GardePro E5 Trail Camera

I've always been a Moultrie guy but I needed some new non cellular cameras so I took a chance on a couple of these since they were only 40 bucks. Much to my surprise the clarity of the images are way better than any other camera I own. Super easy to program as well. Solid camera. Highly recommend.

This trail camera has been great. I use this a a "backup" to my primary camera. The battery life has been a big surprise. My primary camera is a cellular version from a big name and this camera produces photos of equal quality. It also seems to be somewhat immune to some of the minor movements of tree limbs that trigger my other camera. I would buy this brand again.

I've had a number of GardPros. Picture quality is great, there's minimal delay on the motion sensor, and they're inexpensive. Cost is a factor, since I've got pictures of them being chewed up by bears, lynx, coyotes, wolverines, and river otters. The usually keep working for quite a while after being chewed up, but they get water inside, the screen goes blank, and you can't change the settings. The only problem I've had that was caused by the cameras themselves is that they occasionally start taking pictures and won't stop even after there is no longer any motion in front of the sensors.

I have used Browning cameras in the past but they didn't do well catching pictures of cats, dogs, oppossums and raccoons. The Gardepro camera does a great job of that. I wanted a camera that takes pictures every one or two seconds which most do not. This camera has a 0 second setting which works more like a 1 or 2 second setting. I bought one to try it out and liked it enough to buy a second one. I will probably buy one more.

So I purchased in 2023. Tested fine at the time. Got a chance to use it this year. Left in woods for a couple weeks- when I retrieved it, lens and display were fogged. Was not in extreme weather condition. Water was in the unit and now not operational. I do have two other identical cameras that work fine. This camera did record a weeks worth of images. Camera looks fine, no damage to door or seals visible- really overpriced for limited use. I contacted the company and received new unit in three days. I do own two others. Have been happy with battery life, imagine quality, sensitivity which are all adjustable. Will look at their cel based camera that can work off one phone plan as opposed to others that you need one phone plan per camera.

my absolute favorite game cameras. Great cameras for price and have captures thousands of pics.

I've been buying GardePro cameras for years and the A3 has been my favorite so far. But I saw this GardePro E5 and it looked like a newer model and the price was great so I decided to give it a try. After 30 days of trying my best to like this thing, now that i'm ONE DAY past the return window, I can't stand it. But first, the positives: the user interface of the cam is the same as my trusty A3 - easy to configure and everything makes sense. I managed to take a few practice videos with it and they quality was great and the videos were in .mp4 format (which is so much better than the cameras that produce .avi's.) And that's where the positives end...which brings us to the negatives. I'll keep it brief and there are only two: 1. The camera won't recognize a Micro SDHC card inserted into a regular SD Card adapter. Every other trail cam I've had for the past five years has happily accepted a micro sdhc card with an SD card adapter but not this one! I tried four different micro sdhc cards and four different adapters. This camera would only work with a regular SD card. Oh well...disappointing but not a deal breaker. 2. But the real deal breaker is that the camera just doesn't properly detect motion/record at night. I've had it sitting outside my house for the past two weeks and it hasn't recorded a single video...and there's plenty of wildlife that goes by and trips my Arlo cameras that are pointed in the same direction. I ran a motion test on the camera just now and it only detected motion within 8 feet of the camera on the sides - and NO motion when directly in front of the camera. I had high hopes for this trail cam but was left sorely disappointed and now that I'm one day outside of the return period, I'm stuck with it. Other GardePro cameras might be good but this one has been terrible in my experience.

Takes good pictures and videos when it works, however... It has failed to initialize several times, so it took zero pictures. Also, the locking mechanism is poorly designed, so it is hard to use snake locks. It works for the price point, but you would probably do better to stick with a name brand.

awesome camera, never know what your gong to film

Good medium quality product.

Works great

install firmware update , video length is still only 2 seconds , set is for 15 seconds day and night response in setting is so slow and cumbersome especial trying to view clips on cam screen. rather useless toy

Bought for cottage and has been catching some amazing pics of our local wildlife.Leave it up all year and handles a multitude of extreme weather conditions we face in Canada.