UPDATE: Camera has been in use 3 days. Due to the excellent field of view, target reliability and substantial trigger distance, I have increased my rating to 3 stars.Every product starts with 5 stars...This was down to 2 stars very quickly.First the positives....Great field of view and picture quality. Processor is fast and menu selections don't have any lag like other cameras I have used.Sensitivity is almost too good. First night I hung it (last night) it took 2 pictures every minute....ALL NIGHT LONG. I adjusted the sensitivity to medium, we will see what happens.Minus 1 star: Mounting hardware. It comes with a swivel mount and a strap...good thing they included the strap as a backup. The swivel mount is JUNK, does not tighten enough to hold the camera in position. I even used an impact driver, camera still goes "limp" when mounted.Minus 1 star: Creative XP RECOMMENDS using SIMHERO as your data company, they even include a complimentary Sim card with 500 free photos. The rates are much cheaper than ATT, I do agree. However, there is a disclaimer in the set-up instructions that blew my mind. Keep in mind, on the instructions, at the very top are the words "WHY YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE THE SIMHERO DATA CARD". On the SAME instructions at the very bottom is the disclaimer "Please be advised that our phone APP will not work when you choose to use SIMHero. The phone APP works with an ATT Sim Card." WTF?!?!?Ok, so only pay $8 a month with SimHero and not be able to use the app or pay $50 month with ATT...let's give SimHero a shot.....Minus 1 star: SimHero doesn't support text messages, hence they have to send an email to your text app in order to get a picture. I cannot vouch for iPhones, but on my NEW Motorola G6, I receive a text message with an attachment icon to click on. I click on the icon, my phone gives the alert "save attachment to downloads?" So I do. Now I have to go into my files, go into the downloads folder and try to open the picture...only to have the picture not open. BOTTOM LINE: SimHero cannot send a picture text to Android phones. Sending it to email works fine if you want to check you email instead of using an app or text messaging then this may not be a deal breaker for you.I've spent well over 8 hours messing with this thing. Between the faulty mounting system and the debacle of trying to get text messaging set up, I'm very frustrated. I'm not a tech genius, but I am definitely not a tech-idiot either. Any more glitches and this thing will go back in the box and be returned to Amazon.

Easy to register and get up and running

It was easy to setup right out of the box. The sims and micro cards were already installed in the camera.

The first one I bought was a refurb 3g, it didn't work out . This one set up easy seems to work good. I bought it for security when were away from the RV . It seems we had a visitor our first night. It send me emails automatically.

Haven't installed it yet but it appears well made. Very detailed Easy Instruction sheet as well as a manual. Not cheap but if it works as advertised it will be worth it. Uses 12 AAA batteries. Had to first go to my.simhero.com to register the SIM. That worked fine. While I have ATT for my phone I don't get 4G service at my home. The camera fell back to 3G. I will try it at the location I plan to use it and see the reception I get there. I took one test photo and had setup the SMS under 4G-EMail with my phone @ MMS.ATT.NET but never received a photo via text, though the camera said it sent it. I need to look into that further. I will report back with my experience with that and the quality of photos.EDIT: 6/6/2020: After configuring the setup was able to get a test photo emailed to me. Couldn't get the photo texted to me following the instructions for my cell provider ATT though. Will look at that again later. Test Photos were pretty clear and the ones sent in the email were only 47kKB. I did not download any off of the included 32GB SD card. There is an iOS app Trail Camera that appears to allow taking photos remotely but only works with an ATT sim card. It requires a phone number and the one included with the SimHero doesn't work.

I love this camera. Having notifications when someone comes onto my property gives me a great sense of security and great information for authorities if there ever is a problem. This guy was trying to sell me something, but with the email notification, I was able to avoid him. Added bonus!

High quality camera. Excellent customer service. I really like the live updates to my phone, although I wish there wasn't a one minute delay between shots when using the SIM card.

Friggin Awesum

wanted a security camera that would send photos to my phone. Done!

Bought the product as a security camera to deter theft of building material for our house. Once the house is built, I'm planning to use it to watch wildlife in the forest behind our home