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It’s the second week of September, and the Tactacam Reveal Pro 4.0 I hung on the edge of a Kentucky bean field on August 23 has sent me right around 500 photos. The battery still reads 97 percent, and that number is why this Tactacam Reveal Pro 4.0 review is coming out after two weeks instead of after the season.
Call it a preliminary review. I’ll tell you what I know, I’ll tell you what I haven’t tested, and the full review comes at the end of October.
Would I buy another one today? Yes. If my other five cameras bit the dust tomorrow I’d replace all five with Pro 4.0s. But two weeks is two weeks, and that’s not long enough to call anything for certain. Keep that in mind as you read.
What I paid and how I have it set up
I picked up the Reveal Pro 4.0 on August 23 at my local Tractor Supply for $159.99. It’s currently running 12AA batteries, and you can see the settings I am currently using in the image below.
This isn’t my first Reveal. I’m currently running a Reveal X 2.0, two Reveal X 3.0s, a Reveal X Pro, and a Reveal Ultra, and I’ve run strictly Tactacams the last couple of years. Before that I ran Stealth Cams and Spypoints. From what I’ve seen so far, the battery life for the Reveal Pro 4.0 is leagues better than the Reveal Ultra I purchased last fall (2025).
The spot I currently have the camera setup is ideal. Signal is good there, none of my other cameras have had trouble in that area, and the Pro 4.0 picked AT&T on its own the day I hung it. I can’t tell you yet how it does in a bad signal spot.
What’s new on the Tactacam Reveal Pro 4.0
If you’ve run a Reveal cameras before, here’s what’s changed. The screen and the door moved to the side of the camera, so you can aim it with the viewfinder without standing in front of the lens. It has two image sensors now, which Tactacam says is what makes the capture silent. Photos are 4K, video is 1080p, and you can pick No Glow or Low Glow flash from the app. It picks the strongest carrier on its own, GPS is built in, and Live View is there if you pay for the extra subscription.
The bigger change is the battery. Tactacam calls it the FlexPack system. You can run 12 AAs like I am, or buy the rechargeable R5 or R10 pack separately and slide it in. There’s also a plain Reveal 4.0 for about $130 without the screen and with Low Glow only, according to Outdoor Life’s review.
Setup took no time, except for the part I got wrong
Setup was the same as every other Reveal camera I’ve used. Pair it in the app, strap it to the tree, aim it. I had it send an on demand photo before I walked out of the field to make sure everything was working, and the first deer picture came in the next morning.
The one thing that slowed me down was the batteries, and that was on me. I didn’t read the instructions, so it took me a minute to figure out that the side door has to be open before you can get to the batteries. Read the sheet in the box and you shouldn’t have any trouble.
Photo quality so far
Day photos are good. If I want more detail on a particular deer I request the HD version through the app, and it sends the full resolution photo. That’s a nice feature when you want the added detail on one deer without pulling full size photos of everything.
At night, it has been on Low Glow since day one. No Glow hasn’t gotten a turn yet.
As far as I can tell it hasn’t missed a deer. I’ve had a handful of false triggers, but every one of them came on windy days with the camera looking out over beans that are waist to chest high. That’s the setup, not the camera. Point any camera at a field of bean tops moving in the wind, and it’s going to trip.
Video and Live View are both untested on my end. Both are on the list for October. If you want trigger speed and detection numbers right now, Tactacam has them listed at a 0.3 second trigger speed and a detection range of 96 feet on Low Glow and 80 feet on No Glow.
Reveal Pro 4.0 battery life is the story so far
Here’s what’s impressed me the most so far. After roughly 500 photos with the settings check and photos sent instantly, the battery reads 97 percent. That’s on 12 regular AAs, not the rechargeable pack.
I’m not going to pretend that’s a season’s worth of data. It’s two weeks of late August and early September with warm nights, and cold weather is usually what drains them. But compared to my Reveal Ultra, which is the 2025 model, the difference is the one thing on this camera that jumped out at me right away.
How the battery holds up under different settings, and what a cold morning does to it, is the main thing I’m waiting on before the full review.
The app
The app is the same Reveal app I run my other five cameras through, and it’s the best part of owning these cameras. I change camera settings from my phone, turn notifications on or off, and save photos into folders. If you already run a Reveal, you already know the app.
What it’s shown me and where it goes next
Two weeks on a bean field edge has given me does, bucks, and a few bucks that have already shed velvet. No shooters yet, and nothing I’d change a plan over. That’s not a knock on the camera.
In the next few days I’m pulling it off the beans and moving it to a corn field on the same farm that’s being cut right now. I get into placement and timing in my trail camera strategy article if you want the longer version.
What I’m still testing before the full review
The full review comes at the end of October. By then I’ll have run video mode over scrapes, I’ll know how the battery holds up under different settings, and I’ll have some cold mornings on it. Live View gets a look too.
Field & Stream’s tester listed two knocks against the camera, a finicky power button and a slow start on sending photos to the phone. Mine sent an on demand photo before I left the field, so the second one hasn’t shown up for me. I’ll keep an eye on both.
Should you buy the Reveal Pro 4.0 right now?
Should you go buy one today? If you’re adding a cell camera or replacing a dead one, yes. It’s $160, the pro plan runs $13 a month,, and everything I’ve asked it to do it has done.
If your current Reveals are still working, that’s a different question and only you can answer it. Yea, the R5 and R10 packs cost extra, Live View costs extra, and two weeks isn’t long enough for me to promise you anything about winter.
Two weeks in, the Reveal Pro 4.0 has done everything my older Reveals do and barely touched the batteries doing it. I’ll have the full review up at the end of October.