GardePro A3S 2-Pack Non-Cellular Trail Camera, 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.

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

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.

Works great, really nice pictures. The Gardner is very happy 😁👍😎

After a lengthy process of going through reviews and videos on the Internet I finally bought this trail camera. I am impressed. This is my first trail camera and I am not disappointed. 24 megapixel lens and can take 5 photos in a row. Response time is 0.1 second. Pretty fast. You can set it so the delay between shots is 0 seconds which I did. Setup is easy enough. Insert the 8 AA Alkaline or Lithium batteries, install the SD card (max size is 128 gig). I installed a 64 gig ram card. Turn it on, format SD card and setup the camera. I set if for Motion detection with 1 minute videos and 5 photos in a row at 24 megapixels. Menu has the standard setup that all seem to have: Date/Time, Time zone, 12 or 24 hour Time format and so on. This camera has side motion detectors which I like a lot. Sure seems to catch a lot more animals in the videos and photos. You can turn the side detectors off in the setup menu if so desired. You can also setup for loop recording and have it active in a certain time range if so desired. Oh, and one of the main reasons I bought it is for the "No Glow" I.R. night vision lights. I don't want any two legged critters seeing the flash and walking off with my camera at night. Stick with No Glow. It's the future of all great trail cameras in my opinion. I placed the camera in my back yard which is wooded and no one lives near for miles so a lot of critters come visiting. Mostly at night but sometimes a flock of Turkeys wanders into my backyard in the day. After the first night I pulled the camera down and connected it to my computer. Wow, first night I was visited by a large Raccoon and two Opossums. Videos are crystal clear as are the photos with the animals about fifty feet or so away. I did have audio on for the videos but that is the one downside to this camera. The audio is horrible. So keep that in mind if you want audio in your video captures. The audio is muffled and sounds like it is recording wind blowing by as you hold the camera out the window as you drive down the highway. Anyway, I turned the audio off in all future recordings. Super nice trail camera at a great price.

I received my two pack of GradePro trail cameras (model #A35) on January 28, 2025. I had similar cameras prior and set the two cameras up with ease a few days later. The quality seemed good and as I noted prior the setup went quick and easy. Throughout February 2025, I used the cameras several times and they worked as advertised. The picture quality was pretty good although the video playback mode did not always work. On March 31, 2025, I pulled the SD card out of what I call camera "A-1" and found moisture had somehow entered the camera and fogged up the light and the camera lens (see picture). I viewed the videos on the SD card and the view is obstructed due to the water intrusion. I inspected the rubber seal, and it was intact and there was no debris present that would have caused the "weather tight" seal to fail. I live in Southern Oregon, and we have had rain in the last month but nothing extreme that should have caused the camera to fail. Unfortunately, the return window on the GradePro cameras closed on February 27, 2025. These cameras were not hugely expensive but should not have failed after less than 3 months. I understand the rubber seal deteriorating over a period of time, but failure after less than 3 months is unacceptable. Fellow outdoor enthusiasts do yourselves a favor and spend a few more bucks and get a higher quality camera that will last several seasons. I would have given the cameras at least a 4.5 star review had the seal not failed. What good is trail camera if the "weather tight" seal fails? It's not! Disappointed in Oregon, Johnny M.

This is awesome and support is great.

This Trail Camera is easy to setup. Takes great pictures and videos at night and daytime. I used quite a few batteries when I first purchased it, because I have been getting over 300 videos a day/night. To solve that problem I purchased a GardePro SP350 Solar Panel for my GardePro A3S Trail Camera. NOTE: The DC plug diameter on the solar panel does not fit through the housing on the bottom of the S3A Trail Camera. I had to trim the hole a little bit to get it to fit. Other than that both products work great. I would recommend this setup.

Je me suis procuré cette caméra au printemps 2025 pour remplacer une autre que j'avais mais qui me faisait rager surtout parce qu'elle mangeait littéralement les batteries en 2 ou 3 semaines en me disant qu'elle ne pourrait pas faire pire. Wow! Cette caméra a surpassée toutes mes attentes et de loin. Je l'ai installé à mon site de chasse à l'été 2025. Elle a fonctionné sans relâche jusqu'à l'automne et en plus, je l'ai laissé activé toute l'hiver et nous sommes actuellement en septembre 2026 et elle fonctionne encore merveilleusement et ça sur le même set de batteries que j'avais mis à l'été 2025 ! J'en reviens tout simplement pas. Les images sont plus que satisfaisantes et avec quelques milliers de photos prises sans avoir changé les batteries une seule fois. J'ai utilisé plusieurs sortes de caméras depuis 25 ans mais celle-ci est la meilleure des meilleures que j'ai eu l'occasion de posséder. Je ne peux faire autrement que de lui accorder 5 étoiles et même 7 si c'était possible et de la recommander sans aucune hésitation.

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.

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.

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.

Bought two to supplement an older StealthCam that I use to monitor skunk traps as we have a big problem with the critters on the edge of a big city. I was very surprised at the ease of setup. This is the first product I have bought in decades where someone who knows the English language actually wrote the manual. What a difference. Ironically, you really don’t need the manual because the setup is logical and intuitive despite the Chinese manufacturing. This is how manuals and user interfaces should be. Works well after testing in day and night. Am in Canada and there is no way I’d pay a subscription for cellular access to a network that is cost prohibitive and flaky in Canada. That’s a hundred dollars in extra features that likely won’t work here and am then committed to a monthly fee. The onboard screen means you don’t have to remove an SD card or plug into a PC—unless you really want the HD photo/ movie. Only small issue I noticed is that there is no provision for temp in celsius, which is no big deal as I am not a hunter, but it does prove the cam was targeted for USA customers (similar to their cellular versions which use American carriers only). (edited: the info bar does record C but the menu only shows F) Happy with the purchase so far. It has all the features I need w/o the ones that would be flakey. Nor did I want to mess around with yet another app that drops WiFi or Bluetooth like they all do. This model doesn’t have these features, so I’m not stressing out trying to get them to work.