Bushnell Trail Camera CORE S-4K, No-Glow Game Camera with 4K Video and 1.5” Color Viewscreen

This is the fifth trail camera I have owned, and so far, it is also the best. I first owned a Bushnell Trophy Cam HD that I found at a tag sale. It worked well, and image quality and audio was good, but there was no viewing screen, which meant checking and adjusting new placement more time-consuming. I chose the Bushnell Core S-4K no glow camera this time based on reviews and best trail cam lists. I love the camouflaged casing. The gray blends in better with the trees on my property, many of which are oak. This model does have a viewing screen, so positioning is easy. You can also view captures on the screen, although I remove the SD card and look at videos on my computer. Programming was easy and well explained in the instruction manual. I wish the timestamp could be am/pm and not just 24-hour, but that is a minor issue. What I am most thrilled about with this model is the picture clarity. I use my trail cameras to view the wildlife on my property, so the video quality is critical for me. Everyone has commented on the improved clarity compared to my other cameras. An added bonus is the hybrid mode option. When this is selected, the camera takes a certain number of pictures (determined by the user) and then starts video. I have found that it is more likely to capture an animal moving quickly through the area, which is often the case with coyotes and bobcats, for example. in short, this camera gets high marks from me for picture quality, ease of use, and appearance.

Not really made explicit anywhere but when you turn it on the LCD screen shows what the camera is seeing, which is great for setting it up, and a feature that's been missing on Bushnell cameras (and many others) for years. That was a major reason I bought this one, having to race back and forth to a laptop twenty times to get the image set up right would drive me nuts. The picture in the manual shows the SD card being inserted upside-down (contacts at the top), it actually goes in face-up. When the description says it uses SD cards it really does use full-sized SD cards, not micro SD like almost everything else does. If all you've got is micro SD card you'll need to use a plastic SD card adapter for the camera. The files get big really quickly, a few 30-second videos at medium resolution (1080p) consumed over a gigabyte of space. If you've got a 32GB SD card lying around that you decide to use, it's not going to go far. This is a bit of a problem because while micro SD card capacities keep going up, common full-size SD cards have mostly topped out at 32-64GB. Everything over that size is not common and often stupidly expensive. Looking at a local supplier, they don't even have a 512GB SD card while micro SD cards in the same capacity and from reputable vendors (Samsung, Sandisk, Kingston) are plentiful. Files are saved as MOV's (QuickTime), circa 1992. I mean, pretty much anything can still play these things, but yeesh! The encapsulated video is H.264 with AAC audio, but the choice of MOV instead of MPG as container format is puzzling. The camera runs fine off rechargeable NiMHs, just drop in some Eneloops and you won't have to throw away a set of batteries each time they run down. Someone who did a partial teardown of one pointed out that the screws are inside the gasket rather than outside as is normal for IP67 cases, which means the screw holes present a potential ingress point for moisture. The silicone protective caps for fibre optic connectors are exactly the right size to plug them, but if you don't happen to have those lying around you may want to press a blob of vaseline into each hole to prevent moisture ingress. If anyone from Bushnell is reading this, Google "ip67 gasket" in image mode to see what I mean about how the gasket should be laid out.

I thought this was a quality brand. Boy was I surprised after I purchased five of them. All, but one of them have died. There are so many other options out there for far less money. I have been much happier with other brands. Remember this brand has zero customer service.

As described.

This is seriously amazing picture and video quality. Very impressed.

Haven't put the product into the wild yet. Have owned it about a month, and have been doing email-tag with customer support (absolutely impossible to get through by phone to customer support). The rep seems to not know their own company's product. I'm simply asking, how do you DISABLE the bright "motion indicator" red LED? The rep insists I have the wrong product, that mine isn't supposed to have that feature. So I emailed this rep their company website's own product page showing the motion indicator light, and showing their own documentation saying this model has it, and once again asking, how do you disable it? All they keep telling me is, give them a physical address, they will send an RMA and shipping label and have me ship it back for "warranty evaluation." I get the feeling buying from Bushnell was a big mistake.

Batteries last a very long time. Batteries are from August 2024 and still have plenty of power left. Captures adequate photos of animals stealing vegetables from the garden. Much more reliable than some of the less expensive cameras. You get what you pay for. This camera is top notch.

Smaller field of view than my previous cameras. But are well focused

Batteries don’t last more than a couple of days when used in movie mode at night. I returned it.

Very good results. Well made and easy to set up.

la camera ne prend pas de photos je veu un code de retour j utilise la camera pour la chasse et elle vien juste de commancer la raison pour la quel je n est pas utiliser avant

I have an old Bushnell HD trail camera which works very well but the imaging technology is showing it's age, so decided to upgrade to this much much later Bushnell model. Whilst the image quality in both day and night is very good. The movement detection just doesn't seem to work. Tried playing around with the various settings but no joy. It work with obvious movements such as people walking close by, but will not trigger on mice or rats (which is what I want it for), plenty false triggers on rain though. The old model movement sensor has no problem but this newer design just isn't fit for my purpose. Also tried a differnt make, and with all three cameras side by side, this one never caught a thing, whereas the other two worked flawlesly. The other two have 850nm illumination, so maybe that has an affect. Ether way this one is being returned.

Picks up a moth reflecting the IR at 3 feet, but doesn't pick up the obvious squirrel or raccoon at 5 feet. Completely pointless as trail cam. The fact that it has no FOV setting is fairly incredible, too. How does a GardePro have a better feature set than a twice-as-expensive Bushnell?