Moultrie Mobile Delta Cellular Camera (Choose Provider)

Edit 1:The Delta is Moultrie's attempt to take on Tactacam, specifically the Tactacam Reveal X.If you look at the cellular game camera market over the last year, the Tactacam Reveal was the hottest "low-cost cellular game camera" of 2020. In 2021 Tactacam released the Reveal X, their updated version of the Tactacam Reveal. The Moultrie Delta is Moultrie's attempt to take on the Tactacam Reveal X directly.I believe in the rush to get a product onto the market to challenge the Tactacam Reveal X, Moultrie rushed the Delta. This is why the Delta was released with no owner's manual (in the box or online) and no known/tested compatible SD cards other than Moultrie's own branded SD cards.The Moultrie Delta release feels reminiscent of Windows Vista (with no service packs). A product with potential that was rushed to the market prematurely and has major problems. The specs on the camera itself are great; however, most of my pictures have come back blurry or overexposed. The video clips are limited to 15-seconds and even though the resolution is higher than my older cameras, the video bitrate (quality) is lower than my older Moultrie game cameras.My hope is that through future firmware updates Moultrie will be able to improve the Delta and fix a number of issues, that being said, it's hard for me to endorse the Delta at this time.With all the issues the Delta has, at this price point, the Tactacam Reveal X is arguably the best price/quality cellular game camera on the market. Although the Tactacam Reveal X does not allow for video uploads, a person can record 60-second video clips at a higher bitrate than the Delta. The Tactacam Reveal X can be used with or without the cellular feature (as a traditional game camera) and the Tactacam Reveal X has a cheaper unlimited picture upload plan.All that being said, the Tactacam Reveal SK, a Reveal camera with a built-in solar panel (and internet rumor is a black IR-flash to reduce being seen by wildlife) is set to come out late-summer/fall and from the rumors on the internet, will likely be a better game camera than the Tactacam Reveal X.After purchasing the Moultrie Delta and testing the product, I sent my Delta back and ordered a few Tactacam Reveal X game cameras instead.Edit 2:It should be noted that many trail cam manufactures, including Moultrie, use interpolation to achieve high megapixel ratings. To borrow a paragraph from trailcampro.com:"In the past, many people get confused with the megapixel rating trail camera manufacturers advertise. Companies inflate the mpxl rating to attract eyes to their products. They do this through interpolation, which digitally adds megapixels to a photo without actually improving the picture."Also from trailcampro.com:"Why do companies do this? Because it is an advertising gimmick that has fooled many game camera buyers over the years. "This may help to explain why a game camera with a 32 megapixel rating can take such grainy pictures. I am curious what the actual CMOS sensor resolution is on this camera, because I have my doubts that it is 32 megapixels.Original Post:Excited to try my first cellular game camera (my family has about a dozen traditional, most are made by Moultrie) I put the game camera in the backyard. To my surprise, very few pictures were uploaded. Upon manually checking the SD card on the camera, I found about 75% of the images on the SD card are corrupt.The requirements for the game camera state it can handle a 32 gb, class 10, SD card. Luckily I had a few lying around, despite being harder to find.It appears, at the time of writing this post, that the only SD cards that are known for certain to work with this game camera, is the Moultrie branded SD card.When I contacted Moultrie support they told me my game card was corrupt, so, I put the exact same SD card in my M-990i Moultrie game camera and the card worked without issue, to record maximum quality (for that game camera) 90-second video clips. In the Delta, the SD card has issues recording a single image without corrupting the file.If the Moultrie branded SD cards do indeed work with this game camera as intended, I will likely upgrade the review to a 4-star review, because of the extra hassle of needing to buy Moultrie branded SD cards to make this camera work.As of right now, this game camera deserves a 1-star review, as I would argue it's not Fit for Particular Purpose, aka, being a cellular game camera. I guess it all depends if this camera does indeed work properly with Moultrie branded SD cards.I tried to post about these issues on Moultrie's new forum but the posts are now "under review." I am not sure what is going on with Moultrie but I can not even post publicly about product issues.

I've had Moultrie cams for over 2 decades. The last five years they've become crap. The tech support is a joke, they couldn't resolve an issue I was having on more than one occasion. The App consistently crashes. The picture quality looks worse than my old XV-6000, even though it has better resolution. Most day and some evening pics are washed out. The example pictured was not facing towards the sun, and was taken as sun was coming up. I'm assuming the sensor is of poor quality, dusk and dawn pictures(high game movement times) are very disappointing. They've lost my business for good. I recommend Tactacam Reveal X. Good luck!

I’ve been using wildlife trail cameras for years and most recently a Moultrie Mobile cellular trail camera, the XA-7000i, so I was extremely excited about the new Moultrie wireless trail camera. Immediately purchased when it came available and could not be more pleased with my purchase. This camera is rock solid and built for the elements. The camera is super easy to setup - just download the Moultrie Mobile app, scan the serial # with your phone and the app walks you step by step through the rest of the setup. Much easier than previous trail cameras I have setup. Tested around the house and received first images almost immediately. Love the clarity, crispness and quality of the new HDR images and can’t wait to get my new camera out in field. Really excited about the new scheduler feature. It allows me to set my camera to capture images at certain periods of my choosing throughout the day. This is awesome. Wasn’t sure about the external antenna (really liked not having an external antenna on my previous Moultrie Mobile cellular camera), but I can already tell that reception is much improved on the Delta cellular camera with the addition of their “cellboost” external antenna - I’m now a believer. Haven’t played around with GPS feature yet, but that is also a cool addition to the Moultrie Mobile feature set.Initial feedback: The best cellular trail camera I’ve ever used!  Fantastic price point, powerful specs and, state of the art features. Highly recommend the Moultrie Mobile Delta Cellular Trail Camera. You will NOT be disappointed!!!

The night pictures are decent but most of the day time pictures are white

The Capture Mode option in the settings no longer has time-lapse and only has motion capture for an option. Support said it has a scheduler but that is completely different.I rely on my cameras to monitor livestock water tanks. I want pictures taken at certain time intervals, not by motion. The last model did this well.To make matters worse, the Detection Delay option only allows up to 5 minutes.I really hope these options are taken care of in a future update.

I only recently purchased this camera on July 8, 2021 and am waiting on a compatible SD Card. Per other reviewers comments on SD Cards note that Moultrie says as of May 13, 2021 on the Moultrie Mobile webpage that "16GB Class 10" cards are optimal for Delta. In a live chat with Moultrie I was sent a link to their Moultrie labelled card. There are no specifications on this card other than ""SDHC and "16GB". I had already ordered the "SanDisk Ultra 16GB SD SDHC Memory Flash Card UHS-I Class 10 Read Speed up to 48MB/s 320X SDSDUNB-016G-GN3IN" on Amazon and was told they will work. Fingers crossed. I am giving a one star rating as I do not know it's performance but wanted to pass on this information.

I use it in the woods for deer and I like the price of it but picture quality is pretty low