SPYPOINT Cell-Link Universal Cellular Trail Cameras Adapter | Makes Most Trail Cameras a Cellular Game Camera, Camera sends Picture through App (VZN)

I now have a total of 4 of these set up around the farm. All function as expected and deliver photos daily. I have one that was giving a disconnected cable message the first few days, but was still sending photos. Sometimes the photos can take a while to be delivered, but if you leave the app open on your phone it takes a minute or less. It's nice not to have to go check memory cards on a regular basis. The Cell-Links have been a valuable asset in reducing the coyote population as they tend to get wary of calls after a while. Receive an alert, check photo and grab rifle. The local deer population has been reduced to next to nothing, but I imagine these could be helpful if there were any. I have read reports of poor battery life. I just replaced batteries June 15 in the first one I installed March 10th. So I would say for me that is not an issue. Back packing season is here and I'm considering taking one of my setups to my favorite wilderness area for the summer or maybe try one of the new cell cameras Spypoint is coming out with. So yes, nothing to complain about. I researched many different cell cameras and read conflicting reviews on Spypoint, but not a problem for me.

Didn’t use but sure will work when needed

I ordered one of these through Amazon. It was supposed to be compatible with any trail camera. It did not work. I returned it for replacement. I put it into the new camera and still no pictures. According to the SpyPoint App the device is communicating with the appropriate servers. Interestingly, on occasion, if I pulled up data for weather on either of my two devices the weather reported in in Elden Kansas. My devices are in Pennsylvania. I put the Cell-Link in an old SpyPoint camera and it still does not transmit pictures. All power and signal strength requirements were in specifications. Support is a joke. Can't even get help on chat line. was on for nearly an hour and dropped! I would not recommend anything Spy Point!12/31/2023 UPDATE-After contacting Amazon for replacement of the previous Cell-Link by SpyPoint, I received a replacement. After following activation instructions, I placed the unit in the field attached to my Browning Trail camera.. Again, it did not work. Contacted customer support AGAIN. Explained the problem. Since I was not near the camera, they tried to resolve the issue remotely. After much time and typing back and forth on their Chat line, it was determined I needed to get the camera and do a firmware update. I completed this and returned the camera to the field. Again, it did not work. I had to return to the camera nearly 20 miles away and after an hour on their web site "chatting" was told the SD cable needed replaced. I was also advised that the cable was out of warrenty after less than 60 days of ownership it was out of warranty! Despite my reasoning and pleas for assistance in getting a free replacement I was told I would have to pay for a new one! I would DEFINITELY NOT recommend any SpyPoint products to anyone and CERTAINLY would not recommend the Cell-Link!

I have been running Cell Links for three years now. I have four cameras in different parts of Texas and for the most part have been very happy with this product. I had a location fail a few months back and went out to retrieve the camera and bring it back to the DFW area. I do that because I think when you start up these Cell links its best to have them in good cellular coverage areas if they need updates. I will start up a new Cell Link and will run it a few weeks prior to transfering it to its remote location.I brought all four cameras (Bushnell Trophy Cam HDs) and their attendant Cell Links back to DFW about a month ago. I cleaned them up and put in fresh batteries and set them up in my back yard. Three of the four pairs worked very well and are reporting awesome photos but a fourth pair (Bushnell Trophy Cam HD and Cell Link) just wasn't reporting anything. That was the same thing that happened from its West Texas location. Long story short I contacted Spypoint via their chat window. I spent a couple of hours of back and forth with a tech that had no clue about how the product worked. I ended up trying to upload new version of firmware but it wouldn't take. Today the fifth new Spypoint Cell Link was delivered and appears to work perfectly with the came the "old" Cell Link wasn't communicating with.All in all for the price I'm satisfied. If better customer service added another $20 to the Cell Link's price I may be inclined to explore other options. I have bad days and some of the stuff we buy has bad days. The new Cell Link just sent me another pic so I am back to restoring observation at my 4th location.

While this could be a serious upgrade for an Old, photo-only trail cam that doesn't take videos, there are several drawbacks to using this device, and slightly misleading info that makes it seem, or you would think, it does more than it can. Not true, it's actually a very limited, though clever, device.First of all, as to its 'near universal' fit, it ONLY works in cameras with a full-size HC-SD card slot. That means it will not fit if your camera has a micro SD card slot. They say this, true enough, but hunters/ cameras seem to use the term SD indiscriminately. They say there are no plans to develop a micro SD adapter (that connects the cell link to your camera. )Second, if your camera takes videos, you will never see any of them, they are not saved anywhere, and as they say, they aren't transmitted and you won't see them in the app, either. Videos are out, gone, might as well turn that setting off in your camera. It will not copy, store or transmit videos, and with your camera's memory slot taken up by the adapter, there is No Video Capability of the camera with this attached.Third (geeks, this is for you), there is no two-way connectivity between your camera and the (yes, wait for it! ) Micro SD card you must install in the cell link. In other words, the cell link extracts still images from your camera, and stores them in the micro SD card you supply on the cell link (for the cell link to later transmit), but your camera can never see those images again, it's just a one way dump. So if your camera has any high falutin functions (good screen, wifi, etc.) you'd like to use in the field, it will never be able to read the images it captured. Gone (to cell link. )I did not try to reproduce the cable-crimp problem, I tested this all with open compartments.The manual is Excellent. The app and storage plans seem very good. It was easy to set up, and even in my remote neck of the woods I was able to get connected to Verizon in a few seconds (my phone cannot often boast the same.) I used a third party antenna booster (at 1/4 the cost of spypoints, it worked excellently boosting 1-2 bars. ) It does have an external 12V jack for a battery or appropriate solar panel/ battery.The concept is excellent. The manufacturing seems first class. And it's pretty cheap! If you've got old hunting cameras you don't want to be going to check, just know where the game is, this could be very valuable. If you're thinking you can kluge some high tech security system out of this, you will probably also be disappointed. Like I was, and returned it.

Very awesome product! Very simple to figure out and great to use.

Before you put this thing in the woods make sure you get the most recent device update, even if it seems like it’s working. I ignored warnings and it eventually didn’t work. Contacted support and they sent an update directly to the device online. Since then it has worked exactly as planned.Update: ended up getting this buck i

I did read through the negative customer reviews on this product before I purchased it, but I figured for the price point it was worth a try. Here is what I have encountered after several months of use: I have noticed the same thing that so many others have noticed, works great in the beginning and then peters out. Mine worked as advertised for a week or two during the free trial period. Then they started giving me problems. They would not send pictures at all most of the time and never within several hours of the pictures being taken. I have found that it pairs better with some cameras and not so well with others. I use them to monitor hog traps. With that said, I use them year round. I have found them not to do well in weather extremes. If it is hot and sunny, they do not work well. If it is crazy cold and nasty, they do not work well. The bottom line to them for me is they are finicky and not as reliable as I would like them to be. I spent as much time if not more fiddling with them as I would a camera with out these attached. The concept is great. Perhaps Spypoint will get all of the bugs worked out in the future. I am changing to a different brand and type of cellular camera.

Bought two of these, spent four hours on chat with SPYPOINT,still couldn’t get it to work, they are gonna upgrade me with another camera with me paying difference. Couple days too late to return to Amazon. Junk. Not impressed. No star.

Bought this cell link and had trouble activating it. Chats with three different people from their support team and at last, i was told that the one i bought was designed for US only not the UNIVERSAL cell link. If i can find a real universal cell link, i would be very happy to buy it.

Tried multiple times to get this to connect to UK mobile network without success. Useless with no network connection so returned. May be because it was supplied from US - may be a difference in the networks??