Movo HM-M2 Dynamic Omnidirectional Handheld Interview Microphone with 3-Pin XLR Connector

Really good build quality and loved the no power source concept but, unfortunately, it didn't work with my Sony Xperia XZ Premium (using Cable Matters 3.5mm to XLR M-F Unbalanced cable). Tried USB-C adapter instead of going through the audio jack, but no luck there either. I'm keeping the mic and will try it again whenever I have enough money to buy a DSLR camera (in the meantime I'll keep a look out for any solutions).

This mic works with my Samsung S22 ultra, with a Movo UCMA-1 Female 3.5mm TRS to USB Type-C adapter. Out a mic flag on it and it looks very professional The recorded sound on recorded videos had a very faint background hiss, but it's a great mic for the price. I found that the faint hiss disappears if I plug the mic in *before* pulling up my phone camera.The mic picks up people's words well with the mic head pointed directly at the interviewees, and didn't pick up much background noise at all (very faint background noise and can still hear the interviewee very well.A plus on this mic in the longer handle, which can keep my own hand further away from speaker's mouths, making the interviews less awkward (in comparison to using shorter mics with my fist just less than a foot from the speaker's face). Not sure yet about the durability but will update after my next interview event. Happy with my purchase!

I use four of them for podcasting and they work really well. Very clear. I wish the body was a little bigger so they would fit in the common stand size, but I have some stand couplers that do hold them snugly. I was hoping the handling noise would be a bit less, but for $50 each you can't beat it and I don't need them to be held in hand anyway.

This was just received and I am disappointed in the amount of gain required so I'm sending it back.Pros: Very well made, professional looking, seems like it will last a long time. Sound was good.Cons: Required too much gain necessary in my opinion. On my mixer (Flow 8) it needed almost all the gain available (well over +50db) to get it to a comfortable levels where I could keep the channel just below unity on the fader. The quality of sound was fine BUT this resulted in very little headroom and way too much handling noise.

I do a lot of recording at airports and airshows around operating aircraft. I needed an interview mic with excellent noise cancellation and tuned to pull the voices of my subjects out of noisy environments. The HM-M2 does a great job at both. I was also surprised at how it just feels like a quality piece of equipment when you pick it up. I am using it via XLR to a Zoom H5 and wirelessly to my DSLR using a Comica BoomX-U wireless receiver/transmitter pair (with an XLR to 3.5mm unbalanced cable). The sound quality is excellent and I couldn't be happier with the value for the money that this mic delivers. The key to using this mic is that it must be close to your subject (4-5" or less) to get good volume, noise separation and sound quality. If you try to use it like a shotgun mic, you will be disappointed.