The camera maintenance ROI calculator

What are dirty security cameras costing you?

Estimate the labor, lift expense, and time tied to conventional camera cleaning—then compare it with a safer, ground-based CameraShine approach.

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Reduce access costsFewer lifts and less setup.

Recover technician timeClean more cameras per visit.

Protect image qualityTurn cleaning into a repeatable program.

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Adjust every field to match your property, service team, or customer account. This calculator uses operational estimates—not the value of avoided incidents or recovered evidence.

Number of camerasTotal cameras included in the maintenance program

Cleaning visits per yearPlanned maintenance frequency

Cameras requiring lift accessPercent of cameras that currently require elevated access

Lift cost per visitRental, delivery, pickup, and related fees

Technicians per visitCrew members assigned to the cleaning work

Loaded hourly labor rateWage, burden, vehicle, and overhead per technician

Hours per conventional visitEstimated time using current access and cleaning methods

Hours per ground-based visitEstimated time with a purpose-built pole system

CameraShine kits neededNumber of field kits for the team

Estimated cost per kitAdjust to your quoted product configuration

Estimated annual comparison

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH$2,760estimated annual cost

Labor: $2,080
Lift access: $680

CAMERASHINE — YEAR ONE$1,420estimated first-year cost

Labor: $1,040
Field equipment: $380

ESTIMATED FIRST-YEAR SAVINGS$1,340

$5 per camera · 16 labor hours recovered

Estimate only. Actual labor, reach, access requirements, cleaning time, product configuration, safety requirements, and savings vary by site. This is not a quote or guarantee.

The longer view

ESTIMATED 5-YEAR SAVINGS$8,220

Assumes the initial CameraShine equipment purchase is not repeated annually and all other inputs remain constant.

Conventional$13,800

CameraShine$5,580

A purpose-built alternative

Clean cameras from the ground.

CameraShine combines tools shaped for dome and bullet cameras, washable microfiber bonnets, and ammonia- and alcohol-free optics cleaner. The system attaches to a threaded extension pole to help teams make cleaning safer, faster, and repeatable.

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1InspectCheck optics, housings, mounts, seals, and wiring.
2CleanUse optics-safe fluid and purpose-built microfiber contact.
3VerifyConfirm aim, focus, night image, analytics, and recording.
4DocumentRecord work performed and remaining issues.

Stop paying the ladder-and-lift tax

Put your camera maintenance budget to work.

Clear video isn’t optional. The way you maintain it shouldn’t be improvised.

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What are dirty security cameras costing you?

Use your numbers.
See the difference.

A dirty camera is more than a maintenance expense.

Evidence risk

Analytics degradation

Avoidable callbacks

Safety exposure

Customer confidence

Audit readiness

Clean cameras from the ground.

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