Boya MM1 Universal Camera Microphone Super-Cardioid Shotgun Microphone with Shock Mount for Camera, Consumer, Camcorder iPhone, Android Smartphones

I am a volunteer secretary at a local organization and responsible for taking notes and creating minutes. Before using this microphone to help me with recording the meetings, I was under the stress of old style note taking, concern about potential forgotten details. I began recording with just my phone and the voices would get lost under the shuffle of paper or chairs being moved from one place to another. Since adding this microphone to my arsenal I have not had the lost voices issue and have not had any problems missing information. As a matter of fact, letting the mic and the phone do the recording, I am free to listen and actively participate of the meetings. The mic recording is very clear and does not require of any special attachements.

Good product.... It actually works

Good mic for vlogging, sound quality is clear if a little bassy at times. I bought it for concerts, which I should have read a little more on the specs as it does clip at loud volumes. No fault except my own there, the mic does its job very well.

The microphone was mid. It was only amazing in calm settings. I organize events every once in a while and needed this mic to capture audio from my events. The audio feed was very distorted and sounded horrible. This mic only works in settings where there isn't a ton of noise.

I ordered both this BOYA by-MM1 On-Camera Shotgun Mic & the Boya BY-M1S LAV Lapel Mic at the same time and tested both with an Android by Motorola. Hard to tell their recordings apart and both are so much better than the built-in phone mic recording. Plug them in, tell the phone to not use the built-in mic, and you're good to go— simple! Not as good as costly professional mics but not at all bad. Excellent value for the small $$. No self-noise, reasonable avoidance of environmental noise. Okay, I love both of them. Disclaimers: I am not a sound expert and don't read specs, my voice is medium-male, I have tested them only with the Android not with a PC or Mac.

Terrible for anything outside. While this might be OK for sensitive recording environments, anything above 80dB will cause overload and static. The build quality is nice, but the hardware is not usable. Definitely do not get this if you want to do some vehicle recording.

I should start by pointing out that I own lots of pro audio gear, and this is certainly not serious professional quality. But for the money, this kit is amazing! And the types of cameras this is intended for really could not possibly support bigger, heavier, power-hungry pro microphones anyway. I purchased this to keep on hand for my Canon G7X III. I bought a metal bracket for that camera that adds a couple of cold shoes, so this mounts perfectly to that configuration. I've paid more for a similar accessory windscreen alone than what this whole kit costs. For smartphones or compact cameras, this represents a significant upgrade in sound quality and directionality. Make no mistake, though: this is not a serious shotgun microphone. So don't expect it to magically give you broadcast quality audio from great distances. But for vlogging or shooting close to a subject, this does wonders to improve sound.

I’ve use this microphone for a while now, and it’s been consistently reliable. The build quality is fine but I would not be too rough with it. The mount is plastic so do not tightly screw it to any mount because it will crack. The cable is curly and can stretch. Audio quality is fine. It is the same quality you would get with an modern iPhone.