Field Tested: SPYPOINT Force-Pro-S 2.0

The Energizer Bunny is one of the most successful and recognizable mascots in the history of corporate marketing. Since making its debut way back in 1988, this relentless rabbit hasn’t stopped hammering home the message that Energizer batteries will keep your devices running long after the competition has run out of juice.

For 2024, SPYPOINT has unleashed the FORCE-PRO-S 2.0, a solar-powered trail camera that — based on in-the-field testing — might give that drum-pounding pink bunny a run for his money while proving to be a powerful scouting tool that will monitor your hunting areas far longer than other models.

Dubbed by SPYPOINT as “The Solar Solution,” the FORCE-PRO-S 2.0 is a high-quality, feature-rich camera with a top-mounted solar panel that converts sunlight to electricity and sends it to the built-in, rechargeable lithium battery. The camera runs off the internal battery by default, but you can add eight optional AA batteries as a backup power source. Add those two power sources together and you have a camera capable of running for months between visits.

SPYPOINT says it developed the FORCE-PRO-S 2.0 specifically for hunters who need a reliable, long-lasting camera for hard-to-reach areas without cell service. There’s no doubt it’s a perfect solution for such applications. But with a price less than $150, I’d bet it will also become a favorite for use on the local deer lease, since it virtually eliminates the need for regular visits to the woods — minimizing human disturbance and keeping your hunting areas fresh while saving you a small fortune by virtually eliminating the need to buy batteries.

In addition to the dual power sources, the FORCE-PRO-S 2.0 captures high-resolution still images and video up to 48MP stills and 4K video (with audio). Trigger speed is a quick .2-second, while flash and motion-detection ranges are both an impressive 110 feet — the fastest trigger speed and longest flash/detection range of any SPYPOINT camera.

There’s also an integrated, full-color viewing screen that aids in camera setup, reviewing pictures and videos and navigating the camera settings menu. You can operate the camera in photo, video, photo/video, time lapse or time-lapse+ modes, the latter allowing you to monitor large areas such as fields and food plots during set intervals while capturing motion-triggered events around the clock. You can also use multi-shot mode to capture up to six still images per event.

I received the FORCE-PRO-S 2.0 in May. It comes with a mounting strap and 32GB SD card (accepts SD cards up to 128GB), which I thought was a nice touch. The AA batteries aren’t included, so I put in Amazon Basics alkalines (I’m too cheap to buy Energizers!) and headed to a local farm, where I set the camera up at an established mineral site in a known staging area between a cornfield and a steep, brushy ravine. Although the camera’s location does not receive full sun due to the heavy tree canopy, I figured it would get enough to keep the lithium battery fairly well charged.

After strapping the FORCE-PRO-S 2.0 to a tree and taking a few test images to ensure it was aimed properly, I set the camera to capture still images at 48MP, with two images per trigger and a 20-second delay. Then, I headed home.

Waiting several weeks, I returned to find 2,916 images on the SD card and a power meter that showed three out of four bars on the internal lithium battery and four out of four bars on the AA alkalines. Considering the camera is in a relatively shady area, I was impressed. I have little doubt the FORCE-PRO-S 2.0 can monitor that location through the rest of summer and into the fall archery season without fail.

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