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2015 Moultrie M990i Gen2 Review
Model #
MCG-12694
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Moultrie M990i Gen2 Owners Transmission
iii.6 Stars
Pros
- Good battery life
- Congenital-in internal viewer
- Vivid color day pictures
Cons
- Very poor design on Python lock bracket
- Tiresome recovery time
Trailcampro Analysis
This Moultrie 990i Review is based on the 2015 Gen2 model. The Moultrie 990i is a no glow camera trap that is has a handy internal viewer for quick views of pictures & videos the Moultrie Chiliad-990i has taken.
Quality of Design
three.7 Stars
Dimensions:
5.75″ ten 4.75″ ten 3.25″
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Battery Type:
8 AA Batteries
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External Bombardment Jack:
12 Volt
The example pattern has changed quite a flake from previous Moultrie cameras. The Moultrie 990i is a bit larger, only feels very sturdy to the touch. The latch is huge which has made opening and endmost with cold fingers quite easy.
The python lock bracket is an extremely poor design. The loops are angled which makes the camera sit down funny on a tree if you are merely using the python lock and not the security case. Information technology would also be pretty like shooting fish in a barrel to torque the camera in a way to hands snap the brackets. We don’t like this design at all, the only way to truly right this is to use the photographic camera with a security case.
The programming definitely takes some getting used to only afterwards playing with information technology for several minutes we got the hang of it. The 2″ viewing screen definitely helps with that, only don’t exist surprised if you take a few head scratching moments when you first endeavor to learn it. The good news, is there are quite a few programming options such as overwrite, password protection, PIR sensitivity and Flash settings. There is even an AC choice which we oasis’t seen before but subsequently testing information technology didn’t work as advertised. When we did get it to work, the photographic camera was actually slower while using Air conditioning power. We wouldn’t recommend using this.
Here is a breakup of some of the more popular settings on the Moultrie Thou-990i:
- 1-three multi-shot
- 5 s. – 90 s. video clips
- Fourth dimension Lapse:10/30 s. / 1/v/ten/15/thirty min. 1/2/iii/half dozen/12/24 hrs. w/ i or 2 prog. / day
- Photo Stamp: Time, appointment, temperature, moon phase and photographic camera proper name
- Flick + Video Mode: No
- First/Stop Fourth dimension: No
- Countersign Protection: Yes
- SD Card Overwrite: Yeah
- PIR Settings: Yes (High/Low)
- Flash Settings: Yes (Movement freeze on/off)
Durability has been solid on this unit.
Detection Circuit iii.i Stars
Motion-picture show Trigger & Recovery Speed:
0.69 s. / 4.half dozen southward.
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Video Trigger & Recovery Speed:
one.4 southward. / 8.ii
s.
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Detection Range:
50 ft.
The movie trigger time is 0.69, which is well above boilerplate.. The moving picture recovery is iv.6 seconds is fairly typical of many modernistic trail cameras.
This is the offset yr we are incorporating video trigger and recovery times into our rankings. This will make the rankings even more accurate and stringent.
The trigger fourth dimension for videos is ane.4 seconds (which is rather good) and the recovery is 8.2 seconds.
Detection range is correct at 50 ft, just equally the manufacturer claims. Past today’s standards, this is below average. Overall, this detection excursion would do good greatly from improvements, however, information technology is fast enough for the majority of trail camera users.
Picture Quality 3.8 Stars
Photo resolution:
ten
mpxl (Enhanced, High, Med. & Low)
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Video Resolution:
1280 x 720 no sound
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Wink Type:
No Glow Infrared
2014 Moultrie models were severely out of focus. It seems that has mostly been corrected with the 2015 models. The clarity isn’t perfect, simply information technology is a huge improvement. Along with the comeback in clarity, the M990i Gen2 has excellent color. We can’t retrieve of some other camera that has brighter daytime color.
The night pictures have decent flash range just tin exist a bit grainy and blurry at times. Overall, for a no glow photographic camera we consider the Moultrie 990i gen2 nighttime pictures to be well above average.
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Nosotros are starting to include video quality in our rankings for this yr. We will judge the day and night videos separately, just as nosotros do with pictures.
The daytime videos have first-class color and decent clarity. The M-990i Gen2 is the only electric current Moultrie that records sound with the video. The nighttime videos are decent simply won’t accept the flash range of the cerise glow M880 Gen2. Night videos will only accept a 30 second video. Yous tin check out all the videos beneath. When i video ends, the adjacent will brainstorm and they are all from the M-990i Gen2 Playlist nosotros created.
Bombardment Life
iv.0 Stars
Resting Power (on):
0.96 mW
| Daytime Power Consumption:
2.32 Ws
| Dark Power Consumption:
vii.69 Ws
Bombardment life looks to be a forcefulness this year with an uncommonly low resting ability. The day consumption is also low and while the nighttime consumption is a bit loftier, it is withal very reasonable.
While this camera can operate on alkaline AA batteries, we prefer Energizer Ultimate Lithiums in our cameras. They are much more consequent and will last an incredible amount of time. Even with the high night ability consumption, if this camera were to take 35 day pictures and 35 night pictures every 24 hours, this photographic camera could last eight.3 months in the field (with lithiums).
While working on the Moultrie M-990i Gen 2 reviews, we realized nimh rechargeable batteries exercise not work in the gen2 game cameras
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Moultrie 990i Gen 2 Review Conclusion three.vi Stars
Overall, the Moultrie Grand-990i Gen2 has exceptionally vivid colour on the daytime pictures and videos, corking battery life and a nice ii” internal viewer built into the camera. The negatives are the deadening-to-boilerplate detection circuit and a couple small case blueprint and programming flaws.
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