As you’ll see elsewhere, for some time I’ve taken to creating short videos on my Smartphone and more recently with my DJI drone – especially as we travel – the “Lavalier mic” set was initially purchased because one of my then new AI phone Gimbals seemed to be intermittently affecting the audio output from my Samsung S22 Ultra phone when recording video (it turned out to be the APP causing the problem, not the gimbal itself) but then as I started to use these mic(s) – everything changed for the better.I bought these tiny SNZIYAG Wireless Lavalier Microphone set from Amazon for around £25 almost at random and I’m sure AliExpress would have even better pricing – the kit comprises 2 USB-C-rechargeable, lapel-mounting microphones and a small USB-C adaptor for the phone.At the time I wrote the original article back in March 2023, I found these to be cheap and best money I’d spent in ages – if I’m in the car (as the passenger) on a bumpy road trying to take a video of the scenery with a voiceover, the AI gimbal pretty much sorts out image stabilisation – but the background noise – TERRIBLE – but plug in the USB dongle, put a mic on each of our shirts and the difference is OUTSTANDING.
I very much recommend anyone starting out at making mobile phone or drone videos (with separate audio commentary) goes down this route.If you have a phone that doesn’t do USB-C, you may be pleased to note the same Amazon ad above shows IOS versions – but I can’t vouch for the latter.And here’s the accompanying short video.
But here’s the thing – I left my SNZIYAG in Spain this Christmas, thinking I’d not be in the UK for too long yet for reasons beyond the scope of this article, I’m likely here to the end of January and found myself needing the mics… I just happened to be looking in Temu at the time and noted a set of what looked like identical mics + usb adaptor, but VERY much reduced in price.So reduced in price, I figured they could not be the same but went ahead anyway out of curiosity.Amazon still sell my originals at around £25 £5.82 – they HAVE to be rubbish – right? Wrong! Not only do they LOOK the same minus the brand, they FEEL the same and SOUND the same.
Crystal clear and the background noise reduction is again amazing.It’s pointless putting a link in here as things will no doubt have changed by the time you get there but go have a look at Temu and search for LAVALIER MIC.
