GardePro A50

I've used a lot of different kinds of trail cameras, Moultrie, Exodus, a few Spartans, BlackGate and most recently Tactacam... Tactacams are my cellular go to - but after using GardePro Non Cellular I'm tempted to switch over. I don't have any cameras that are as clear as these are I don't know how the cellular ones go but the fact that Moultrie and tacticam don't have this clear of pictures even with the SD card blows my mind. I left both of them out on public land for almost a year batteries were still good in both cameras and each one had captured about 400 pictures So far the best pictures I've ever gotten out of the woods lol. I research everything and try to only go with the best, to me there is no comparison especially when you add in price- like I said, I can't speak on the cellular version I wanted standalone because there's no service down there - If that's what you need don't hesitate to buy these. (That's a picture of my computer screen)

I've owned a lot of "brand-name" cameras thru the years and these are BY FAR the best cameras I've used for the money. The photo quality is as good or better than many of the higher cost brand names! Also, I have been using them now for two years with NO Problems.... and the cost is about 40% of the name brands! I own 4 of these models now & I plan to buy more...

All I can say is these cameras are awesome! We have used Bushnell trophy cams for several years and after just getting a new one and not that impressed decided to try these cheap Gardepros after reading someone's review about the Bushnells. These Gardepros are so eady to set up, idiot proof. We have compared videos to our Bushnell and found the Gardepro is clearer, night illumination goes much farther and we have the Gardepro set on lower quality video than the Bushnell. We initially bought 2 cameras then ordered 3 more. Got the first ones for just $45, now they are more. If they should bite the dust early we're still way ahead of the $350 cameras.

It took nearly a month to receive. Otherwise it seems like a good camera for the price. Easy to use, reliable, and very nice photos.

I've purchased many game cams year after year never being 100% happy with any of them until this GardePro E5S purchase. In my opinion, this cam is top notch. Takes high quality videos and pictures which are crisp & clear. The IR night vision quality is supreme and clear as well. The best part of this camera for me, is the ease of use, and love the start button and "getting ready 30 second countdown" after pressing start. In other words, it leaves out the guess work and second guessing as you walk away if the camera is set. No problem with that at all. Highly recommend. I ordered 3 more after the first 2.

Trail cams are hit or miss and of the many I have tried, this is by far the best. It’s the one I chose when I first started using a trail cam after returning 2 contenders for not functioning properly and it’s the one I am keeping after having to replace that first one. My only complaint is that it only lasted 1.5 years. Now to the good. You can program what you want and this cam does it. I am watching wildlife on my property, I’m not a hunter who just wants to see if anything comes by. My video recordings are set to 30s and this camera runs all 30 of them and smoothly. Of the 5 cameras I returned this time around, 4 did not record more than a few seconds and one delivered a choppy video on top of it (all cameras were capable of good resolution and correctly programmed). The picture quality of this one is great and the illuminated area large. All other cameras have a smaller illuminated area, which means you get a video with dark areas all around the center and see less. The sound recording is also appropriate- background noise is low and you can hear an animal walking by. That also is not a given for every camera. I do not believe there’s a better option to be found and if so, I haven’t discovered it yet. I am returning a camera twice the price of this one because it doesn’t produce videos as good. The picture I included is a screenshot of a video. Last but not least, I use the basic model. I don’t need WiFi access and don’t want to pay to transfer footage that way. You need to get your own SIM card, which they should include like other brands, plus a card reader for your phone or computer and you are all set.

The first one I purchased, seemed to work so I purchased two others. They are are absolute garbage. I purchased all new sd cards for them. My property is teaming with wild life, yet in a month on all three cameras there were only 2 videos on each camera. The cameras were placed on animal trails. I have approached each camera from 100 feet away and walk towards the camera. Not a single video. Yes setting are correct. Each camera I did different settings. Doesn't matter, it does not pick up anything. It does work if you put setting on a specific time. But IT DOES NOT CAPTURE MOTION except on a rare occasion. It gets worse. Two videos captured on each camera, in the space of a month. Take out SD, insert in computer, plays once then says file corrupted, Second video, can"t play, file corrupted. Put back in the camera to see if I can watch on camera directly, files corrupted. Three cameras all wit the same issue means these are garbage. I would only suggest purchasing if you use it immediately so you can return it. It does not pick up motion, only once in a great while.

