GardePro A3S Trail Camera, 64MP Photo, 1296P HD Video with Sound

I was looking for a no glow IR camera that was invisible to the human eye and found this camera after quite a bit of research. Most of the no glow cameras were twice or three times as much so I was a bit apprehensive. But, after some testing I'm very happy with it. I set it up beside another proven camera and it triggered every time. Most images were center frame. Pros: 1) The price is great. 2) The audio was excellent! Way beyond any of my other cameras and even distant or low volume sounds were captured by the camera. 3) Exposure is adjustable for different locations and will auto adjust mid video if necessary. Medium setting seems to work the best for me so far. 4)LED's invisible to the human eye. This camera is totally undetectable at night. No red glow visible at all. 5) Clear night time photos and video. 6) I like that it uses full size SD cards so I'm not fumbling around with a tiny micro card in the woods. I will say that it needs a pretty fast SD card though. I used a class 10 card first and noticed some stutter in the audio. I switched to a faster A2 card and no more problems. I think many of the negative reviews are from people who are using slower or incompatible cards. If you are getting partial photos or weird video/audio artifacts switch to a quality card with a transfer speed over 30mb like a U3, V30 or faster if you plan to do a lot of video. Sandisk has never let me down. Just because a card works in one make of camera doesn't mean it'll work in all of them. Cons: 1) Bit rate of the video reveals it is on par with 1280x720p even though the video settings allow for 1920x1080p video. Not uncommon but disappointing. In all fairness, the description says 1296p not 1920p (though it lists 1920x1080p setting in the description) It is typical for a camera in this price range and not a deal breaker. 2) My biggest gripe seems like the most trivial but it is the on/off switch. Every other camera has "off" all the way left and "on" all the way right. "Settings" is in the center position. They are easy to turn on and off with gloves because you can just push it all the way over. THIS camera has "On" in the center position, which means I'm going to have to remove gloves and be careful to only slide the switch one click every time I turn it on. That is going to be irritating every time I check the camera.

Very nice cameras for the price... Easy set up and great pics

I will be reviewing this model (A3S) to the one I had before (Victure HC200). After opening the box and setting it up, I noticed it needed new firmware (6.x). It came with 3.x. When trying to load the new firmware, the camera displayed “Invalid File: ROM_APP”. I made sure I did it right several times, even factory setting the camera. So, I decided to contact the manufacturer as they claim 24/7 support on their website. Curiously no phone number was listed, only Email. So, I sent them an Email but received no reply after waiting quite some time. [UPDATE: I did receive an Email a day later saying "We regret that V3.0 and V6.0 are two different series and cannot by upgraded to each other, the highest version of the V3.0 series is the V3.0.59". It would have been nice if this was mentioned on their website. I will be testing the camera again with the latest V3.0 series firmware and will update this review if necessary] I decided to go ahead and test the camera just the way I received it without the firmware update. I set it up with high sensitivity as I needed detection for about 50 feet. This camera claims 82 feet detection range. It was easy to setup and the camera and video were much better than the old camera I had however, the audio sounded a bit muffled and not as good as the old trail cam. The motion detection was all over the place. Sometimes It would trigger on simple tree limb movement 30 feet away but would not detect me walking 10 – 90 feet away directly in front of the camera. The only good video I got of myself was when I walked in front of the camera at about 15 feet away and stopped for a few seconds. I then turned off the side motion sensors so that only the forward facing one was active. I then walked in front of the camera from 5 feet to 100 feet once every 10-15 minutes over a period of several hours. I ended up having about 15 videos of only the trees. Not a single video was captured of myself during that time frame. [UPDATE] - I changed the rating to 4 stars, and I will be keeping this as it is now working well after my 2nd test, less 1 star for mediocre audio compared to my previous trail cam. The audio is good enough. Left camera on for 1 full day and night with high sensitivity. Captured about 50 good quality videos of various people walking and a pesky coyote for several hours overnight with no apparent false triggers even when the wind was blowing the tree branches. Range of capture was between 15 feet and 90 feet. 3 differences that made the camera go from bad to good between the 1st and 2nd test. 1. I got the latest Firmware for my series (3.x). Tip: look at what version you have in the menu. If it starts with 3.x, you have the 3 series. If it starts with 6x, you have the 6 series. 2. Temperature. Temperatures are in the lower 70s now. Temperatures were in the upper 90s to lower 100s when I first tested it. I don’t know if this has anything to do with it but if the camera is solely relying on the Passive Infrared Sensor (PIR) to detect motion, then it makes sense to me that it won’t work when the outside temperature is close to body temperatures. 3. Angle. I tilted the angle slightly down towards the area I wanted to survey. Again, not sure if this has any effect on motion detection.

