Menards Underwater Camera

[Walleyes4Matt]

I seen a Underwater camera in the Menards ad and does anyone know how it stacks up against the Aqua View?

[Scrod]

I bought one but haven't even opened it yet soon hopefully!

[CCAdams]

I also bought one. Works real good out of water, excellent picture. Have yet to try it under water, but will post when I do.

[Kyle Sandberg]

I was thinking on buying one but had no idea how good or what quality they are. Please keep up the input.

[nofishfisherman]

I also bought one, it does work great out of the water. The picutre quality looks almost exactly like Aqua Vu scout, atleast out of the water.

I also tried it in a dark closest as well and it worked to a distance of about 6-8 feet with no light at all.

[katofishingguy]

I bought mine earlier this year we had them around fathers day ( I work at menards) I took it up to lake with me this summer ok if not too sunny screen is hard to see in light but at dusk and after dark it works great I am anxious to use it portable this season. I also used my MIL'S aqua view without shroud.To keep glare off screen they seem to be comparable in picture quality.

[fireball]

I also bought one, ya can't pass up one at that price. I haven't used it yet though, it is going to be a spare for my aqua view when I take my wife or son along they can use the new one and I can use mine without any interuptions then. Well worth the money just for that. It also will work great for anyone with mooch buddies who go out and want to use your equip all the time.

[Blaze]

Who manufactures them for Menards? Obviously Menards isn't into the underwater camera busines...

[18 inch Crappie]

China

[Perchpapa]

A guy I work with use his brothers Menards Cam to check out his chimney, he said it worked good.

[tightlines]

What is the cost of this camera? I was also wondering if anyone had a picture they could post.

[CCAdams]

The camera is 90 with a $5 mail in rebate. If you go to hsolist,some people have them for sale, you can look at those pictures.

[huskywings66]

i saw mine in the garage waiting to become my christmas gift from santa. really looking forward to see where all those fish go, cuz they are almost never by me, also i heard you can add another camera to it or something and i also heard that the aqua-vu DVR's work on them as well if you wanna record what you are doing.

[jbird68]

The camera I got from Menards this summer was from Atlantis. I tried to use it in bright sunlight and I could not see an image on the screen. I am going to try and make a sunshade to filter out the sun. Insed images were excellent.

[augernaut]

I bought one of these cameras - it is actually the Atlantis camera, the AUW-504 I think?? Mine actually says Atlantis on it, but I think Menards worked some sort of deal with them to get the different name on them. Anyways, it's the only camera Atlantis ever made that is worth anything, the others had very high return rates. If you look at the monitor, it is virtually identical to the Scout, and the camera is the same exact camera as on the VS350. I agree the lack of a sunshade is not good, so I made my own, and I think it works alot better than the Scout or 350 sunshades. I went to Wally World and bought some thin craft foam in the crafts department - it's about 8 1/2 x 11 and probably 1/16 or so thick (they have all colors, I picked black obviously!) I sewed 2 or 3 pieces of this together with elastic so that is fits somewhat snugly over the viewing hood of the monitor. Now, I can stick my face in there and the foam kind of form-fits to my face, making a very light-proof setup. Works great. I just take it off and fold it up, then stuff it into the bag alongside the camera when I'm done with it. Super light, super portable. The quality of the images is every bit the equal of the Scout of VS350. If you bought one of these, I think you got a great deal. I bought mine in the summer for $99, which was still a great deal in my book!

[chris63]

Hey guys,A freind of mine works at the Menards in Cambridge,Mn. and said two guys got in a fist ta cuffs over these cameras,I sure hope they work well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!c63

[Walli1]

I picked one up on the sale friday and already returned it today, Tried it out saturday on the croix worked so so in shallow water but over 20 feet had some issues, couldn't even see the bottom in thirty feet, I picked it up for a back up to my aqua va sv , that camera you can see in 40' pretty well

[JP Z]

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i also heard that the aqua-vu DVR's work on them as well if you wanna record what you are doing.

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I would have to say with 99.9999999999999% certainty that you will not be able to hook it up to your Aqua-Vu DVR. As we don't make them so they are compatible with Atlantis or any other companies cameras for that matter. But of course some fellow may be able to rig up a patch cord but that won't be easy.