Spy Pens Online

This article is designed to inform you of the differences between the different recording methods available on the range of spy pens and will demonstrate the limitations of these different devices. We will look at the digital spy recorder pen and other variants to show the difference in standards.

The Spy Pen Voice Recorder

This is one of the lesser used spy pen recorders, but offers a lot of uses and a high standard of recording. We have found two models of this type of pen on the market. The hold and record and the press and record, we find most of these devices are hold and record, press and record we find come as digital models.

These models are not very discreet; you have to hold the button down to begin recording and it stops as soon as you lift off. These are remarkably cheap however.  They normally have a second button and the device contains a small speaker that plays it back to you. Generally these are just for messing about with and not such good quality for a higher quality version of this pen you will want to resort to a Spy Pen DIGITAL Voice Recorder.

These babies are normally press and record until you press again. You cannot play the track back where you stand; instead it’s loaded onto a DVR that is only accessible via a USB port on a pc. These recording are of a much higher quality but awfully inconvenient if you don’t have access to a pc. These generally however, find a more professional use and cost more so are not a plaything.

Spy Pen Video Recorder

Everything in I said about the different in quality and convenience can really be transferred to the video recorder. Video spy pens however, or at least to my knowledge have never contained playback devices in the pen. Nearly every model you find will be a spy pen digital video recorder. As it is the most convenient, and widely spread method to share video clips.

A Spy pen recorder DVR camera will often come with an accompanying DVR player. Like a pen to pc connection the DVR player will likely accept a USB drive. Many of these DVR players are no containing Bluetooth and other wireless technology to make it much easier to transfer the data.

The lesson really is, if your buying a spy pen recorder…. Go digital!

The spy pen video camera is the most versatile and widely used version of the many models of spy pens. It is normally used by private investigators and journalists but finds use in many other fields even the hands of then general public, you and me, for messing about and capturing pranks.

The reason spy pens are so popular is that they are able to act completely independently of most other devices. Everything it needs is contained within itself this allows it to remain completely wireless. A wireless spy pen camera can be kept discreetly in a pocket or handed to a colleague. No plugs or wires keep it well disguised and hence reliable.

You wouldn’t of thought your spy pen would have that many options but it can and some of the choices you have to make when picking a model can be very important. Specification can be very important when picking a camera. You will need to ensure that you camera contains at least a 640 x 480 resolution to make viewing detail in the footage a possibility and the images precise.

A 4gb spy pen camera will be sufficient to hold a good quantity of video recordings. The exact amount it will hold will depends greatly on the quality of the footage but you should be able to expect the spy pen camera to hold at least 4 hours worth. The battery on the device should expire well before the memory in a single use.

Most spy pen cameras contain a USB stick located in the middle of the pen that allows the footage to be viewed. The exact type of connection the USB spy camera pen will vary but each device will normally come with the associated wires and adapters. This allows the spy pen to be connected to a pc, downloaded and viewed when it’s convenient to you.

It is likely that you model will be a digital spy pen camera; a spy pen recorder dvr camera will ensure that your footage is viewable right away without any specialist software or devices needed for play back.

I personally own multiple spy pen camera 4gb digital video recorder devices as I find this setup is ideal and offers great value for money. Upsizing or using other recording methods limits my options too much or I feel costs too much for the extra you get. You may disagree.