Hi all! I am looking for a camera I can use for the inside of my trailer. I have a 2 horse, bp. My truck does not have wifi. Any suggestions? Thanks!
I-Ball. Ours is years old and cost 1/3 of what they do today, still working fine:
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I have the same iBall camera, as does my friend! I find it works great. I’ve gone on trips up to 3 hours with it maintaining its charge. Because it’s removable (it’s magnetic), I also use it as a backup camera while hitching up and I love it.
Though because it’s magnetic, I had to install/attach a steel plate to where I wanted it to sit since my trailer is all aluminum. My friend’s trailer isn’t so she just sticks it wherever on the wall.
We got a similar magnetically-mounted camera and found that a flat cover for a 4” square electric box works great as the plate for the magnet (and was something I had on hand in my workshop).
This is the one I have and I love it! My husband connected it to the always live wire vs the backup wire so it stays on all the time. Best part is I only have to have the screen in my way and plugged in when I am actually using it. I have wanted one for years and finally took the jump after knowing I would be doing a 3+ hour haul of a new horse and I wanted to easily keep a check on his younger self that hadn’t hauled much.
Bumping this as I’m in the market for a trailer camera, and wanted to find out if anyone has an Equine Eye camera? Looks like they’re based in NZ (AUS?) and I can’t see anything in the “con” column (except perhaps cost), but lots in the “pro”:
Equine Eye
would be nice if they would have included a link to the product manual to see just what the actual power requirement per hour really is other than their statement of up to eight hours
phone number country code 61 is for Australia, if so the $289 AUS dollars price is just under $200 USD (plus international shipping) so the cost is not that far off
I’m in Canada so it was about $265 CAD all-in, and the shipping – as someone who often has to pay exorbitant prices to get stuff shipped up from the US – was an incredibly reasonable $13.
Anyone who has shorter trailer trips… within an hour … battery longevity won’t be a huge concern.
I just recently got a camera in my trailer and I love it. I have a older truck(2001) and needed a backup camera as well so we replaced my rearview mirror with a electirc one that can switch between screens. I had them install this camera https://catalog.echomaster.com/catalog/license-plate-cameras/14-cmos-bar-type-license-plate-camera-with-black-metal-finish-for-front-or-rear-view and Iove it. It is hardwired into my truck and trailer and if I ever get a bew truck, they will put it in the new truck free of charge.
After an exhausting bench test and hard-wired install of a Tadi Brothers camera system… never again. Now that I’m trading in that trailer, I just bought an iBall Pro and plan to make it a mounting spot high on the back door of the new trailer, and be done with it.
(It’s going to be shared with our RV, so whoever needs it can just plug the monitor into the truck and place the camera where they want it, either magnetic on the hitch or bumper, or perhaps on a bracket we’ll make so it doesn’t vibrate loose inside the horse area.)
