well hello I'm Micah Laplante and you can't see me but you can hear me now
how's that spider web okay well that's because I'm wearing a lav
Mic now you might assume that wearing a wireless
lav mic since I'm obviously not connected to you but I'm not and that's
because I'm using Maono's wired lav mic on my phone now why have I chosen to
do this thing well they kindly sent me this to test
out in review and I thought it was kind of interesting because the problem with
a lot of lav mics is that you need very specific equipment to make that happen
and work you need to have the receiver plugged into the camera and you have to
make sure you have the right batteries for everything they're all charged
they're all good to go and to have the right adapters for everything and I was
on a shoot once and I forgotten to bring the analog to the 3.5 millimeter adapter
and that ruined everything I had to use a shotgun mic the audio was garbage and
I was a sad person because I want to just wire the subject it was for a
demonstration of his services and blah blah blah anyway long story short I
thought that this might actually be an interesting solution because with the
live a wired lav mic that you can plug into your phone you can essentially have
a wireless recording anywhere and then of course you can always just sync up
your audio afterward which you would do with most recording devices anyway so
what makes this product so special well let's get into the actual unboxing
portion of this video ok so let's take a look at the package we got here here's
the box nicely printed gives a little bit of information we open it up and we
see the carrying pouch this pouch is very nice and underneath it we have the
instruction but okay so let's take a look and see what's
inside this pouch nicely printed pouch that has their logo on it it's made of a
faux leather type material inside we have the audio splitter which is pretty
sweet because then you could hook up other microphones to it and possibly
even headphone putting it outside let's dig a little deeper so now we have the
enormous cable mess that comes with the microphone that's so that you can
basically wire the camera from across the room and attach it to yourself and
the mic itself is right there it has a little pin that comes with it and then
there is the microphone itself that clips on and the clip itself is made of
metal now here is the capsule that holds the internals has a little battery
indicator that you would switch on if you're not plugging in into a phone
which is important to note so unscrewing that it comes included and pre-installed
a battery looks like a very small cell battery I'm not sure what kind it is but
it does come in fact with a spare which is kind of nice
so it should last you a while but if you are plugging into the phone like I do
then you won't really need to use the power much and that clip will probably
fit well on your belt
so unwrapping this mess this is a very very long cable that can reach pretty
far I'm glad it comes with a little velcro strap to keep it all bundled but
just unraveling this is kind of a nightmare one thing to note too about
the quality of the court itself it is very thin and I am worried about the of
the use it could handle especially towards the end where the 3.5 millimeter
headphone jack area it goes in the 3.5 millimeter jack goes in the audio jacket
it looks like it's a little weak and might not be able to handle too much
abuse but time will tell there so maybe for upgrades in the future maybe a
fabric or thicker cord would help but that's just being nitpicky and then here
we see the the fuzzy wind filter now this is an awesome addition that not
everyone will include they usually have to buy those things separately but
that's absolutely crucial and speaking outdoors the filter out all wind and I'm
talking all wind it does a much better job than the foam pieces that usually go
on top of it and here we have the analog port for some devices they require that
jack instead so it's an adapter from 3.5 to the regular analog and there's some
extra clips in case you need another microphone or that other one breaks
somehow and then here are the other pot filters and the extra battery in the
so I've wired myself back up to the mic and switched to the little foam nib and
because I don't need the fuzzy one inside because there's no wind however I
am in a really big room that is echoing in by having this it helps cut down on
some of the echoes because I'm talking a little bit more directly into the
microphone as opposed to a shotgun mic that would capture all the sound of the
room so I don't necessarily have to speak as loudly which is nice so in
conclusion this microphone I know that I've kind of went about it in the way
that's a little bit less than what is directed not per se but I mean usually
they advertise it as being used ported directly into the camera
and which you can cuz they gave you the longest cord in the world I just I don't
want to do that I don't want a cord you know that long and being all connected
and stuff and it it's kind of annoying so instead by wiring it into something
that you already have like a smartphone I think you're saving yourself a lot of
trouble because one they have really good audio recorders and two it's just
it's in your pocket I could I could walk over here and the audio would just won't
change I could be a mile away and then walk for an hour up like you know I did
in the beginning video and it doesn't change so that's nice and you know you
can just send yourself the audio file or whatever you can even get a small device
to just do that if you want it's not really much of a hassle so for me
personally I think this is gonna be replacing my wireless lav mic and I'm
gonna toss this into the camera bag because it comes with such a nice little
pouch that everything is in everything I would need would be in and the fact that
it comes with so many extras that you know normally you would buy as extras I
think it makes the price point even more valuable than it was in the beginning
because around for around 20 bucks you're getting a really good microphone
in my opinion it's a lot better than some of
once I've tested to the same price point and the microphones so tiny
so yeah I I have to highly recommend it give the big stamp of approval and I
definitely think if you're looking for us this type of solution it's definitely
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