Tactacam lithium battery
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From: Lone Wolf
28-Sep-22
Has anyone tried the new lithium cartridge available for the reveal cameras?
From: spike78
28-Sep-22
I use regular CVS batteries and my Reveals last a year.
From: sundowner
28-Sep-22
Haven't used the lithium cartridge, but I've had lithium cells to last 9 months in a Tactacam Reveal in a very high deer and hog traffic area......thousands of great photos.
From: janesbenth
29-Sep-22
My Reveals last me a whole year on a set of standard CVS batteries. wordle unlimited
From: Lone Wolf
29-Sep-22
Lithiums work fine. I just wondered if anyone has tried the new cartridge. Thanks for responding.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
29-Sep-22
I read about the new cartridges and a lot of people actually were saying that they don’t last nearly as long as a full set of lithium batteries. Some archery talk guys were saying lithium’s lasted 9 months, thousands of pics and the lithium pack only lasted 3-4 months
From: Overland
29-Sep-22
Energizer AA batteries seem to last a very, very long time for me, even in colder temperatures. No need to purchase the lithium cartridge, although I did see it for sale when I purchased another Reveal yesterday.
From: Wildan2
30-Sep-22
Purchased their solar charger(high traffic area) has been two months and still 100%.The battery pack(2)+charger is pricy.Good luck the Energizer lithium's.
From: RutnStrut
01-Oct-22
I love my Tactacams. But the lithium cartridge is junk. I bought one last month, charged it and put it in a cam. That cam dropped down to 60% in 2 days with less than 200 pics. It was dead a week later. I'll stick to Energizer lithiums and the Tactacam solar panels.
From: ILbowhntr
08-Apr-24
I’ve got the cartridge in 2 of my cameras. One been in since January, 580 pictures a month, and still at 80%.
From: APauls
09-Apr-24
I bought a lithium cartridge and used it a couple times. Not great is all I can say. I went back to using Kirkland AA alkaline's.
From: KSflatlander
09-Apr-24
I have 5 cartridges and 4 cameras and used the cartridges the first time last season. I just swap out the charged spare battery when needed and rotate them. The cartridges don't last as long but they lasted me 3-4 months. I like the cartridges as they work fine for my situation with the hunting property within 30 minutes of the house.
Note that there are Chinese knock offs out there and they are prevalent on eBay. Go with the Tactacam brand of cartridge.
From: JTreeman
09-Apr-24
I have 5-6 of the cartridges. They cost about the same as 2.5 sets of lithium AA if I recall. They don’t last as long as lithium in my experience. But I Feel longer than regular AA, burning have no data to confirm that.
The older TactaCam recommend no battery when using the solar panel. I use solar on almost all mine. I noticed the new instructions recommend using batteries (I think not 100% necessary though) so I’ve started using the battery packs with the solar. Hard to say if it makes any difference, but I have so many going and far between it seemed logical to me, and I hate dead batteries… so for my use (with solar) I’d say they are good, but as a standalone battery I would hold my judgment.
—Jim
From: #bowhunter
09-Apr-24
Best thing for me, I have them in all my cams, with 1 extra, each time I go to a cam I just change batt, bring the other home and recharge it. No more 12 aa batteries for me
From: molsonarcher
04-Jun-24
I have one of the lithium cartridges. It does not last as long as a regular set of Energizer Lithium AAs. Normal temp range it does ok, but still not as good as regular batteries. Cold weather below freezing, I got less than a week and under 400 pics. Im sticking with AAs.
