These take quite a few AA batteries (8 of them). After about a month, the batteries are at 65%, and I only have it sync once per day. I'll probable consider getting the lithium battery packs when these crap out.
Images and video are clear and the night vision is acceptable (the closer the better, of course).
You can select photo or video mode. Each video clip will generate 3 photo frames that count against your photo transmission plan, so it doesn't take long to burn through the free 100 photo limit. Fortunately mine are in a location that's easy for me to pull the memory cards out to check every day. If you're using these in a remote location, you'll most likely want to upgrade to a paid plan, and\or use the cameras in photo mode.
You'll need to have micro SD cards (and batteries) in order to use these cameras out of the box.
Overall, I'd say these are good cameras that are simple to use.