EAGLE EYE 444
King Casanova
Many years ago, I tried the Energizer Lithiums on three cameras and they would not perform well at all and the cost was outrageous. I realized that I was wasting my money and I made up my mind then to only use Duracells.
I use Duracell Quantum Alkaline batteries on most all of my cameras and on the Blade X6 models, I get about 8-9 months on average and these are on very high count weekly photos. Most of these cameras average anywhere from 180-250-400 photos each per week. Several years ago, I started with Duracell Copper-Top batteries for all of my cameras BUT over the years, I have found that the Duracell Quantums work better than the regular copper-tops. I normally buy one pack of 48 count Copper-Top batteries for use on a few select cameras that are very low traffic areas and I also buy five packs of the Quantum 30 count packs at a time for use on all of the rest of my cameras. All of my cameras use the AA size batteries except one as this camera (a model N6E, 6MP solid black color) uses four size "C" batteries and this camera was sent to me by WildGame as a replacement for one that had a sensor problem back 4 years ago. I installed this camera in the woods back on a very high traffic trail on 10/6/2012 and it has been working 24/7/365 since that day and it takes an average of around 400 very clear, crisp colorful photos each week to this day. I always have to remember that on this camera, the memory card inserts reversed compared to most all of my other cameras. On this camera, I have continued to use the Copper-Top batteries because of the size "C" involved and they have averaged 8-9 months life over the past 4 years now.
On some of the Razor X10 LIGHTSOUT cameras in use on heavy traffic areas (approx 400-500 photos per week), I get over one year battery life on those by using the Duracell Quantums. On the first two sets being used on this model, the first set lasted 12 months and 1 week and the second set lasted 13 months. For some reason, the deer just love this Razor X10 LIGHTSOUT model because they will get right up close only 8-12" away and seem to pose for the camera a bunch. I actually posted several photos about this in the Trail Camera Forum a couple of weeks ago.
I test every battery with a Cen-Tech Digital Multimeter (from Harbor Freight) when it is new and also when I remove them from any camera as well. I try not to let my cameras run until the batteries are completely dead as I change the cards out most every week and I change the batteries out when they get down to only "one bar" of power left. Most of the batteries check at 1.28-1.30 volts remaining when I check them after removing them. I have found that when the batteries get down to one bar (in the range of 1.28-1.30 volts, the photos begin to be darker and the quality is not as good as when the batteries have a higher level of power remaining.
The new Quantum batteries check at 1.63 volts and the Copper-Tops check at 1.61-1.62 volts. However, the Quantums seem to actually last longer and hold that charge of power longer and will produce more photos on average so that the Quantums will actually end up being the best performer for the overall price. I buy all of my batteries from Sam's Club and ONLY buy them when they are on sale for $3.00 off per package.
One other thing is I do have a complete spare set of Sandisk 8GB memory cards for all of my cameras and when I change them out each week, I bring the used cards (that I have marked properly the T-Cam location) home and upload them onto my computer and view every photo on every card and yes it takes a little over 2 hours to do that, BUT this way, I get to see every photo on my computer and you can really see every detail in these photos and you have the luxury of zooming in to see more details as well. Then you realize which photos to keep and which ones to delete as well very easily. In doing this procedure, I clear each card so that it is empty and ready to be installed again next week in the proper location camera. Yes, it is expensive to purchase all of those extra cards for sure BUT it was worth it to me as I now have about 90 memory cards total.
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