120m Night Vision 36x Optical Zoom

RuralGuard Defender 360

See the far end of the yard in detail, day or night. It turns all the way round, zooms in 36x and follows whoever’s there.

5.0120+ five-star Google reviewsIn stock · order by 2:30pm, ships today
Regular price £389.99
Sale price £389.99 Regular price £0.00
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Not sure which to pick?

  • Connection. Choose 4G if there’s no internet where it’s going. Choose WiFi/PoE if your broadband reaches it, with no data plan to pay. More than half our Defenders go out as WiFi/PoE.
  • Model. Choose the Elite to read plates and follow vehicles as well as people. Two in three customers do.
  • Memory card. 128GB keeps about 10 days of round-the-clock footage. 256GB keeps about 20.

Most popular: 4G Elite, 128GBWiFi Elite, 128GB

  • Free UK delivery
  • 30 days to change your mind
  • 18-month warranty

Order by 2:30pm and it ships today

  1. OrderToday
  2. DispatchedSame day
  3. Usually arrivesNext day

If it won’t get signal at your spot, you don’t buy it. Check my postcode

“Really pleased with the camera and have been using it daily. Love the auto-tracking feature and the two-way audio.”
Barry Walker, Netherwood Farm, Scotland
RuralGuard Defender 360

RuralGuard Defender 360

360°Turns all the way round, with no end stop
36xOptical zoom, to read what it finds
120mNight vision in total darkness
120+Five-star Google reviews

Why buy from us

A camera in a field is only useful if it’s working.

What’s different is everything that happens after you order.

Theo fitting and testing a SIM before dispatch

Your SIM is fitted and tested before it ships.

We put it in, switch it on and check it connects here, before it’s boxed. You scan a code and you’re live. Nothing to configure in a cold shed.

Graham, RuralGuard founder

A real person answers, six days a week.

Ring or WhatsApp and you get Graham, Theo or one of the team, not a call centre. We’ll set it up with you over the phone if you’d rather. Most calls take five minutes, and we usually reply within two hours.

Defender 360 in the RuralGuard stock room, Scotland

UK stock. Order by 2:30pm, it goes today.

Shipped from our own stock room in Scotland on Royal Mail Tracked 24. Not a marketplace, not a warehouse abroad. Free UK delivery.

Defender 360 with its box

18-month warranty. 30 days to change your mind.

If it’s not right, send it back. If it develops a fault, we’ll usually have you working again the same day, and we cover the postage if it needs to come back.

If it won’t get signal at your spot, you don’t buy it. That’s the deal. Send us your postcode and we’ll check.

Live, real speed. Not slowed down.

The main thing that sets it apart

True 360°. No blind spot.

Filmed in our stock room on a standard bracket. That’s the actual speed.

Most “pan-tilt” cameras stop at 355°. There’s a slice of your yard they can never look at, and it’s always the slice you needed. The Defender 360 turns the whole way round, and keeps going.

  • Upgraded high-speed motor. Snaps round to follow someone crossing the yard instead of losing them at the edge of the frame.
  • One camera, the whole shed. Covers a full lambing or calving shed from a single spot. No second camera for the corner.
  • Follows on its own. Auto-tracks people, and vehicles on the Elite, so it’s already turned by the time you open the app.
  • 36x optical zoom on top. Turn to it, zoom into it, read it. Face, plate, ear tag.
Choose your Defender

See the difference: 36x zoom

Tap the button to compare a normal view with the 36x optical zoom
Normal zoom

Day and night

Everything else it does, properly.

Defender 360 night vision

Night vision

120 metres in total darkness.

Infrared lights the yard right out to 120 metres, so you can see what’s moving at 2am, not just at 2pm.

  • Clear in total darkness
  • Watch it live from your bed
  • Recorded all night, every night
Talking through the Defender 360 from a phone

Two-way audio

Talk through it.

Speak through the camera from your phone, and hear what’s going on at the other end.

  • Tell a driver where to leave it
  • Check on a calving cow without walking out
  • Tell someone at the fuel tank you can see them

Memory card

How far back can you look?

Pick a card. The circled days are what you can scroll back through on your phone, exactly like the playback calendar in the app.

10 daysof round-the-clock footage on a 128GB card

  • Records 24/7, not just short clips
  • When it’s full, it records over the oldest day
  • No cloud and no subscription. The footage stays on the card
Choose your memory card

★★★★★

120+ five-star Google reviews

“I can actually see what my horses are doing now, instead of just squinting at pixelated blobs at the bottom of the field.”
Ally Wilson

Ally Wilson, horse owner, on the 36x zoom

The numbers

Same camera. One difference.

Everything below is shared between the Defender 360 and the Elite except two rows. Those two are the reason to pay the extra £50.

Defender 360 from £299.99
  • 5MP
  • Tracks people
Choose Defender
Elite adds Defender 360 Elite from £349.99
  • 8MP · 4K, sharp enough to read a plate in good light and see a face
  • Tracks people and vehicles, so it follows the van, not just the driver
Choose Elite
Defender 360from £299.99Choose Defender
Defender 360 Elitefrom £349.99Choose Elite
Resolution
5MP
8MP · 4KRead a plate. See a face.
Detects & tracks
People
People and vehiclesFollows the van, not just the driver.
Optical zoom
36x. Turn to it, zoom into it, read it.
Coverage
True 360° rotation, 90° tilt, high-speed motor. No blind spot.
Night vision
Infrared to 120 metres in total darkness
Auto-tracking
Turns to follow movement, so you see where they went
Two-way audio
Hear and speak through the camera from the app
Connection
4G (SIM fitted and tested) or WiFi / PoE. Choose above.
Recording
Continuous to SD card, up to 256GB. No cloud fee.
Power
Mains, 12V. Power supply in the box.
Weatherproof
IP66, built for a Scottish winter on a gable end
App
CamHi Pro, iPhone and Android. Share with as many people as you like.
Warranty
18 months. 30 days to change your mind.

