Overview
The 2023 Browning Command Ops Elite 22 is an improvement on the 2022 version – adding better video and photo resolution and a better detection range.
Browning continue to improve on their budget offering and this latest wildlife camera certainly packs a lot of punch for the price, and is a versatile little camera that is fun to use.
It uses a new kind of low-glow LEDs introduced on some models in 2017 and 2019 to give it a decent flash range and much improved battery life. These low-glow LEDs make it better suited to wildlife-only setups, rather than security.
Trigger speeds are very decent, especially for a camera at this price – now improved at around 0.3 seconds for photos, and similar for videos – few cameras at this end of the market are as quick. Most of the cameras at this price point and below are very slow – meaning the recording starts after the animal is gone!
Video quality is a step-up from the previous Command Ops, with an improved resolution of 900p. Definition and colour has also improved quite a bit – although is still a long way short of the Recon Force cameras. The daytime quality suffers a little if the lighting isn’t great, for example around dawn and dusk. If the light is good, the video is pretty decent.
Photo quality is strong, with decent definition and colour. Again, expect a little loss of definition is daylight isn’t great.
The build quality and overall design of the camera is exceptional, and follows a similar design to the Sub Micro series of Browning cameras (i.e. the Strike Force HD Pro X). It doesn’t have the metal bracket at the back, but curved strong plastic to make it pretty straight forward to strap up. Settings are changed via a little LCD screen, which is bright and easy to use.
Due to it’s 9V power system, night time videos are limited to 20 seconds per clip. However, if activity remains, the camera will record another 20 second clip. The warranty length in the UK through NatureSpy is 2 years.
This camera is fun to use and gives great quality for the price – we give the Browning Command Ops Elite 22 7.2 out of 10.
