Disappointing.
I bought the helarctos solar as I have two of the wildcam 2s, which for my purposes (recording wildlife in my garden) are just about perfect. My hope had been that the helarctos would be very much like the wildcam 2, except with higher resolution images. It does record higher resolution images, but in almost every other respect it is disappointing. The battery life is great. But the PIR just isn't sensitive enough. For example, I replaced a wildcam 2 at my pond with the helarctos. I put down fresh sand at the shores of the pond. I find footprints from cats, probable foxes and birds in the sand, but no images! Even with PIR sensitivity set to "high". Then there's the connectivity. The wildcam 2 is great because it connects to my wifi, and I can connect to it from my phone wherever I am and review any images. In contrast, the helarctos relies on connecting to your phone directly, and can only do so at close range. It takes forever to connect, only to find that there are no images. So I've demoted this camera now and put the wildcam 2 back in place. I would absolutely love a wildcam "3" - i.e. everything that's great about the wildcam 2 but with a higher resolution camera!
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