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First check of my A50. Very pleased so far. I will try to share in a later post.

I really liked the photo+video option. The video quality was good and the audio was surprisingly good too.

Still had several false triggers, but I also realized with the video that the camera was picking up movement of squirrels, birds, etc. that I didn't see in the photo until I saw them moving in the video.
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More than likely the false triggers are actually birds or squirrels. Mine even picks up mice. Like you said it's something you don't see in a pic but can for sure see it in video.

If you get too much action you can set the PIR to low. That should tame it down. Mine are on medium and rarely false trigger.
 
Ski said:
More than likely the false triggers are actually birds or squirrels. Mine even picks up mice. Like you said it's something you don't see in a pic but can for sure see it in video.

If you get too much action you can set the PIR to low. That should tame it down. Mine are on medium and rarely false trigger.
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My Brownings will trigger on mice and voles crawling through the leaves. At night, all you can see is a little pair of reflective eyes peaking out of the leaves.
 
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Hope to get my A60 4K out tomorrow or Friday. Although I doubt I will set it at maximum resolution of 4K. I don't have any devices that are 4K compatible. My TV, PC monitor, and tablet are all HD (1920x1200) instead of 4K.
 
BSK said:
Hope to get my A60 4K out tomorrow or Friday. Although I doubt I will set it at maximum resolution of 4K. I don't have any devices that are 4K compatible. My TV, PC monitor, and tablet are all HD (1920x1200) instead of 4K.
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I've not hung mine yet but did test them to see what they could do. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts.
 
Ski said:
I've not hung mine yet but did test them to see what they could do. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts.
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It's got fresh batteries in it and is sitting on my desk. May hang it in my front yard tonight just to try it out. Even here in suburbia, odds are I'll get a deer, or skunk, or coon, or possum, or armadillo....
 
BSK said:
It's got fresh batteries in it and is sitting on my desk. May hang it in my front yard tonight just to try it out. Even here in suburbia, odds are I'll get a deer, or skunk, or coon, or possum, or armadillo....
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You should, then let us know what you think tomorrow.
 
My GardePro worked great last year (1st year). Put it up for spring/summer then put back out in Sept. Now the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth uploads to my phone are extremely slow--really it's unusable now. The picture quality is also now bad. I've looked at a firmware update but lost the USB cable that came with it. You have to have the old USB type mini B for my model. Cheap Chinese crap I guess.
 
I won't know about illumination at night in-the-field, but last night I strapped the GardePro to a tree near my front door and pointed it across the yard towards the street. The trigger distance on the A60 4K is no joke! It was regularly triggering on dog walkers and runners on the other side of the street. I'll have to measure it, but I guarantee that's over 120 feet. Video was ultra-clear. Too many street lights and house lights to truly test the night-time illumination.
 
BSK said:
I won't know about illumination at night in-the-field, but last night I strapped the GardePro to a tree near my front door and pointed it across the yard towards the street. The trigger distance on the A60 4K is no joke! It was regularly triggering on dog walkers and runners on the other side of the street. I'll have to measure it, but I guarantee that's over 120 feet. Video was ultra-clear. Too many street lights and house lights to truly test the night-time illumination.
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If it's anything like its predecessor the A5 it'll light up anything it can detect. As far as I can tell it's the same IR system.

When mine first arrived I set one up in the kitchen to catch daily life in the house. I was blown away at not only how clear the video was but also how loud and clear the sound was. It was like watching a reality show of myself on a high def TV. I didn't think a camera could in all practicality be any better than the A5 but the A60 certainly is.

I also noticed a new function. It has a false trigger adjustment that's separate from the IR detection level. That's something I've never seen on any camera before.
 
Ski said:
I also noticed a new function. It has a false trigger adjustment that's separate from the IR detection level. That's something I've never seen on any camera before.
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I noticed that as well. Interesting feature.
 
My thoughts on the GardePro A60 4K used in video mode (1440 resolution):

In this test, I hung the GardePro in the same location where a Browning Spec Ops Elite HP5 camera had been hanging. Clarity is sharper on the GardePro than the Browning. Color is better and truer on the Browning. The microphone on the GardePro (in video mode) is incredibly sensitive, almost to the point of overloading the sound. Night illumination on the GardePro is FAR superior to the Browning, which has some of the longest illumination of any video-mode trail-camera.

