GardePro E6 Wildlife Camera, WiFi, 24MP 1296P, 110° View Angle, Trail Camera with Night Vision Motion Activated, Garden Camera Trap

Deer seem to be able to sense the cam in action but doesn’t seem to scare them off. Get a good number of close up head shots as they investigate this interesting appendage on the trunk of their favorite crabapple tree.

After owning 3 other brands of trail cameras previously, none of which work any longer, I decided to invest in one again. After reviewing several options I chose the Gardepro E6 for these reasons: tripod mount, 110 degree view angle, long recording time, ease of installing batteries, ease of setup and programming, app to control with smart phone. This camera is such an improvement over the ones I had before that it is a real pleasure to use. It is very easy to install batteries and the setup and programming is super easy and fast. It also is password protected, and even has a latch that can use a padlock for added security. I like it so much that I just ordered a second one.

Well I have two on our property and it’s a great way to see who or what is coming around. Time and date stamp helps. Quality of the pictures I really can’t complain even in night vision.

Excellent trail camera. I live in an urban area and have bird feeders. Noticed activity that indicated a critter was present in the back yard at night. Set up this camera and voila’ there was mom raccoon with two youngsters, and also a possum from time to time. Photos are clear and detailed. This is exactly what I had hoped for. Very happy with it and highly recommend!

I just purchased two cameras for the land I hunt deer on. These were so easy to setup via wifi to my phone. The battery compartment compared to three other cameras from a competitor is superior. I can’t wait to see the deer come in on the camera. Great product. I know I will really enjoy them. Highly likely to purchase more!

We got this unit to figure out who had been raiding our bird feeder overnight (a rotating cast of characters, as it turned out!)… This model does not disappoint! The microphone quality is brilliant, you can hear foxes chewing. The camera takes gorgeous, balanced video by day and sharp, clear infrared by night. The batteries last for months in normal use, and wireless access/downloading is very easy. Great buy!

Reviewed plenty of cameras before purchasing this one. Always skeptical of what you’ll get but this turned out to be a great buy for something that had the basic features I needed.
A mallard hen made a nest in a bush out front and laid 6-7 eggs. I wanted our family to be able to monitor/watch her and see the ducklings hatch without disturbing them. This camera provided exactly what we needed.

Night vision is what I expected from a $70 camera. It can be blurry and depending on the distance from your target object, the motion detection might not always trigger appropriately . I set my camera up approximately 1.5ft from the nest and was able to see movement and clearly see objects/other animals. A cat came by every night searching the nest.

The fact that it takes 8 AA batteries isn’t great, but is expected. Depending on how much you’re recording and using the bluetooth/wifi option, the batteries will drain fast. If the camera is set in a place where it’s difficult to retrieve, this can be somewhat of a pain. It has a 12 volt jack available, but the package doesn’t come with the plug/cord for it, nor would it be very practical even if it did.

All the options take some getting used to and you’ll want to play around with it prior to deploying so you can get an idea of what settings will work best in your environment and application. For example, our camera was capable of being deployed very close to the nest so close up pictures/video could be taken, but this also means that the leaves close to the camera trigger the motion detection video when they blow in the wind….sucking up precious battery for nothing.

After going through a full set of batteries and filling up the SD card with a lot of “nothing” pictures and videos, I narrowed the settings for my application to the following: Motion detection, photo+video, record video for 15 seconds, with a 1 second delay before starting to record.

The on-device menu provides a suitable way to navigate and find what settings you need and the instructions that come in the box are in plain, proper English with screenshots where appropriate for app navigation.

The case is waterproof and the latch is solid. The antenna is screwed on, but is otherwise inflexible so be careful to put that on as the last step during deployment or it seems like it could break off easily.

Recommend getting the max size SD card (SDHC/SDXC) of 256Gig, especially if you are recording a lot and don’t have easy access to the camera. If you set it to over-write once full OR it fills up and stops recording, you might miss something you wish you hadn’t.

The wifi/bluetooth feature allows you to change the settings, view the recorded pictures/videos and see what the camera is seeing in real-time. The connection to the camera seems stable if you’re very close to the camera, but the entire process of connecting and viewing anything besides the settings is painfully slow. I mainly used the remote capabilities to see how full the SD card was and how low the batteries were getting. Trying to view any of the pictures was just easier if I pulled the SD card. Regardless of those downsides, being able to be “somewhat” remote and access the camera is very useful.

Well worth $70, but again was very specific to my use case of easy access and ~4 weeks of constant use in moderately warm weather. Would recommend this to anyone starting out or needing a camera for a small/short application.

So far love this unit, does exactly what I need works spot o

What I liked: Fairly easy set-up, ease of menus, quality of photo’s both day and night

What I disliked: Wi-Fi range, even with that antenna is limited, SD card formatting issue I had, if you’re connected to it through the app, it kills the batteries, and figuring out what settings work best. Seems to be slow to process requests through the app.

