AOV in Security Cameras: What It Means and How to Buy It Wholesale

What AOV means on a security camera

AOV stands for Always-On Video: the camera records continuously, around the clock, instead of waking up only when a PIR sensor picks up moving heat. It is a generic industry term, not any one manufacturer's trademark. On solar 4G cameras the distinction is decisive, because classic PIR misses three things that are the rule rather than the exception in open terrain: slow movement, anything outside the sensor's cone, and anything that happens when the ground is as warm as the body crossing it. An AOV camera solves the power problem with AI scene analysis: it keeps video running in a low-power standby mode and steps up to event recording when the analysis flags something worth keeping. The SolaGuard catalogue carries 49 AOV SKUs, with wholesale prices quoted per order, all 2K, all IP66, with batteries from 8000mAh to 20000mAh and 8W or 15W solar panels.

For an importer this matters for one concrete commercial reason: the most common after-sales complaint on budget solar cameras is not that the unit failed, but that the end customer pulls up the footage of an incident and finds nothing there. The event happened; the PIR never fired. An AOV line changes that conversation and supports a higher sell-through price without moving to a different product category.

What to check on any AOV spec sheet

• That the continuous recording is real, and not a few seconds of "pre-record" ahead of the event. Plenty of spec sheets use AOV as marketing trim on a PIR unit with a buffer.
• The battery/panel pairing, not the battery on its own. A large battery behind a small panel will not survive a rainy season; the panel is what replaces what continuous recording spends every single day.
• The stated ingress rating, and whether the housing actually backs it up. The entire SolaGuard solar line is IP66, and that is the figure on the certificate, on the spec sheet and on the box.

The 49 AOV SKUs: series, pricing and specifications

This is the complete table. The counts and price ranges are exact; there are no AOV SKUs outside these four series.

Three models work well as a starting point for a first quote, one per price band:

The full catalogue runs to 150 SKUs with wholesale prices quoted per order, so the AOV line occupies the upper half of the range. You can work through the spec sheets one by one in the catalogue before you put a sample order together.

Dual and triple lens: what they do in a real sale

Multiple optics are not a number for the spec sheet. On a ranch or a yard, a dual lens covers one wide plane and one specific point — the gate, the weighbridge, the warehouse door — from a single pole, a single SIM and a single installation. Triple lens extends the same logic where the mounting point is unique and expensive to duplicate. For the distributor, each configuration takes a second camera out of the customer's budget and lifts the average ticket with no argument over unit price.

Choosing between 8000mAh/8W and 20000mAh/15W

This decision has nothing to do with the camera model and everything to do with the site it goes on, and it is the most expensive mistake a new distributor makes: buying a whole container of one configuration.

Go with 8000mAh and an 8W panel where the mounting point gets direct sun for most of the day, with no shade from trees or structures, and the rainy season is short. That is the configuration behind the SG-C41G-10T66-V*, SG-D42G-10F66-V* and SG-S43G-10T66-V* series, and it is where the best entry price in the AOV line sits.

Go with 20000mAh and a 15W panel — the SG-D42G-15F66-V* series — where partial shade is unavoidable, the rainy season is long, or the customer will not tolerate a single gap: warehouses, live construction sites, logistics yards. The 15W panel is what replaces what continuous recording draws across consecutive overcast days; the bigger battery only buys headroom.

Storage and connectivity

The line standard is microSD up to 128GB with loop overwrite: the card holds the recent window, and flagged events are downloaded or backed up to cloud according to whatever plan the distributor offers. If your customer needs longer retention, the correct answer is a backup policy plus higher-capacity cards on special order — not promising on the spec sheet what the standard order does not include.

Connectivity is 4G LTE over SIM, with no mains power and no WiFi. In practice this drives your operating cost more than the hardware does: negotiate the M2M data plan in the destination country before you fix your sell price, because a continuously recording camera uploads differently from a PIR unit, and the end customer pays that line every month.

OEM, private label and wholesale terms

All 49 AOV SKUs are available for OEM and private label, the same as the rest of the catalogue: logo, packaging, localised manual and app branding. The commercial parameters are as follows.

The practical recommendation is to come in with the 10 trial units split across two configurations — one 8000mAh/8W and one 20000mAh/15W — and install them at the two worst sites in your territory, not the best ones. It is the only way to find out which configuration will defend your warranty. The full terms are on the wholesale page, and the territory and support structure in the dealer program.

Factory, certifications and what to ask before you issue the PO

Manufacturing is Shenzhen Leksell, established in 2012, certified by TÜV Rheinland as well as CE, FCC and RoHS. The regional office is in Ho Chi Minh City; there is no warehouse in Hanoi or Bangkok, and be wary of any supplier that offers you one you cannot visit. Each camera takes 5 to 10 minutes to install, which matters to your costing: if your business model includes installation, that number decides how many points a crew covers in a day.

Before you sign a purchase order with any AOV camera factory, ask in writing for:

1. The certificate with a verifiable number, not a picture of the certifying body's logo.
2. The battery/panel pairing per SKU, not a range covering the whole line.
3. The actual ingress rating of the model you are buying, not the flagship's.
4. The LTE bands supported in the destination country — what works in Vietnam will not necessarily register in Mexico, Colombia or Peru.
5. The spare parts policy: panel, battery and mounting bracket separately, with price and lead time.
6. Warranty terms, and who pays return freight.

Quantity, final price and lead time are always confirmed by a person, never by a web page. Email info@solaguard.net with your SKU mix and destination country and you will get a quote with that week's real lead time.