Overview
The Browning Recon Force Elite HP5 builds on the hugely popular HP4 and is comfortably our new favourite camera trap at NatureSpy. This is the wildlife camera for you if you're after high quality video footage day and night - it has the best of any available trail camera.
The previous version of this wildlife camera was used on and the new version doesn’t disappoint.
A headline change is the revamped long-range power LEDs - called Radiant 5 LEDs, which as well as providing better night time performance, also allow the camera to run off rechargeable batteries – it makes this wildlife camera much greener!
It offers improved trigger speeds, and improved night video definition. Detection and sensitivity have also been tweaked.
The Recon Force Elite HP5 also has the useful start and stop programmable timer – allowing you to set when you want the camera to be active, and avoid those times when the pigeons are in the garden, or the cat is let out etc – essentially, so you can focus on the wildlife.
Trigger speeds, particularly for videos, are very impressive and quick, at an improved 0.2-0.3 seconds – something few cameras can match (regardless of what the manufacturers tell you!).
The build quality and overall design of the camera is excellent and has improved further, with a forward-facing colour screen to help with set up and so you can review images/videos without dismounting the camera in the field. The camouflage has changed and is better suited now to UK and temperate conditions.
The warranty length in the UK through NatureSpy is 2 years.
The Recon Force Elite HP5 is also straightforward to use – uncomplicated, without a vast array of settings, but quick and simple. The only difference between this and the Spec Ops Elite HP5 is that this camera has low-glow, rather than no-glow, LEDs.
Due to it’s 12V power system (the reason night footage is so good), night time videos are limited to 20 seconds per clip. However, if activity remains, the camera can recover in under 1 second and record another 20 second clip.
