Coolife Trail Camera

                              

ATTACHED VIDEO CONTENTS:

0:00 Trail camera overview

0:21 Trigger speed tests (picture and video)

0:37 Detection range test

0:46 Picture & video samples

LOW-GLOW VS NO-GLOW TRAIL CAMERAS
This camera is a low-glow, or RED FLASH, camera. A low-glow, or red flash, camera can be seen by humans and, at times, it is detectable by animals if they are close and looking directly at the camera. A red flash camera generally takes a bit better night pictures than no-glow cameras. Conversely, a no-glow camera is nearly undetectable by animals or humans (you can see a faint glow if you are very close). No-glow cameras generally make good security cameras for this reason. The trade off is that night pictures are a bit more “grainy”, i.e. lower quality night pictures. 

TRIGGER TIME:

• 0.5 second trigger time for pictures 
• 1.7 second trigger time for videos

Picture trigger times are very good. Video trigger times are a bit slow but not too bad.

PROS:

• Comes with a MicroSD card
• Detection range of 60-65 feet is good
• Picture trigger time
• Day and night pictures are good
• Video with audio (3-60 seconds or 3,5, or 10 minute video clips)
• Photo bursts from 1 to 3 pictures at a time
• Security password (optional)
• LCD screen to view pictures (no need for a computer, phone, etc)
• Good camera flash distance at night
• I like the clip style strap to attach to a tree compared to buckle straps for securing to a tree, because it's quick and easy
• Fast video recovery speeds

CONS:

• Slow picture recovery time, or time between pictures/videos of 8-9 seconds. Other cameras have a faster option
• Narrow picture ratio of 4:3 instead of 16:9 (a reference would be a narrow old-style "box" TV vs a wide screen TV)
• No security box available for sale to physically secure the camera

OTHER NOTES:

• It takes 8 AA batteries
• It uses a MicroSD (as opposed to an SD card)

CONCLUSION:
This camera is a good all around camera. It takes good pictures/videos during both day and night. It's a little slow to snap the next picture or set of pictures. However it makes up for that by being fast to shoot the next video if you use that setting. One thing I'd like to see is the picture aspect ratio be a 16:9, or wide screen picture, like many of the name brand cameras. It's a box-like 4:3 picture aspect ratio. Other than that, there is a lot to like about this camera!