Cheap or reasonable priced zeppelin windshield?

Do you really need a blimp or will a Puffin do? $65USD. A Puffin + an isolation mount = $100USD. That's getting close to the next step beyond that, which is the Indian blimps. $100-145USD depending on size. I don't like the Indian blimps. The mic mount position is not adjustable. The pistol grip position is not adjustable. Rode is next.
 
thanks everyone!

I really need a blimp or so I thought. I need something better that just a deadcat or slip over foam for when really wind is hitting the mic.
Will a puffin do that? If not I guess I´ll try the indians again, then send it back and buy the Rode Blimp.
 
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Email the user here named Guy Cochran, he works for DVeStore, who sells the rode blimp. PM him for a DVXUser quote.
 
Good question. It's not clear to me that the Puffin provides a dead-air space inside like a blimp or solid foam.

Provide us with a review of the Indian blimp if you go that way. My opinion is just based upon the pictures.
 
Jack,

The one shown in the picture is the 60cm Indian blimp. There is also a 40cm version that is a bit less. The 60cm verison can be configured as a 40cm and notice it includes a furry for both configurations. They have a compatibility list to determine which one you need for your microphone. As best I can tell from the pictures, neither the isolation mount nor the pistol grip are adjustable for position. Where the pistol is positioned, it will always want to hang downward. That's ok for most cases, but sometimes you want it balanced in the center. Not a big deal, but just FYI.

The isolators may be in the wrong place for your shotgun. Again, it will probably work for most instances. It just doesn't give you options.
 
Ah, good to know.

As it turns out I don´t really need a blimp for my next project. So even though I´d really like to have one for the future I´m not going to be able to provide a test of the now again Indian hardware soon.

But thanks anyways!

But: I am half sure that I held an Indian blimp in my hands some time ago, in film school maybe. The fact that it isn´t possible to move the gun grip shook some memory, it seems.

And that in fact was bothering, but maybe only because I was used to real good ones and didn´t get that it just wasn´t possible or something like that.

But if you think about it, it shouldn´t be such of a big deal.
(On the other hand a Rode Blimp is only some 45 Euros more expensive, so why bother, really? Just have save on it a little longer...)
 
Paul F said:
As best I can tell from the pictures, neither the isolation mount nor the pistol grip are adjustable for position. Where the pistol is positioned, it will always want to hang downward. That's ok for most cases, but sometimes you want it balanced in the center. Not a big deal, but just FYI.

The isolators may be in the wrong place for your shotgun. Again, it will probably work for most instances. .
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I bought the Rode recently but was entertaining the Indian idea. I believe the red dot on the handle is the pivot to aim it; and on the Indian models I looked at, the isolators slid back & forth to fit various mics. I ended up needing one too soon for overseas shipping.
 
Indeed, the red dot allows the grip to be pivoted, but it cannot slide along the length of the rail to adjust the balance.

I know of two Indian models; one with a full-circle isolation mount and one with a half-circle mount. In both cases, the isolation mounts are held in place with screws and do not move. You could unscrew them and drill your own holes to the position you need, I suppose.

I'd be interested to see the indian model that has the adjustable isolation mounts. It doesn't fix the adjustable grip issue, but it does solve the potential mic mount problem.
 
Michael Carter said:
I bought the Rode recently but was entertaining the Indian idea. I believe the red dot on the handle is the pivot to aim it; and on the Indian models I looked at, the isolators slid back & forth to fit various mics. I ended up needing one too soon for overseas shipping.
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So the Rode can do everything I guess and is of good build quality?
 
The only weakness I've found in the rode is that the shock supports only slide to the end of the handle assembly - and there's about 6-7" more space to the front of the blimp. It's designed for long shotguns.

Using a short shotgun, you end up several inches farther back from the source than you may want to be. Not a huge deal, but every inch counts when it comes to frequency response. (I used the blimp last weekend for a last minute shoot and I only own a short sony shotgun and my pile of music recording mics - in fact I ended up using my [main-squeeze for acoustic guitar and strings] ADK SC-1 Cardioid, tested better than the sony and seemed to have similar off-axis characteristics). Sounded nice, but I could have used 4 more inches of proximity (bass)...

I found an XLR on/off adapter from Markertek which is contained in a barrel adapter that looks to be 4 or 5 inches long; think I'll order one of those for shorter mics, should extend the capsule out closer to the end of the blimp.
 
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