GardePro E6 Trail Camera WiFi 48MP 1296P Game Camera with No Glow Night Vision Motion Activated Waterproof for Wildlife Deer Scouting Hunting or Property Security, Camo

I had bought a trail cam (diff brand bought on amazon) 5 years ago that was such a bad product that didn’t want to buy another with so many products to available. I remember distinctly customer service for the other company kept telling me to buy more batteries and that the reason the camera wasn’t working was bc of bad batteries. Finally I was done. FF 5 years and I bought this trail cam and used the same batteries since I had a shitload left over from the last camera 5 years ago. Menu started up fine, connected to WiFi no problems, not great but decent still images. I might be able to improve image by tweaking the parameters, but I haven’t done that yet. Good camera for the price.

I recently bought another cheaper brand of wifi trail cam for my dad, and found the GardePro to be much better. The wifi range is better since it has an antenna (but don't expect to be able to use it fro hundreds of feet away, more like 30 ft). The app is better, I think, since it allows you to easily pinch and zoom in. The quality of the plastic is better and I appreciate the cammo pattern. I would upload a video but so far just got a racoon, squirrel, and a few birds but anyway I think the video and motion sensing is fine.

This trail camera is pretty solid overall. the image QUALITY is really impressive, especially for wildlife monitoring. I've been able to capture some fantastic photos and videos of deer and coyotes in my area. (Once even caught a raccoon stealing my trash, little rascal) The camera's 48MP still images and 1296P HD videos are more than enough for most people's needs. It has a wide-angle lens too, which is useful if you want to monitor a larger area at once.While the image quality is great, the Wi-Fi connection can be a bit spotty sometimes, especially when I'm further away from the camera. It took me about an hour to get it connected the first time because there was some weird interference with my neighbor's microwave or something (who knows). Overall though, the connection has been decent for most of the time. The app is easy enough to use too, which makes checking on the camera and downloading photos a breeze once you finally connect. Just be prepared for a little bit of frustration when setting it up at first.

I have slowly changed all my cameras to GardePro. The battery life is unreal. The EP6 is well worth the little extra cost. It lasted the entire season all while using the video mode, with great quality pictures/video. It does get fooled sometimes by false motion, but way better than any other brand I have had.