this is the 4th one I have bought works perfect, daytime photos and videos are sharp and clear, nighttime is black and white and quality is acceptable considering its dark, easy to set up and customize timing and file size, catches all the wildlife running around especially at night. bought 64 gig cards so even after 3 months there is still lot of room on the cards, its interesting to see whats running around on your property when you are not home, we have 5 acres so that is why I have 4 of them. not cellular I did not want to have all of the data send to my phone all the time. check them every couple of months, batteries last a long time, after years still on the original set

Very good value compared with previous cameras. Decent sharpness, easy setup. The only (minor) complaint is that the 'format card' option in the menu is near the bottom of the list, requiring too much scrolling.

I bought this A3S camera about three years ago, and have bought two GardePro A5s since. After using the camera through 3 Adirondack winters, the screen developed vertical lines. I reached out to GardePro to see if there was anything I could do to fix it, or should I just buy a new camera. They responded the same day, and told me the camera couldn't be repaired, SO THEY WOULD SEND ME A NEW CAMERA! And it arrived in just a few days. The prompt response and their commitment to standing behind their product is pretty unheard of these days. So kudos to GardePro. Unrelated for my fellow New Yorkers - I use my camera in the SnapshotNY program, which uses citizen science to monitor and study wildlife in New York State. It's a joint venture between Cornell University and the NYSDEC and worth checking out.

We have several very active game trails on our rural property so I thought I would place a camera at the two most used trails to see who was around. Hoping to get some better footage of our nocturnal neighbors. I purchased this GardePro trail cam for the main trail head. First attempt: I placed the GardePro trail camera at the head of the main trail focused on the spot where the most activity seems to happen - and my older camera at one of the side trails. I read the GardePro manual for set up and formatted the SD card as it said to. When I set it up at the trailhead, I adjusted for motion capture as instructed. Then I set the camera to on and left it for a week. The picture posted is the clearest picture I was able to retrieve. All the other photos and video were greyed out. I spent two hours trying to recover the data to no avail. Perhaps I didn't retrieve the data properly? I read through the manual again to set the camera up, and placed it back at the main trailhead. Second attempt: After a week, I went to retrieve the SD cards. This time, I took the camera down and brought it back to the cabin so I could plug it directly to my computer and retrieve the photos that way. The older camera had indeed captured some activity, but the GardePro camera didn't capture anything at all. Save for the few photos of me checking the motion capture, the SD card was empty. I reread the user manual and walked myself through setup again to make sure I'd done everything correctly. (I had) But perhaps I was wrong about which trail was being used? Maybe it didn't see anything because there wasn't aynthing to see? So I switched the cameras, this time setting the GardePro camera on the lesser side trail. Adjusted for motion capture, made sure everything was good to go and left. Third attempt: After 5 days I was back out to the property to check the cards. The older camera, which had been monitoring what I still thought of as the main trail head, has lots of photos! Opossum, otter, beaver and that weird coyote dog the neighbor said she saw. I wasn't wrong about the activity level at the main trail head. There really *were* a lot of visitors. I checked the GardePro camera on the smaller trail but once again the SD card was empty. The GardePro took no additional photos or video. But, was it possible that the lack of pictures was because I'd set it on an unused trail? I had proof that the main trail was being used a lot. So if I set the GardePro camera back on the main trail head (and it works) it should record something almost every night. I RE-reread the manual. RE-reset to factory settings, RE-reformatted the SD card. And even thought the camera turned on ok, and the indicator icon on screen said that the batteries were full, I put in fresh batteries just to be sure. When I set it back on the main trail, I focused the camera where I knew there would be movement to capture. I checked for motion capture and made sure everything worked fine before I left. Results: After a week, I returned to the trailhead to find it is a mess of scent piles, and piled up twigs/leaves. The soil on either side of the trail is freshly tamped down. If the GardePro camera works as it should, it should have captured something. But once more, the SD card was empty. The GardePro camera didn't capture anything -even though the physical evidence shows a significant amount of activity took place 8 ft in front of the lens. I have exhausted my troubleshooting resources. This GardePro camera just doesn't work. Now I've just returned from the property to discover that it is one month and ONE DAY after purchase and I can no longer return this item. I am super irritated at having wasted my time and money on this useless product and even more irritated that I've apparently missed a boss fight episode of Game Trail Showdown. I going back to my old camera.

