Every mainstream security camera assumes two things your site may not have: WiFi and a plug socket. A security camera without WiFi replaces the router with the 4G mobile network, and — with solar power — replaces the socket with daylight. The result is CCTV that works at the gate, the field, the compound and the bankside, not just within thirty metres of the house.
Most UK security problems happen precisely where WiFi doesn’t: rural gateways, construction compounds, storage yards, lakes, moorings, paddocks and vacant plots. Conventional CCTV answers with cabling — trenching armoured cable and paying for a broadband line the site doesn’t otherwise need. A 4G camera skips all of it. The camera carries its own connection, its own power and its own storage, so the question stops being “can we get internet there?” and becomes “where do we want eyes?”
Want the market view first? Our honest comparison of UK 4G cameras sizes our own kit up against Reolink and the rest, and our data usage guide shows what a camera actually consumes each month.
No mains power
The fully off-grid answer: solar powered, 4G connected, self-contained on a post anywhere with daylight and phone signal.
Mains power available
Where a building has power but no usable WiFi, the Mini PTZ runs on 4G with continuous mains power and optical zoom.
Already own a 4G camera? Our multi-network streaming SIMs give any unlocked camera the same four-network connection, from £5/month.
We’ve written a dedicated siting guide for each of the applications we’re asked about most:
Yes. A 4G security camera connects over the mobile network instead of your broadband. Our cameras use an unlocked multi-network SIM that can register on EE, O2, Three or Vodafone — whichever is strongest at the mounting point — so if a phone gets usable signal there, the camera can stream and send alerts.
Not necessarily. The Solar 360 Mini powers itself from a 26W solar panel and 15,600mAh battery, sized for UK winters — no socket, no trenching, no electrician. Where mains exists, the Mini PTZ adds continuous power and optical zoom.
It records to the camera's included 64GB memory card (expandable to 256GB), with person and vehicle alert clips pushed over 4G to the CamHipro app on your phone. There is no compulsory cloud subscription — SIM data is the only running cost.
SIM data only. Our multi-network streaming SIM plans start from £5 per month paid annually, and the SIM works in any unlocked 4G camera — including ones you already own.
Extenders and antennas stretch a weak network; a 4G camera replaces it. The camera carries its own connection, so it keeps working when the broadband drops, when a guest reboots the router, or when the site simply has no internet at all.
Because the SIM is multi-network, the camera uses whichever of the four major UK networks is strongest at that exact spot — which resolves most single-network dead zones. Unsure? Ask our UK team to sanity-check coverage at your postcode before you buy.
Tell our UK team what you’re protecting and we’ll confirm coverage at your postcode before you spend a penny.
Buy with confidence: every 4GCCTV camera comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, an 18-month warranty and free lifetime support from our UK-based team.