My camera arrived yesterday and overnight i caught this amazing footage of two hedgehogs fighting! The footage is so much sharper than my old trail cam. Very happy with the quality, functions and ease of use

First of all, this is my new favourite thing in the world! I don't like to promote consumerism but I can honestly say that my life has been enriched after getting this camera. The excitement and anticipation of viewing the high quality footage or stills is like Christmas every day. I'm lucky enough to live in a place with lots of wildlife so the biggest problem is choosing where to aim the camera. The housing is robust and waterproof (it still recorded decent night time footage even in a downpour), the quality of footage is brilliant and the sound is one of the highlights too. You may have to play around with getting your distance from the subject right depending on your settings (sensitivity/exposure capping etc) but the menu is very easy to navigate. There are loads of options and features to fully customise your setup. The strap is secure and it has a standard tripod mount thread which is very useful. Possibly the only thing that I don't like about this camera is the location of the screen; if you aren't too fussed about composition, then just turn it on and close the door, if you need to check you are pointing in exactly the right direction though, you have to do it as best you can BEFORE you mount it since the screen is in the door (which swings open away from the housing with the mounting options) but, even with this set back it's not too much of a big deal! I have used standard, Energizer rechargable batteries; if you are leaving it for a long time, or expect lots of long clips then I would go with the manufacturers recommendation of Li-ion batteries, but for me standard have been ok so far. All in all this is a wonderful product at an affordable price that gives you and incredible insight into the natural world. (The attached video is a "screenshotted" clip from a longer recording, the light coloured 'dots' at the end are my fault, not the cameras!)

It's compact and appears to be waterproof. I bought a mini tripod to go with it and as its quite low to the ground, it hasn't fallen over in the wind. It does go through batteries at quite a rate, especially if you want a half decent image. It won't purely stick to videos.. keeps doing videos and photos and that's not what it's been set up on. It's definitely on videos only. It's lovely to see the animals at night and the pictures in the day are very clear. Always turn off when not in use though... save batteries. It suggested not having rechargeable ones as they don't give enough power, but think I will try as spending a lot on batteries. It's also very easy to put the sd card in the computer and view that way. I'd say I'm glad I got £20 off as still quite expensive at £80.

This wildlife camera far exceeded my expectations. It was very easy to set up and operate. The quality of the images and videos are brilliant. I've had mine running for 4 days now and the power still has full bars. I will be ordering another one soon!

I have increased my rating now to 5 stars from the original 3 stars. In my original review I commented on the poor video quality in darkness and after about five weeks of use I decided to contact GardePro via email to ask for their guidance......I had seen another review where the reviewer had 5 cameras and 2 were replaced as not as good as the other 3. After explaining the issue GardePro asked me sent some of my videos for them to assess. Within a day or two they responded to say the IR LEDs were not functioning properly and within another couple days I had received a replacement unit which is brilliant.....very good illumination and clear nighttime videos. While there may be an issue with the consistency of quality with this product I would not hesitate to recommend it as a good one is very good and the customer support, in my experience, as been quite excellent. Well done GardePro! A relatively budget camera that needs the memory card/camera to be linked to my Mac to get acceptable video playback : the small screen on the camera as pretty useless for playing back your videos.....but for the price I am happy with that. Little niggles are that the batteries are fiddly to remove and if you don't want to lose the date/time settings make sure you switch batteries quickly. I purchased the camera primarily to watch the hedgehogs at night and the camera has certainly enabled me to do that. However, while on the highest quality video setting the picture quality is good in daylight and dusky light but in darkness the video quality is very grainy : certainly worse than I had expected from reading the spec. for the camera, The range of decent illumination is only 4 metres or so with the best videos taken just a metre or so from the feeding station. The detection delay is set to zero seconds but there is a delay of a second or two I would say. I started off using 1.2v rechargeable batteries and wondered if this was the cause of the video performance but having now fitted lithium 1.5v rechargeable batteries I can see no discernible improvement, although the battery life between charges is much better. I have not yet taken photo shots and expect maybe the picture quality will be better for these. I was tempted to give the camera four stars as for the price it is pretty good but as I wanted it primarily for nighttime video and the quality of this is pretty average I can only give it three stars. Have I got a bad one, was I expecting too much?......I don't know but I hope people find this review helpful.