InnoGear Microphone Stand Mic Arm Suspension Boom Scissor
InnoGear Microphone Stand Mic Arm Suspension Boom Scissor Arm Stand with Shock Mount, Mic Clip Holder, Pop Filter, Screw Adapter, Table Mounting Clamp, Cable Ties, Professional Recording Equipme
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| Weight: | 1.01 kg |
| Size: | Medium |
| Dimensions: | 40.7 x 19.5 x 6.4 cm; 1.01 Kilograms |
| Model: | MUG005 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Manufacture: | InnoGear |
| Dimensions: | 40.7 x 19.5 x 6.4 cm; 1.01 Kilograms |
| Origin: | China |
| Size: | Medium |
This is a great book atm fir the money and does it’s job very well I get in with it. If I was a big podcaster or used everyday thou I would invest abit more and get an anti shock one etc but for 90% of people this will do
Incredibly cheap. Works very well and is pretty sturdy for the price. The only negative for me is my Podcast Pro mic won’t fit in the shock mount (which I knew before purchase) – without that, the mic does pick up vibration from my desk, transmitted through the clamp and arm. But there are other ways of reducing that.
Easy to put together and has meant I got rid of my mic stand and boom arm being used before – this is a very tidy solution that folds out of the way when not in use. And all for less than 20 quid! Brilliant.
This feels of rather high quality, it doesn’t take much assembly at all, it comes with all the different sized threads and mic holder types you could need and it has a pop filter too
The attachment is dual threaded to hold both major sizes of microphone. Stable up to about 1.5kg. I hooked up my HyperX Quadcast (without base) which has its own pop filter so the one that comes with the stand isn’t being used.
It’s a very good boom arm but my only issue is that I can’t get the clamp to hold the boom arm properly as the boom arm is a bit slack
Only issue is the threaded attachment for xlr mics is almost impossible to properly tighten so comes slightly loose when moving the mic. Not really an issue I’m just really ocd with it being fully tightened.
Nothing not to like here – reasonable build quality, my condenser mic fitted snugly into the shock mount. I ran some tests with the pop filter, and it definitely makes a difference. Better still the unit comes with some thread tape (looks like PTFE?) in case any of the threaded connections are loose, and some included velcro cable ties
This is my first time using a boom arm and getting into this whole streaming setup stuff. It’s actually not too shabby for the price, pretty solid construction, fits nicely on my desk. My only complaint is that the shock mount does not fit the Razer Seiren V2 Pro. But apart from that, defo worth the price!
For the money this is a good bit of kit – the Electrovoice RE20 is a heavy mic but this holder just about hold it. For a lighter mic it would be ideal but I’m happy. Nice arm.
but this far exceeded my expectations. Got a Mackie USB mike and needed a boom for it. This does the job properly at a fraction of the price of other booms. I expected pretty shoddy quality and Chinese instructions, but the whole thing feels quality and full English instructions. They’ve even packed some PTFE tape should the thread converter not quite fit your mic.
V impressed!!
I use this for a YouTube video recording set-up. Does the job pretty well, not exactly high quality, but you wouldn’t expect that for the price. Perfectly serviceable, especially for infrequent use. We use it around once a month, and I’ve not been tempted to upgrade to a more expensive bit of kit. The only thing I’d single out is the pop filter, which as well as being a bit rickety, didn’t seem to do very much, so that’s the one thing I upgraded to a better solution. Overall, if you are looking for a cheapish version of this kind of set-up, then this is absolutely fine for the price.
Very comfortable to use, but unfortunately over time developed a squeak when rotating the whole arm around the attachment to the table point.
Not a deal breaker, but it is audible to others if you need to push the microphone away from you.
Good construction, and can easily hold my heavy microphone, as well as headphones when I rest them on the mic in an extended position. So expect no sacking with any microphone you attach to it.
I bought this in Nov. 2020 to use with my Focusrite Scarlet Microphone, and it managed to last almost 2 years before breaking. For the price I can’t really complain.