I think my like list is pretty straight forward, so let me discuss my dislikes;
1) Wi-Fi range. Unless I am in a back room in the house, it won’t connect. When outside, I had to be fairly close (while in my vehicle), to check things. A bit more range would be nice.

2) SD card formatting. I figured I would use a card I already had laying around. I used the formatting function on the camera, but still it wouldn’t recognize it. They do note in the manual that even formatting it, if it was used for another digital camera/camcorder, there could be issues. So I ended up having to go out and buy a virgin SD card and format it, which now works. This shouldn’t have to be the case. It should work in this no matter where it was used before.

3) If you’re on the mobile app checking things, it sucks down the batteries. It especially sucks when you realize the settings you had, really produced a ton of pics… I’ll get to that next. Why? It takes time to sort through all them and delete them.

4) I had set it up with the PIR sensitivity set to high. I had set my photo burst to 5 pics. I came back a day and a half later and had 2,875 pictures… Whoops… Turned out, every time a leaf fell off that tree I had it strapped to and crossed the motion detector, whammo, 5 pics. This in addition to normal traffic through our alley all day… So setting it to medium and 1 pic saved a lot of pics being taken.

5) Using the mobile app to sift through all those 2,875 pics again, kills the battery, but it’s processing speed wastes valuable time and life on the batteries.

So that’s where we’re at.

i used it for filming wildlife in garden, it was very easy to set up with a clear setup and playback scree

I got this wildlife camera to aid the search for my indoor cat that escaped the house and got lost. I have it strapped to a tree in my front yard and I use it at night to take photos of the critters that come to partake of the kibble I leave out, hoping to one day catch a snap of my wayward furricane. It’s been in use for almost 3 months, through rain and wind and hot weather and it’s working great.
My observations are:
1) If you want to use it to take video, plan to have an external power source for it. I tried that on the batteries one night and it ran them down from nearly new to less than 30%, just taking 5 second videos. There aren’t any external access ports to the power. So you’d have to also plan to protect it from the weather.
2) The WiFi isn’t all that great. You really have to be about 5′ from it to get a good connection and the data transfer rate is slow. I use it only to check camera positioning if I’ve moved it. And it’s partly to avoid operational problems. I learned the hard way that I have to disconnect and kill the app on my iPad or the camera acts like it thinks I’m still there and no longer snaps pics all while eating up battery life if I’ve set my iPad down and let it go to sleep while connected.
3) In the limited way I use it, photos only, only overnight, avoiding connecting to WiFi unless necessary, and using a computer to read the SD card, I’ve only had to change the batteries once. I probably wouldn’t have needed to change them even that much if not for my experimentation with the video feature. I suppose that there is really only so much one can expect from a little battery operated camera. But it gets the job done and the pictures it takes are very clear and it’s pretty reliable.

Overall, I am happy with this camera for the price, and I plan on buying another one of these to put in the backyard also.

Excellent trail camera with great features. Really love the ability to use their application to view photos without opening the camera up. Clear photos and good video.

Great picture and video quality. I would have given it a 5 but it doesnt have a “select all” option when deleting photos, you have to select each photo individually which takes too long when you have several hundred photos to delete.

I am 90 yo and pretty stupid with modern technology. So I was thrilled to bits to receive a device I could understand together with a comprehensive handbook in decent sized print..
Within an hour I had it completely set up, and when I plugged it into the TV my new pictures were immediately available.
Beyond my wildest dreams! Now to capture the huge fox I disturbed in the garden a couple of nights ago. Well done GardePro!

I used this camera a few nights to check to see what was eating flowers. Picture quality is decent and night vision works well. Motion detection works well picked up a raccoon walking by.

The camera was ultra easy to setup. The menu was a snap to use. Just had to charge my batteries over night then put them in. I used the video setting but may use the video/pic setting later. Video is crystal clear, sound is great. The wifi works like a champ. It takes like 16 secs to connect and I never have to get off my 4 wheeler or climb a tree. I can easily download the videos I want to keep to my phone. This is a great trail camera.

It seems to work quite well at night, capturing movements of animals as small as racoons, but not the occasional small bird flying by. Didn’t know there was so much activity in the night!

I’ve had multiple types of trail cams over the years to capture wildlife in the area but this was my first Bluetooth one. The Wi-Fi/Bluetooth has pros and cons but the bottom line is that I am happy I got it and wouldn’t go back to one without.

For a couple of days, we had continuous high winds and the cam didn’t take photos. I was actually glad about that but still concerned that there was a malfunction. Eventually, I reset it and reformatted the card which did the trick.

Note: I wish manufacturers would allow a setting to suspend photos and videos in high wind situations.

Very pleased with the cam on the quality of the photos and videos. Especially pleased with the audio.