Which one? Want to know someone’s there? Defender. Want to know who? Elite.

Data plan

Your SIM, already sorted.

4G version only. If you’ve chosen WiFi or PoE, you don’t need a data plan. The camera runs on your own internet and there’s no monthly cost.

The 4G Defender needs a data plan the way a phone does. Ours is fitted, activated and tested here before the camera ships, so it arrives working. Scan the code and you’re live.

  • Connects to whichever network is strongest at your spot: O2, Three, EE or Vodafone. Not tied to one, so it works where a normal phone struggles.
  • Data’s only used when you’re watching. 24/7 recording goes to the card in the camera and doesn’t touch your allowance.
  • Records 24/7 whether you’re watching or not. Lambing, dark nights and everything in between.
  • Pay yearly for a discount. Multi-camera rates if you’re running more than one.
Essential £8.50/mo Occasional check-ins and alerts
Most customers Plus £14/mo Normal use, covered comfortably
Premium £25/mo Heavy live viewing

Not sure which? Start on Plus. You can move up or down any time. Full plan details →

Graham fitting and testing a SIM before dispatch

Every SIM fitted, switched on and tested here before it’s boxed.

Questions people ask before they buy

Straight answers. Anything we’ve missed, ring or WhatsApp us on 07494 304682.

Do I need the 4G or the WiFi version?

Choose 4G if there’s no internet where the camera is going: fields, outbuildings, gates, yards away from the house. It runs on its own SIM and works anywhere there’s mobile signal.

Choose WiFi/PoE if your broadband reaches the spot reliably, usually on or near the house. No SIM and no monthly data. More than half of our Defenders go out this way.

Both are the same camera: full 360° turn and tilt, auto-tracking, two-way audio and night vision. If you’re unsure, pick 4G. It works everywhere, and keeps working if your broadband goes down.

Will I get signal where it’s going?

Almost certainly. Our SIMs aren’t tied to one network. They connect to whichever UK network is strongest where the camera is, with around 99% coverage, so signal is rarely a problem even where phones struggle.

Want to be certain? We check 4G coverage at your postcode before the camera leaves us. If it won’t work at your spot, we’ll tell you and refund you in full before it ships.

What does the 4G data cost?

Plans start at £8.50 a month, with no contract, and most customers are fine on the entry or middle plan. Data is only used when you’re watching in the app. The camera records 24/7 to its own card without using any.

We set the SIM up here before the camera ships, so it arrives working. Pay yearly for a discount, and there’s a better rate if you’re running several cameras.

Why buy from RuralGuard and not Amazon?

Because a camera in a field is only useful if it’s working. When you buy from us:

  • Your SIM is fitted and activated before it leaves us, so there are no settings to fiddle with in a cold shed
  • A real person answers, six days a week, and will walk you through setup
  • 18-month warranty, and help for as long as you own the camera
  • UK stock, same-day dispatch if you order by 2:30pm on a weekday or 9:45am on a Saturday, Royal Mail Tracked 24
  • We’re rural ourselves. We know what a lambing shed is.

Nobody on a marketplace phones you back when it won’t connect. We do.

Can I install it myself?

Yes, it’s designed for it. Power it up, scan the QR code in the free CamHi Pro app, and you’re live. Mounting it takes longer than connecting it.

Mount it 2.5 to 3 metres up: high enough to be out of reach, low enough to see faces clearly. If you’d rather be walked through it, ring us while you’re up the ladder.

What’s in the box?

The camera, a mounting arm, aerials, the 12V power supply, a drill template, four screws and two RuralGuard signs. On the 4G version, the SIM is already fitted and tested inside the camera.

How much footage does it store?

It records continuously to a memory card inside the camera. Nothing depends on the cloud, and there’s no cloud fee. As a rough guide:

  • 64GB: around 5 days
  • 128GB: around 10 days
  • 256GB: around 20 days

When the card fills, it records over the oldest footage automatically, so you always have the most recent days.

What does it actually do when someone turns up?

It tracks them. The Defender 360 turns to follow a person, or a vehicle on the Elite, across the whole area rather than catching them in one fixed frame, so you see who it was, what they did and where they went. You get an alert on your phone, you can watch live, and you can speak through the camera: handy for telling a driver where to leave something, or telling someone who shouldn’t be there that they’re on camera.

Can more than one person use it?

Yes. Share it with as many people as you like. It works on iPhone and Android, so family or staff can all watch on their own phones.

What if it’s not right for me?

30 days to send it back for a refund or exchange. After that, an 18-month warranty on the camera. If anything goes wrong, we’ll usually have you working again the same day, and if it needs to come back to us, we cover the postage.

Ready when you are.

RuralGuard Defender 360

From £299.99

In stock · order by 2:30pm, ships today

120+ five-star Google reviews

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If it won’t get signal at your spot, you don’t buy it. That’s the deal.

Free UK delivery · 30-day money back · 18-month warranty · SIM fitted and tested