Tactacam Reveal 3.0 & Lithium battery pack

Solar panel is a must.

I will say you have to buy the Tactacam brand batteries from their website. If you buy knockoffs off Amazon there’s a good chance it won’t sync up with the solar panel and still drain the battery.

Hell even with the Tactacam brand some won’t. Very frustrated with tacatcam right now considering I’ve got about 20 cams, 20 solar panels and 25 plus batteries now.

I had one with a lithium battery go all the way down to 1% and the solar panel has since charged it all the way back up to 40% with the camera settings set like yours.

I've bought 3 knockoff rechargable lithium battery packs from Amazon and was disappointed in all three. Sent one back for exchange. My son-in-law used a Temu solar panel one year and had technical issues and problems getting enough sunshine. After that he went to using a 12 v rechargable lithium battery. I went the rechargable lithium battery route last year and have been happy. The lithium battery last 4-6 months on a charge. Since I have 2 batteries, I've always got one charged and ready. Pretty easy to put together. It'll pay for itself in approx 6 most and is well worth not having to constantly go to the camera to change batteries.
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I bought the following from Amazon:
2 batteries for $50.
10' cable to connect battery to camera (but you'll still need a battery pack in the camera to make the hook up).
A water resistant plastic ammo box (I already had one from Harbor Freight).
Lithium battery charger.

Lithium AA batteries last way longer than alkaline AA batteries.

Rechargeable lithium batteries are not going to be as big of a difference, unless you’re using a solar panel.

I have the 4.0s and zero complaints on battery life. Mine still have over 90% battery and they've been running since Aug. 8th. However, I'll get a pic and then 10 minutes later another pic with same animals feeding but none in between while I should get pics every minute or so based on settings.

If you’re talking about the lithium pack that’s the same shape as the AA tray that goes in the back, the capacity isn’t any higher than a set of lithium AAs, you just have the ability to recharge it and not throw it away.

Solar panels are the way to go if you’re in an open area. Buy Tactacam branded panels, Chinese knockoffs will cause nothing but issues. If you aren’t in an area with sufficient light, look into herd360 cables and feeder batteries in an ammo can. Our cams will last about 2 months taking hundreds of pics a day instant sending on a 7ah feeder battery.

As long as you can point them south, the older versions of Tactacam are fine. I have several I haven’t touched on their third year. I do find that they need to be angled a little to allow water to run off, the one I had fail was sitting closer to horizontal and held rainwater, which eventually got inside.