trail cam batteries

What's the best batteries yall have found for trail cam use?? The stock ones lasted a couple months,then these stupid energizers only lasted about 3 weeks.....2 sets of energizers,.first set lasted a week and a half..........3 weeks for the 2nd set. I gotta find some that are good for cold weather and all.

 

I use the energizer lithium..can get a year or so outta them

 

But be warned, 8 aa's are like $16

 

My cam takes d cell batteries.......I haven't had any luck finding lithium d cells.

 

that was my biggest thing when shopping for a trail cam, needed smaller batteries. I had one camera that took I think 8 D cell batteries..forget that.

 

The colder it get the worse it gets.

 

Big time....that's why I gotta find some lithiums. These alkalines are crap....ain't even cold yet.

 

Wont help you any, but i use the Amazon brand rechargeable ones. Got 5 months out of them. Only in AA and AAA though. They were still reading full, but my cam went from 16-20 videos a day to 3 a week. lol

Had a second set of the recharges ready and its off and running again. My cam takes 12 AA's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tfpNwaxAR8&feature=channel_video_title

 

^^^^^^ nice

 

How yall think nimh rechargeable batteries would do in cold weather?

 

I've been looking at external 12 volt power supply for my cams. I might have a line on some gell cells that should work well.

One place you can check for more battery info is http://www.chasingame.com/forum/index.php

 

I actually got some tenergy nimh d cell rechargeables and a charger from Amazon,and thy are doing pretty well. Been dipping into the 30's here as of late...and no probs so far. They say after 10 cycles....the charge rate is better. We shall see.

 

Unfourtinately, if your going to run your camera 24/7, theres nothing going to help with the D battery.

I put my camera out in september, and its still going strong, with around 1,100 pics every 2 weeks. Lithium batteries FTW. Can you exchange your camera for something that takes smaller ones?

 

sup we need new ones too. also D. we don’t put ares at the hunting prop. yet. also i know are cam. you can hook up an external battery. if you want it up for a really long time.

 

Joe.......nah...have had it since July. Camera is awesome. These nimh rechargeables are working out good.