The overall sturdiness is alright. It has external springs so I had to silence these by wrapping rubber bands around the joints, otherwise any movement in the table or microphone would resonate and make loud noises. It took a couple months before the joints lost their sturdiness, but again for the price that’s fine.
Eventually it broke on the joint to the clamp, which is a relatively thin piece of metal. I moved this stand several times a day, every day, for almost 2 years and it held up. Now I’m upgrading to a higher quality stand, but as an entry level piece this is great.
The arm is sturdy and holds a fairly heavy microphone securely in place, even when mounted upside down. The arms stay locked in all the positions I use, and it’s easy to move them around. The clamp that attaches it to the desk is also quite secure, although it does slowly get loose over a very long time if the arm is rotated (I had it for a few months now and had to re-tighten it twice).
However, there is a major downside with the pop filter and microphone holder. The arm holding the pop filter is very weak, and if mounted even slightly wrong, the pop filter will fall out of place due to gravity. You need to be very careful when mounting the pop filter to avoid that, and then you can’t really move the arm around since it will move the pop filter a bit and cause it to fall. Also, if you have a very heavy microphone (like mine), you can’t mount it sideways or at any angle other than completely vertical. If you do, the mic will just rotate itself vertically because there is no friction on the arm that it’s secured to. It’s not really a problem for me but I could see it being for others.
For the rotation of the arm from left to right there is a screw that presses against the metal to prevent the arm from becoming detached from the clamp but unfortunately this is at the cost of the paint that covers the metal and the metal itself is do wly being scraped away too. This allows for some extra movement that is not always necessarily welcomed and also it seems as though with regular use it may even weaken the metal to a point where it cannot deal with the weight of the arm and the mic any longer. If you have an expensive mic like me then this is definitely a concern worth considering.
For its price its okay but owing to the issues I’ve mentioned above its not a five star product and if I’m honest it only just scraped in at a four star for me.
However, I am a what you could consider a cheapskate when it comes to spending a lot on high-end media production accessories. I have used many 700 mounts and 1,300 tripods before in the past but have never seen the value in spending a lot on somthing so non-important when I could put that money into hardware rather than accessories.
The only thing I care about is that the acessories I buy are sturdy, last a good ammount of time and won’t break the bank so I took a punt at this model in the hopes that it would be a good replacement for my 70 Thornomax Caster which I’ve had for years and is finally starting to lose it’s tension. Thankfully, this InnoGear mount and boom arm excels in almost every department.
Straight off the bat, as soon as taking it out of the delivery box the stand itself was neatly packed to the brim with everything I needed plus more. InnoGear even threw in a roll of PTFE tape incase the threads of your microphone or camera are loose and had just about every accesory all included. That is one thing you will notice over other variants of the same arm availabe from other suppliers.
Complete with a good quality 3/8″ to 5/8″ universal thread adaptor, it is an epic little boom arm with great tension, strong, secure and smooth threads, tough and easy to adjust screw nuts and a perfectly sized locking chuck that fits my thick coffee table perfectly as you can see in the pictures.
I threw on my Tonor TC30 USB mic for a few rough cut VO takes for one of my projects and it was almost just as good as my old Caster arm. The motion was fluid and easy to adjust, had a good range and had a little vibration upon movement of the arm but most of that was just the springs and not the joints. Not that this matters as you shouldn’t move your microphone whilst recording anyway.
All in all, for 15 I am amazed by this little boom arm and it’s great quality.
Is it a 70 silent pnumatic arm?
No.
Is it a damn good, sturdy, reliable example of a microphone boom arm at a fraction of the price of other offerings with above and beyond value and an incredible choice of accesories and parts containing everything you need, plus way more at an absolute STEAL of a pricepoint?
Absolutely.
If you’re looking for a cheap mic arm for your setup with all the acessories you need but don’t want to spend a fortune, buy this stand.