We started having minor issues with trespassers this summer. When Black Friday 2021 rolled around I decided to buy a bunch of budget cameras to test them out and keep the best six. I compared:(3) GardePro E5 ($53.99)(3) GardePro E5S ($57.99)(1) GardePro E6 ($83.99)(1) GardePro E8 ($97.99)(2) Wosport G6oo ($41.99)(1) Usogood WIFI trail camera 4K (Gifted to me, currently lists for $113.99)(1) my one year old Victure ($84.22)(Black Friday 2021 Prices except for the Victure, which was Black Friday of 2020)So my winners and keepers in order are1) GardePro E62) Gardepro E83) Wosport G6oo.Everything else (Except the Victure) got sent back. That about sums it up, but if you want the details and why I made those choices then read on.I initially set up a test in the forest behind my house and put all the cameras side by side on a board about four feet off the ground. I set it up so that I could walk into view at a right angle 90 feet away from the cameras then walk directly in towards the lens. I let the cameras run for 24 hours and made several trips down to the board midday, evening and in pitch black darkness.For physical design the GardePro cams are all awful. The screen is on the inside lid behind the camera, so it’s only visible when you have the camera pointed in the wrong direction. Figuring out where to mount the camera so that it’s pointed at the precise right spot is a real chore. The battery compartment lid is crazy tight. I had to use a flat screwdriver to get to the batteries and for some reason none of my rechargeable batteries fit. Finally, the memory card slot pops out the bottom and it’s not always obvious when you have it “locked” in. I envision SD cards getting lost in leaves in my future. The E6 and E8 had some redeeming qualities though:The Winner: GardePro E6: It worked perfectly right out of the box with very little configuration. The poor physical design is overridden by the WiFi feature, which allows me to get the cam pointed using the screen on my phone. I could review the images and videos on the cam without pulling the card so dropping it out the bottom is a smaller concern. The sensitivity isn’t perfect but it works better than anything else in the group I tested, except the slightly more expensive E8. The images and video were not as good as my phone. They aren’t even as good the phone I stopped using eight years ago. But compared to all the other cameras in the test they are exceptional. I was easily visible in the night time video at 90 feet, and could almost start to recognize myself at about 50 feet away. My face was easily recognizable when I got to somewhere between 25 and 20 feet from the camera.GardePro E8: This performed almost exactly as the E6. The only reason I put the E6 at the top of my list is that I don’t really see any extra value for the price, unless getting a slightly higher resolution (32MP vs 24MP) is super important to you. I was more interested in video, and they both record at 1296p. If they were within $10 I’d buy the E8, but at the time of this writing there’s a $20 gap that I don’t think is justified, unless there is some other feature I just haven’t noticed yet. If I discover some other benefit in the next year I’ll come back and edit. If they both go for the Black Friday prices again I’ll get the E8.Wosport G6oo: Honestly, these were so cheap I bought them to use as decoys. These don’t have the invisible IR so when they trigger you will see a red light. I intended to set these up as a deterrent, with a second (and better) camera watching the same area but out of sight. Someone approaching the camera would hopefully see it and turn around, but they decide to trespass anyway and steal one of these cameras to cover their tracks, I would get proof from the better hidden camera. I was really surprised at how good the sensitivity was right out of the box, the quality of the videos and audio, and how intelligently the physical case is put together. After sending back the E5 and E5S cameras, I decided to just mount these up out of reach with a ladder where a trespasser can’t get to them easily.UsoGood: As far as usability and sensitivity goes this is a great camera. Unfortunately I was not impressed with the images or video. The images I got were all grainy both night and day, and had a serious fisheye distortion without adding any noticeable field of vision over the other cameras. I had put this on my wishlist after drooling over the feature list and the reviews, but as badly as I wanted to love this camera I had to send it back using the gift receipt. Hopefully my in-laws won’t be upset.GardeE5 cameras: Great images for the price, but the sensitivity and audio was not good. They never stopped triggering. In 24 hours I ended up with 990 images on each camera. I retested these by putting the sensitivity down to medium, and then they wouldn’t trigger until I was within 25 feet. Another deal breaker was that the audio on all three was horribly muffled. If a trespasser is talking I want to be able to hear everything they are saying. If a deer suddenly turns to look somewhere I want to know what sound made it jumpy.GardePro E5S cameras: Like the E5, great images for the price, but the sensitivity and audio was not good. They triggered nonstop and in 24 hours I ended up with 1391 images on each camera. I retested these by putting the sensitivity down to medium. They improved but I still ended up with about 20 pictures and videos of a dead still forest with no clue as to what triggered them. I think I could have gotten the sensitivity to work as needed but the biggest problem I ran into was that the audio on all three had a consistent clicking sound in addition to being muffled. I tried downloading the newest firmware but that didn’t seem to make any difference.Victure: I don’t see these on Amazon anymore so it’s probably not worth mentioning, though these had rave reviews in 2020. The sensitivity on this is a little low but overall it works as expected, and I’ve gotten some great clear videos of deer and racoon. The biggest issue I have with my Victure is that the IR range at night seems to be weak. Any movement beyond 25 feet at night is so poorly lit that you can’t tell what you’re looking at. It’s the perfect camera for tracking Bigfoot, as you’ll get all the blurry ghostly night images you could hope for.

This has been wonderful. Pictures straight from my phone and the live view is great. Battery life exceeded my expectations.

This camera does not work at night! What good is it! It won't connect during the night to the Wi-Fi. It only works during the day. I can see what is going on in the daytime.

The software download and installation went easily and the fit and construction of the unit appears to be very solid.Nice pieve of equipment and a good price.It does state that the WiFi operating range is only about 45 feet but I am able to connect without trouble at nearly twice that distance even with the camera on the backside of the tree from me.I'm so far very happy with the results.