I have to send back to cuddeback there
customer service is as good as moultrie. Cuddeback
takes great pictures and batteries last along
time and very easy to set up, great product so far.

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