Wildview Xtreme II Review

The Wildview Xtreme II is the big brother to the Wildview digital scouting camera. The original Wildview was a very simple unit that was easy to operate but lacked many of the basic features of a good digital scouting camera.

The Wildview Xtreme II is a 2.0 MP camera that can also be operated at a 1.3 MP resolution. I used the 2.0 MP resolution.

We have given the Xtreme II a C for picture quality. The pictures are not bad, they're just not as sharp and are grainy, especially if you blow them up to 100%. You can read more about the picture quality and see example pictures here.

It operates on four C size batteries. I installed new Energizers which lasted two weeks and took 281 pictures. This isn't enough pictures to fill the memory card. I purchased rechargeable batteries for this unit and generally recieved about a week of operating time on each charge. Battery life was not acceptable with either the alkaline or the rechargeable batteries.

A jack is provided for plugging a 12-volt sealed lead acid battery. This is the same 12 volt battery that is used with the StealthCam. Unfortunately I didn't have the time to see how well this battery performed with this camera.

Set up and operation is relatively simple. Time delay, picture quality and number of pictures taken per activation are all set by switches and day and date are set using three buttons. The only downfall here is that the day and date have to be reset each time you change the batteries, but at least it has a day and date as opposed to the original Wildview.

One note is that you have to make sure you put the unit into PIR mode or it will not take pictures. If you leave it in TEST mode it will not automatically switch over to picture taking mode.

The Wildview Xtreme II comes with a strap to attach it to a tree but cannot be locked to the tree.

This unit has 16 MB internal memory and similar to the earlier Wildview the internal memory is erased when the batteries are removed from the unit. The directions do not say if the images are erased when the batteries go dead, as is the case with the original Wildview.

An SD memory card slot is provided to store pictures. I’ve already purchased a 256 mb card to use with this camera. Fortunately memory cards are getting cheaper.

The Wildview Xtreme II does not have an LCD viewing screen but does come with a USB cable to download your pictures.

Delay times between pictures are 1, 5, 10 and 20 minutes. These delays are generally adequate but I do like to have shorter delays avatilable when setting a camera up along a trail or at a food plot.

The Wildview Xtreme II cannot be used as a personal digital camera.

This unit can record short video clips similar to each of the other digital scouting cameras.

We purchased the Xtreme in April and the flash quit working in mid-July. I called the support number in the instruction manual and they told me that I could send them the unit and they would then send me a replacement. They said that it could not be repaired when the flash quits working. I went to Cabela's to see if they could do anything for me, instead of paying the shipping to send it back, and they gave me a full refund. The folks at Wildview and Cabela's were both very helpful.




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