V2 camera housing = empty plastic bottle

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A large empty instant coffee container, painted brown, with a hole drilled in the bottom should adequately protect a V2 camera and a power bank. The intention was to use a spare V2 outdoors in the weeds to capture video of critters overnight. A 10,000 mAh power bank lasts overnight easily when only capturing events. I think the power bank will last about 8 hours during constant video capture. I did have to use forceps to attach the micro USB cable to the camera due to the orientation in which I had to squeeze the camera through the regular opening.

I may also find a covert mission or two where video would be useful.

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Looks good but if using IR lighting you may need to move camera forward or shorten container to avoid IR reflections?

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We use a V3 it draws half the power that the V2 uses,and we have a 50,000 moss power bank and it last 6 days

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Err, wouldn’t a squared off bottle have been a much less rolly choice?

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Yes rectangular is probably better but I chose to use what I had in my hand at the moment. Ultimately I think I’ll build a small wooden box and attach it to a stake that you can step on in order to plant it in the ground.

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