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Does anyone have any real world feedback on the Browning game cameras? I've looked at a ton on online reviews, and they just seem so biased.

I have had pretty good luck with them. I think I currently have 5 of them. 2 I just recently purchased and the other 3 are about 5-6 years old. The 2 I just purchased are the strike force 850, and the strike force hd. I've only the newer browning cameras out for about 3 weeks, but so far so good. I also use spypoint, wildgame and primos cameras. The brownings seem to hold up better than the others for me.

We have more Brownings now than any other brand. Used to use Cuddeback but they kept changing the models, not for the better IMO. And more expensive and complicated. Just bought 2 of the Spypoints, will have to see how they hold up.

I recently bought a couple and put 1 out it works good but I must have a bad one because it eats batteries, maybe 100 pictures and it is dead. Duricell batteries.

I buy all brands and I usually only get 3 years out of one. I just got the number one selling camera on Amazon, tested it in the house then put it out. Got the first card after a week, and it filled the card up with continuous pictures of a tree. I guess the cold dicked it up. I have to go get that one in 2 feet of snow two miles out to send it back. Probably do that tomorrow. Probably get the same brand, but a bit better model so I don't get the same production run. I run less expensive ones because I put them on public land. I usually get them with reward points on Amazon so I am not pissed if the crap out or get stolen.
The upside is the newer models are getting smaller, and use less batteries. The DOA one I just got only takes 4 AAs.
Personally I had best luck with Bushnell HD. Of course they change over the years, but they seem to have reliable sensing and last 3 or more years. By the may I only have mine out 4 months a year on average. I probably have a dozen out, and my buddy puts out maybe 10. We hike to different locations on Sundays to collect cards and see what the snow has to say about deer patterns.
SD cards seem to go belly up too. PKY? brand seems to really suck. If they seem shady, I mark them with a sharpy and put them in another camera to test.