Know how you feel.Seems we either love them or hate them.Sent one back to moultrie and got it back and they said nothing wrong with it.Could have been bad batteries.Changed to a different brand of battery and put it back out and had 4 pics in a week and now it does'nt work again.Frustrating.I think next season i will just run 3 cams not 6 or 7.So far i like the moultrie m990 but we will see how long it lasts.If it goes i might try a spypoint.Actually going way back the best cam i ever had was a camtrakker that used film when cams were just getting started.I still have it but pretty much useless now.Might have to try one of their digitals if they are still around.A little pricey if i remember correctly.