Quick Review – Amazing build quality, excellent sound capturing, well designed, excellent record quality, highly recommended.General Verdict = great product, universal fitting, very light, excellent quality sound, huge value, much recommended product.Long ReviewGeneral – I have tried and used a couple of different mics for my camera and none have been anywhere as high a quality as this one, The design itself is simple yet effective, with high quality metal construction, this heart shaped unidirectional design works very well at picking up sound. The mic is powered by a CR2032 button cell battery (included) and lasts very well approx. 50-60 hours.There is a 3 way switch on top of the mic that switches it from off position to 0db (standard) to +10db (boosted) for better sound pickup over ranges, It fits quite well on the camera locking into place on the standard hot shoe point and requires a standard 3.5mm audio jack point on the camera to work correctly.Materials – The metals used in construction feel very sturdy and like it can take a knock or two without issues, the mount itself is plastic with built in cushioning to help reduce the impact from knocks and bangs, the included wind proof cotton sleeve for the mic is well constructed, no pits, tears or holes and fits the mic precisely providing a good natural noise reduction.Improvement Possibilities – This section should in no way be thought of as negative, this is just ideas I had for possible future thoughts for developing the product further.1. N/AOverall Verdict – outstanding mic, amazing quality & build, east fit and remove, provides excellent sound quality, amazing value for money.Thank You for readingCarl Fellows

Pros:This microphone is well made, in aluminiumComes in a really nice foam boxThe mic stays alligned with the back of the camera, you will not bump your head when using the viewfinderThe 2032 cell is included in the packageCons:Doesn't come with a travelling bagalthough the mic has a +10 db the volume was very low on my canon 6d, I then had to raise the camera volume which added a lot of static noiseThe volume was lower and noisier than the 6d internal mic.You can see my video review here: youtube.com/watch?v=MCQHODGcrnU

Gem in the rough. Ok so I'm not a professional and as such, my review is based on casual usage only. BUT...when I ordered this I thought "well it's cheap enough if it doesn't work..then I'll know".But it is used with my go-pro set up for marketing and light use for my own business. Sound quality is IMHO quite good, I make sure that If I am talking, I stand on the side of the mic (behind) or of course in front, I can be up to 12' away and it picks up my voice with little to no ambient background noise.On windy days, I purchased the "dead cat" mic cover here on Amazon as well, wasn't cheap at $55 CDN (actually quite spendy for a fur cover) but it really cuts out the wind noise so I suppose it was worth the price.I also like the fact it has a vibration dampener as well, too many videos I hear the bounce of the mic, or rubbing of the cable on something, ruins an otherwise decent video. I also like the fact the cable is spiral wound as well. The power on/off is a bit odd as you turn the battery housing cover to turn on/off, and there is no indicator light to tell you it's ether or. According to the mfg, the only time you will see a light "on" constantly is if the battery is low...hmmm.Overall, good to better build quality (for the price point) and some nice features to get one started.

It was very well packaged and did the job I wanted to do.

works well solid piece of kit

This is a fantastic mic, mounts very easily and has a crisp clear sound quality that makes it sound way more expensive. Comes in some very classy packaging and while the instructions suffer a bit from bad translation, this is a fantastic product that I heartily recommend.I received this product for free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review (I.E. I would have said it was awesome if i'd paid full whack for it)

The sound pick up of this mic is impressive, it has a scoping feel, letting you lay the sound scape with the motion of the action you're capturing.I found the reach out around from the point of recording to be at least 120 degree's, and listening back with surround sound it feels very much as though peripheral sounds are recorded just right.Switching power on gave a clairy to the sound which was rish and vibrant.If I had to pick a fault, it's a tiny niggle, that the whole unit is metal cases, save the screw and fitting, which are both hardened plastic. If they had of been metal, this would have just been perfect.However, for this price point one can not complain, and I found this to be an excellent source of audio.Also, using a 3.5mm jack you can use this hands free (though it's cumbersome) and I did so to record a sound profile of some moving (living) wood (tree's) which it recorded excellently, down to the subtle note changes with the wind, but without picking up too much of the ambient environment.Traffic noise seemed to be a challenge for the mic, high pitch, sudden changes, such as a horn, or a close song bird maxed out the capture profile, saturating the sound signal, but from there are options beyond just the foam baffle to solve those problems, and indeed they died away with a furry baffle I attached later.

The main thing about this product is that is it cheap. It is a good mic but picks up a lot of background noise like crackling and white noise. The noise is low vol compared to the normal pick up of what you are trying to record but its still annoying. Would recomend if you are on a budget

Very good microphone for his price. It is not a professional microphone but the quality is quite good for some commentary video on youtube.It comes out of the box with a battery included ;). It doesn't have a microUSB port so the only way to use it is via the AUX cable. Is designed to be used with cameras (es. my Nikon) but it also works with phones, tablet and so on that have a mic input.For its price is a must have.

This is an easy microphone to use. I was able to show this to some of my friends and could explain how to use it very quickly. So it certainly is user-friendly and most of its functionality is intuitive. What I like most about it is probably the quality recordings I have been able to get out of it without a single hitch. Noise-reduction is something that they are able to do quite well. The recordings I’ve done with this have come out nicely, especially in comparison to my old equipment. Additionally it is priced affordably. I would recommend this for anyone with a little bit of experience or someone just looking to get their feet wet.