GardePro A3S Trail Camera, 64MP 1296p Game Camera with Clear 100ft No Glow Night Vision, Fast 0.1s Trigger Speed Motion Activated Waterproof, H.264 MP4 Video

The media could not be loaded. Bought 5 of these to monitor a coyote pack on our property. For the cost ($63), these are very nice cameras. Having 5 cameras lets me triangulate coyote movement on the property, but I would never have bought that many if they cost a couple hundred $ each.Daytime pics and videos are very crisp. I can easily distinguish individual markings on the coyotes. Night-time images also very good. The distance at which the motion triggers the camera to start recording is easily twice as far as other cameras in this price range I have used previously, and there are side motion triggers which start recording before the animal is fully in front of the camera. I have found those nice as it starts the video early enough to get more footage of the animal, especially important if the animal is running. Most of the videos that I am interested in are at night. Couple times with the cameras already triggered I have video of animals sprinting full speed in front of the cameras and can still identify individuals. In still picture mode sometimes an animal moving that fast is already out of frame before the camera triggers. Daytime trigger response seems a little better. I have several of animals racing across a trail with all 4 feet off the ground and I still get 1 pic of them. I have 3 of the cameras set up with overlapping fields of view so I can analyze what is getting caught and what's not.Added bonus is the nice audio quality. Previous camera I was relying on had pretty much zero audio recording. I had a recent video of a dark animal at night, lying on the ground, could not tell what I was seeing through the brush. I finally remembered to turn the sound up and could hear distinctly hog grunting that let me identify what the animal was.Too soon to know if the battery life will be as good as claimed - 8 months according to some reviews I have seen. Will update as I have more time on the cameras.June 10, 2024 - still on the original batteries I started using in early February. Not the most expensive nor the cheapest batteries - Rayovac alkaline. Cameras in continuous use just over 4 months. Still getting great pics and videos, especially considering the price of the cameras. No issues with cameras at all.June 27, 2024 - batteries in a couple of the cameras finally started to show signs of weakening. We have had a heat wave of at or near 100 degree days past couple of weeks which probably hastened the battery demise. Still images still fine, even at night. Daytime videos fine. But at night, with the extended time the light stays on for the videos they suddenly started recording for only 3 seconds each. Went ahead and changed all the batteries. 3 of the cameras have been in continuous use for almost 5 full months, and I use Rayovac alkaline batteries. For almost all of the time I have had the cameras I had the video recording set to 2 minutes, which turns out in almost all cases to be way longer than needed. But that does factor into battery life. The obvious largest battery drain is the light necessary to film at night.August 31, 2024 - About 2 weeks ago one of the cameras purchased in February 2024 started exhibiting digital "streaking" on the display, but still recorded without issue. Now, 2 weeks later I only get a solid blue-white screen without access to any functions or menu. It reminds me of an old first generation digital camera I once owned that was susceptible to moisture/humidity. I have never allowed any water inside the casing, never open the door to access camera card if the outside of the camera body is wet. I have contacted the company that distributes to Amazon, will update my review once I hear back from them. Pics of the defective camera. Other 4 cameras continue to function fine.September 17, 2024 - New camera arrived from the company to replace the one that went bad. All 4 other cameras continue to function normally.Oct 4. tried to add some videos a week ago, site informed me only 1 video could be added/review, then did not add any. Trying again. 1 daytime video of deer, 1 nighttime still pic of coyote. The coyote is close to the distance limit for triggering the camera - could be a little further but in this case that's as far as the camera has a straight-line unobstructed view. About 20 feet in this case, estimated not measured.Jan 8, 2025. Replaced batteries for second time. I think there was still some life left in them, but one week there was seemingly a deer hanging around in front of two of the cameras multiple times/night for several nights. The repeated minute-long night lighting from the cameras got the batteries, they started recording videos less the 1 minute long. So averaging about 6 months per battery change.Also, manual indicates trigger sensitivity should be set to "medium" for hot weather. Now that it's finally cold I switched it to "high". Got one deer that must have been close to 100 feet away at night triggered the motion sensor.Had to dial 2 of the cameras back to medium trigger sensitive - both are in areas with an appreciable gap in overhead tree canopy. This time of year (Jan-Feb) late afternoon shadows cast by trees as sun getting close to the horizon kept triggering the cameras to record continuously. Cameras in deep woods without the shadows are ok on high sensitivity.

I set this camera up on December 26, 2024, and didn’t check it again until May 18, 2025—and I’m seriously impressed. After nearly 5 months outdoors, the battery was still halfway full, and it captured almost 1,200 photos and videos on a 16GB card.Daytime image quality was excellent, with clear shots of deer, possums, hummingbirds, and even a river otter-like critter. Night vision was decent too, though I’ll be repositioning the camera next time to avoid foreground interference that threw off the focus a bit.One unexpected but valuable bonus: it captured footage of a trespasser stealing items from our property. We wouldn’t have known otherwise. Thanks to this camera, we’re now taking extra precautions—and just ordered a second one.Highly recommend this for anyone needing a dependable, long-battery trail cam that performs well in various conditions.

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.

After spending money on a dozen or more trail cameras in all price ranges, I was elated to find one that actually does what it promises. Instead of showing you the tails of animals leaving the area, this one takes pictures of animals when they come into the frame! Both stills and video are crystal clear. Night resolution is the best I've ever seen. One feature I like is you set the hours of "surveillance," so you don't get birds flying past at midday. Good value.

Fairly easy to set up following the instructions in the manual. Seems well-made. Captured rodent activity in the yard that will hopefully convince a neighbor to quit putting food out.