Buying Guide
WiFi Or DVR Hidden Camera Which One To Choose
The single decision that shapes every other one. Live view from anywhere, or a recorder that works with no network at all.
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Knowledge Centre
Ten Guides For Buyers Of Covert Security Cameras
Technical and buying guides written from the factory data behind this catalogue. No filler and no numbers we cannot trace back to a specification sheet.
Technical Guide
PIR Motion Detection Versus Continuous Recording
Why one camera lasts 15 days and another lasts eight hours on a similar battery, and how to choose between them.
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Technical Guide
Battery Life In Covert Cameras What The Numbers Mean
From nine minutes to fifty hours across one catalogue. Where the difference comes from and how to read a runtime figure before you quote it to a customer.
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Technical Guide
Micro SD Card Capacity And Loop Recording Explained
Why the maximum card size varies from 32GB to 128GB across one catalogue, and what happens when the card fills up.
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Technical Guide
Infrared Night Vision Range What The Metre Figures Mean
Three metres, five metres, eight metres. What those figures describe, why invisible LEDs matter, and how to place a camera so night vision actually helps.
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Design Guide
Lens View Angle Guide For Covert Cameras
From a 50 degree pen to a 185 degree ceiling fisheye. How to pick a view angle for the room rather than for the specification sheet.
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Compliance Guide
Lawful Use Of Covert Cameras A Guide For Resellers
What every distributor should understand before stocking this category, and what to put in front of a customer at the point of sale.
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Buying Guide
OEM And ODM Sourcing Guide For Camera Importers
What to send a factory, what to ask for, and where these projects usually go wrong.
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Installation Guide
WiFi Camera App Setup And P2P Connection Guide
How the WiFi models pair, what P2P and QR code setup actually do, and the three things that cause most failed connections.
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Comparison Guide
720P Versus 1080P For Covert Cameras
When the lower resolution is the better buy, and when it will cost you the only frame that mattered.
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Questions
About These Guides
Where do the figures in these guides come from?
Every number quoted is taken from a product page on this site, which in turn comes from the factory specification sheet. Where a figure is unconfirmed we say so.
Which guide should a new distributor read first?
Start with the WiFi or DVR choice, then the compliance guide, then the OEM sourcing guide.
Do you write guides on request?
If there is a question your customers keep asking, tell us and we will answer it here.
Still Not Sure Which Model Fits
Describe the room, the runtime you need and whether there is a network, and we will shortlist two or three models for you.