This product does meet my expectations and so it IS worth the money I spent. It’s design and manufacture quality is not cheap. It works exactly as I had hoped when I tried it out, including synchronizing with the app. and or sd card. It suits my purposes and thus can recommend this product. The only criticism I have is that owners manual is written to excessive detail so that skipping large sections in order to ‘trim the fat’ is only rational.

This is my 3rd trail camera. The first 2 (different brands) were duds, one went to the trash and the other froze during setup and went back to Amazon heaven. This one is simple and intuitive to setup (you don’t need a manual). I loaded with AA Li batteries, added a 256 GB microSD card, a cable lock and a solar panel charger. I liked the wireless (via Bluetooth) connectivity until one morning in -16 wind chill I tried to download 495 photos & videos. I decided it was easier to unlock and pop the microSD card out and upload onto my desktop. I still use the WiFi connection to verify the position of the camera, monitor the status of the batteries/solar charger, date & time sync with my phone and change any operational parameters.
It has handled cold weather, snow and temp swings of 80 degrees. The infrared LEDs do NOT glow so the game are not posing (or running) due to camera operation.
This is a good camera. I hope to get many years of service from this unit.

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 are

1) GardePro E6
2) Gardepro E8
3) 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 (which behaved the same). 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 at night. The photo I’ve included is of several deer in my front yard taken by the E6.

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. The E8 has side sensors which should help detect activity from something out of view and get the camera “turned on” so it’s ready to capture motion, but in my basic testing I didn’t see any superior triggering from the E8. The E8 also boasts a higher photo resolution, of 32MP vs 24MP, but the images I saw were about the same. Once you start zooming in both cameras get blurry. Again, these are budget cameras. I was more interested in video, and they both max out at 1296p. If I could get both cameras at Black Friday prices again I’d probably go with the E8, otherwise I just don’t see the extra $20 (current price) as making it worthwhile.

Wosport G6oo: Honestly, these were so cheap I bought them to use as decoys, so I was truly surprised at how great they are. 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 if 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.

I bought this camera after returning a different brand in the same price range. I have to have WiFi to retrieve photos. This was very easy to set up and works exactly as it says it will. The daytime pictures are incredibly sharp. The night ones are less so which is to be expected. I can’t set up the camera as close to the bird feeders as I’d like so I feel I’m fortunate to get anything recognizable. I’ve only had the camera a few days but I’m really enjoying it. It’s wonderful to look at the photos in the comfort of my living room on my iPad!

Take that you darn raccoons! We now know how many of you are snacking on our chicken feed!

Love this trail cam! It takes amazing still shots as well as clear video clips. Setup for Bluetooth is a plus as you can download pics/videos without pulling the SD card as long as your within range. The ability to set the amount of still shots taken as well as the length of the video bursts. Battery life is excellent in using the lithium batteries suggested and highly recommended in my opinion.
Look no further if you’re in the market for a new trail cam.

Wi- Fi/ Bluetooth works very well, was able to connect from about 100ft. away and app is very easy to navigate. Overall build quality is quality is good. Nighttime photos are lesser quality than I had hoped for in the original setup but daylight is pretty decent but not really 24 megapixals ( there’s a lot of buffering probably just a 3 or 4 megapixel sensor ) The Nighttime photos showed less than optimal performance from the sensors, the motion detection seemed to work as advertised, but the flash and camera focus didn’t sync very well. When testing after dark by walking behind and across the field at about a distance of 75 ft. the camera sensed my motion but the flash and focus were off. I appeared as a light blob ( ghost orb ) moving across until I had came within about 50ft of the camera, this most likely is due to the shorter working range of noglow flash. Overall though the camera is pretty decent for the money. Will be experimenting with different positioning to see if I can get results for night photos.

Awesome camera! Love that it has sound, especially since I have it installed next to our owl box. The range is incredible! The camera is about 60 or 70 yards from my back screened porch and I can connect
from there to view the videos, change settings, etc. I initially installed alkaline batteries, but they only lasted about 2 weeks. I have since switched to lithium batteries. They have been in about 2 weeks and are still showing 100%. I HIGHLY recommend this camera.

Update:. I bought an AC adapter so I don’t have to worry about batteries. The camera is about 200 feet from my house so I ran two 200ft. extension cords to the camera and put the adapter plug in a waterproof box. Works perfectly! Now I’m looking for a bird box camera to mount in the owl box.

My initial order was for a camera without the WiFi feature. Fortunately, that product was either unavailable or not delivered. I opted to cancel the order and stepped up to this camera with the WiFi feature. Set up was surprisingly simple and the WiFi feature allows viewing what has been recorded remotely (I would estimate that distance of 30 or so yards). The day I received this camera, I took it out to an area where I had seen a raccoon before. The next morning, I was shocked to see what the camera had to show. I provide only a still shot, as I was unable to upload the motion video due to the particular file format.