Has night "Glow" , Night picture quality is OK, day quality is very good.

This is by far the best trail cam I've bought. And I'm happy I bought two. - Great video - best audio witch came as a bonus surprise to me - batteries last for what seems forever - never fails on the date, time, temperature stamps I purchased the two in December 2024. June 2025 one of the cams stopped working. After inspection I discovered that water had penetrated it burning out some of the electronics. I emailed Garde Pro about my situation and they replaced the camera free of charge. All they needed was proof of purchase. They delivered it promptly as well. Now I am back to my two camera set up. Garde Pro has proven to me to be a class company to deal with along with a fantastic product. Thanks Garde Pro for keeping this customer very satisfied.

Customer Service – Like everything with electronics every now & then a lemon comes along and this happened to me on one of the GardePro A3S trail cams. The video quality was poor so I contacted Garde Pro and sent pictures. They answered promptly and sent a new replacement A3S camera. It doesn't get much better than this for customer service especially nowadays. GardrePro A3S Camera – In all features this camera simply out does all the rest in my opinion. Detection range reaches out there and captures movement very well. Audio is superb and very clear and detects sounds from a good distance. Night vision I have found to be the best of all cameras as the soft white light seems to float out for quite a distance in a even glow for a clear sharp picture. Change – If I could change one thing it would be the viewing screen position as where it is now on the swinging door it is hard to view the target field that one wants to capture. I bought a very thin mirror and when closing the screen door to almost closed I can see most of the area I want to video. If the screen was on the main body it would show a clear image of the area one wants to film. Overall – For me from my experience The Garde Pro A3S is simply the best in all aspects and especially price.

Works quite well, night vision is good too. I find the reaction time a little slow (at least in video mode) when an animal is moving at a decent pace and the framing is tight. Overall solid value; I’m still on my first set of rechargeable 8x AA’s and it’s been 2 months. Like all Amazon trail cams, take a look at the specs. You get 1080p/30fps out of this camera, but the higher resolution brings a lower frame rate. A 30 second 1080/30p video is about 30MB or less, so only a bit rate of about 8mbps. I think you’ll run into this with any random capital letter brand here on Amazon when you’re not paying several hundred bucks. I’d hazard the megapixels are interpolated as well; not that you need 64mb trail camera photos anyway. Edit: This thing is great on battery; lasts for months. I use it only on video mode; it’s pretty good for the price. I find it misses some fast moving animals, or catches them late.

I got this for my dad for Christmas on sale. Based on reviews this seemed to be the best for budget and it does not disappoint! He said it was easy to set up and the quality of the images were great. I got him some rechargeable lithium ion batteries to go with. It has been up for about five months and I don't think he has yet to swap the batteries.

As someone who has tried multiple expensive brand name game cameras, these are by far the best. Amazing video, audio and detection. I hardly get any miscaptures like wind and never seem to miss an animal. Battery life has been great and used these over multiple seasons without any issues. These are the only cameras I buy now, thanks for making an amazing product at an amazing price!