I found a few little glitchy things about the GardePro, but nothing that was a real bother. I have no idea about the longevity of the GardePro, while I know the Brownings last and last without problems. But at the price point of the GardePro at $117 versus the $190 for the Browning, I think the GardePro is worth investing in.
 
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Some daytime comparison video. The first two videos are the GardePro. I wanted to include the doe being chased by the yearling buck just so everyone can hear how sensitive the microphone is. The microphone makes her sound like a tank crashing through the woods. The second video is the yearling buck that was chasing her. Clarity is exceptional. The third video is the same buck captured on the Browning. Much better color.
 

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BSK said:
I have no idea about the longevity of the GardePro, while I know the Brownings last and last without problems. But at the price point of the GardePro at $117 versus the $190 for the Browning, I think the GardePro is worth investing in.
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Thanks for sharing your analysis, BSK.

Free enterprise, fair competition, and honest evaluations are what make our system of capitalism sizzle and most rewarding to the end consumer.

Only time will tell about the lasting value of GardePro, but they are for sure putting some serious competition on other brands on the front end.

Every time a new brand comes out, and some users rave about them, I typically take their initial feedback with a huge dose of salt, as often they do not have long-term experience with other brands, and sometimes overlook such things as trigger times, recovery times between triggerings, battery life, and general quality & longevity.

Are you noticing any significant difference in trigger times?
Slow triggers have been one of my main complaints against some other brands.

I'm eager to see the technical reviews of this particular model when TrailCamPro completes it. They should hire you as a truly scientific unbiased 4th-party field tester :cool:
 
TheLBLman,

Advertised trigger times are similar to the Browning (except not quite as fast by one or two tenths of a second). I did not noticed any major delay in trigger time with the GardePro in video mode. I DID have the side PIR sensors turned on. The side sensors - when triggered - power up the main PIR sensor so it can trigger the camera faster when the target finally walks in front of the main sensor.
 
Well had an hp4 or 5, don't remember which one it was, come up missing last week. May have to try a Garde Pro.
Thanks for the review BSK.
 
It certainly is appearing that the GardePros are a good overall value in trail cams.

Trigger speed is how fast the cam will "take a pic" when something walks (or runs) past it.

There is also the issue of "Recovery" time, which is how long the cam will not take a pic, if somethng walks behind whatever triggered that 1st triggering event.

Below is from Trail Cam Pro's testing:

Browning Spec Ops Elite HP5
Trigger Speed = 0.20 seconds (Pics) --- = 0.38 seconds (Video mode)
Recovery Time = 0.90 seconds (Pics) --- = 0.80 seconds (Video mode)

GardePro T5CF (NOTE: This is NOT the newer model BSK just tested!)
Trigger Speed = 0.55 seconds (Pics) --- = 1.90 seconds (Video mode)
Recovery Time = 2.00 seconds (Pics) --- = 2.00 seconds (Video mode)

One thing I've notices is that, generally speaking, lower priced trail cams
tend to have slower trigger times and longer recovery times.
Slower triggers & longer recoveries are not necessarily a problem over salt licks & scrapes.

But slow triggers (with long recovery times in between) can cause you to completely miss seeing a target buck following another buck, or a buck chasing a doe.

Based on what I've heard & what BSK just said above the newest GardePros appear to have trigger speeds comparable to Brownings (which have been among the fastest of the brands).

Never mind that trigger speeds & recovery times are just a couple of factors you might want to consider. Others include battery life, sd card capacity, and general useful life of the cam model. Don't focus solely on the up front purchase cost, as it's just a part of what you're paying. You can easily spend more on batteries in 3 or 4 years than you paid up front to buy a cam.

Hardest thing to "price" may be the cost of pics you miss due to lower performing cams.
 
I knew you'd like it. Clarity and sound are as good as it gets. Just wait til you hear bucks grunting and snort wheezing clear as if you were standing next to them.
 

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