Has anyone else used Reconyx Professional HyperFire 4K cameras?
We have previously used the Reconyx PC900 and HyperFire 2X cameras in our research. Starting last summer, we deployed the new HyperFire 4K cameras for the first time. We re-visited 4 cameras 2 months later and they showed as having 100% battery life remaining. We have now checked 12 cameras, and 8/12 cameras stopped taking photos and appear to have lost battery life after only approximately 2 months. During this time a significant number of photos were not taken, so a repeated trigger does not seem a likely cause for the depleted batteries. The other 4 cameras took photos for 6 months. All settings on the cameras were the same and minimal time was spent using the camera screen (which has been noted to use the battery fairly quickly).
15 June 2026 12:19am
Hi Jennifer,
Reconyx are some of the best cameras, so it sounds like you may have been unlucky with the batch.
The 4 cameras you visited 2 months later (100% battery life) would appear to indicate that there's a trigger issue with the PIR, although you'd expect at least some drop in power even with 2 months idle consumption (1-2%). The 8/12 then running out of power with less than you'd expect photos wise however points to a possible brown out, which would be linked to battery chemistry if there's a pull of current and the camera is restarting in say 50% of the triggers, but you'd need some very old rechargable alkalines that have already been used for several years etc.
What did you use battery wise for the deployment?
If you sent them back for an inspection I would be interested to hear what the reason was.
Good luck!
Alasdair Davies
Arribada Initiative