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

What AOV means in a security camera

AOV stands for Always-On Video. It describes a camera that records continuously, 24 hours a day, instead of waking up only when a PIR sensor registers a moving heat source. On solar 4G cameras the term is really a description of power management: the sensor and the codec stay awake in a low-draw mode, and on-board AI analysis decides when a scene is worth stepping up the quality, flagging as an event and pushing a notification. That is how the camera keeps a timeline with no holes in it while staying inside the battery and solar budget of a device with no wiring behind it.

Two things are worth getting straight before you ask for a quote:

• AOV is a generic industry term, not a brand. No manufacturer owns the acronym. You will see it in catalogs from suppliers who have nothing else in common, attached to implementations that are not equivalent.
• The label on its own guarantees nothing. "AOV" on a spec sheet does not tell you how many hours of continuous recording the unit sustains through a rainy season, or what happens after three days with no direct sun on the panel. Battery, panel, resolution and storage answer that question. The acronym does not.

For an importer or a distributor, the second point is the one that costs money. A container bought on the strength of a label and returned because the cameras start dropping offline in the third week of winter is an after-sales problem, not a marketing one.

AOV vs PIR: what your end customer will actually notice

The difference is not abstract. These are the specific field situations where a PIR camera hands over an empty archive and an AOV camera hands over usable evidence.

That last row is why both technologies still belong in the same catalog. PIR remains the right answer for an enclosed warehouse where any movement at all is an event by definition. AOV earns its premium where the customer needs context: farms and ranches with an open perimeter, construction sites with crews moving all day, yards and loading areas, properties with a history of livestock theft, where the argument afterwards is about what happened in the hour before the incident rather than during it.

You buy AOV on the power budget, not on the acronym

Recording all the time draws more than recording some of the time. In practice, choosing an AOV model means choosing a battery and panel combination that will survive the worst days of the year at the site where it is going up.

The SolaGuard catalog runs to 150 SKUs, with wholesale prices quoted per order. Of those, 49 are AOV models, organised into four series:

Three specific part numbers to anchor the conversation with your customer: SG-C41G-10T66-V1 (2K, 8000 mAh, 8 W, IP66) as the entry point; SG-D42G-10F66-V1 (2K dual lens, 8000 mAh, 8 W, IP66) when two angles have to be covered from a single mounting point; and SG-D42G-15F66-V1 (2K dual lens, 20000 mAh, 15 W, IP66) for the demanding site.

When 8000 mAh / 8 W is enough — and when it isn't

The 8000 mAh battery with an 8 W panel is the right pick where the pole gets direct sun for a good part of the day, with no shade from trees or structures, and where the overcast season is short. That covers most installations in tropical and subtropical locations with a sensible panel orientation.

The 20000 mAh battery with a 15 W panel exists for everything else: partial shade, a long rainy season, latitudes where short winter days cut the useful charging window, or customers who also want heavy notification traffic and frequent remote viewing. The bigger cell does more than extend runtime — it buys headroom so that several bad days back to back do not drain the system.

On a real quote, mix them. A ranch typically has two or three awkward positions — under a tree line, facing the wrong way — and plenty of easy ones. Quoting the whole project on the 15 W series inflates the price for no reason; quoting all of it on 8 W leaves two or three problem cameras that come back as a complaint. Full spec sheets are in the catalog.

What to verify before you close an AOV order

Local storage

Every model takes microSD up to 128 GB. On a continuously recording device the card behaves as a circular buffer: the higher the sustained quality, the fewer days of history survive on it before they are overwritten. Pin down with the customer how many days of retention they actually need. If the requirement is long retention, the honest answer is a cloud plan or a scheduled offload — not promising the card something it cannot deliver.

Resolution

Catalog standard is 1080p to 2K. 4K exists only as a build-to-order OEM development, with its own MOQ and its own lead time. Do not present it as available from stock.

Weatherproofing and certification

Outdoor models are IP66. The manufacturer is Shenzhen Leksell, established 2012, certified by TÜV Rheinland, plus CE, FCC and RoHS. In several markets those certificates are part of the import file rather than a sales garnish: ask for them as PDFs before the goods ship, not after.

Installation

5 to 10 minutes per camera. No electrical work, no WiFi: a 4G SIM, a pole or a wall, and the panel pointed correctly. That number is a genuine selling argument against wired CCTV, where installation labour can cost more than the hardware — and your sales team should be quoting that figure rather than an invented one.

Wholesale, OEM and lead times

Private label is available on every model, including all 49 AOV units: logo, packaging, manual and — depending on the scope of the project — hardware customisation such as a larger battery, a different panel or higher resolution. OEM is the normal route for a distributor building a catalog of their own instead of reselling somebody else's brand. Detailed terms are on the wholesale page and in the dealer programme.

There is an office in Ho Chi Minh City serving the Vietnamese market, which is what makes the local lead time shorter. Everywhere else ships from the factory.

Final price, quantity and shipping date are always confirmed by a person on the commercial team — email info@solaguard.net with the model, the quantity and the destination and you will get a formal quotation back. A website should never close a volume price for you, and if a supplier quotes one without asking where it is going, it is worth wondering what else they are simplifying.