Many users tried solar powered cameras before, but did not have good experience. Here lists main complaints.
• Difficult installation
A solar powered camera system consists of solar panel, bracket, battery, solar controller, 4G cellular router and camera itself. The traiditional solar camera system in the market is pretty difficult to assemble and setup, especially for users without installation experience.
• Not stable
There are too many factors to prevent a solar powered cameras working propertly. For example, battery drained, signal weakness, installation mistake, etc. These are the headaches that most users experienced.
• Not working in cold temperature
Most batteries stops working below 0 ℃ or 32 ℉, so how to use solar powered cameras during winter?
• Many rainy days
It is normal for many territories that without sunshine in many days. In this way, the solar power panel can not charge the battery to sufficient level to make it working.
• Low image quality
Some non-expensive solar powered cameras pay more attention to low power optimization, therefore the picture quality is pretty poor, or even do not supprot live video viewing.
• Can not be integrated into 3rd party system
Many commercial or industrial applications requrie the camera to be integrated into existing 3rd party software platforms, in this way, the camera should provide complete API protocol interfaces. Unfortunately, most cameras in the market do not have it.
• Expensive
A good quality commercial solar powered camera can be higher than $5K or even $10K, most users can not afford to purchase.