My comments are confined to the rode video mic, the 70 quid one.

I can assure you I have used it properly, as in I plugged it into a camera and made a noise - not too hard to get that right eh....

I was not only dissapointed with the results but the daft and inefective suspension is a waste of money on such a mic, and those rubber bands soon break.

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TBH I was suprised this mic didnt perform better - maybe the one i purchased was a dud? I would be more then happy to repeat the test on another mic but I sure aint going to buy another to do so.

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