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This is a well spoken review. There was a lot of talking but it was articulate, concise and not overwhelming. And you get to the point without have to show us you making coffee. Thanks!

its 2023. the best review i have come across. nothing fancy. just straight up. subscribed from malaysia

i received mine a few days ago.. and i gotta say.. this thing is awesome. i had been using the rode wireless go.. which was decent for what it was.. but the dji mic is just awesome. the charge box.. the ease of use.. the internal recording.. the magnetic clip. im blown away with this. already sold my rode on ebay

I made the purchase, and appreciate honest opinions from people like you! thanks

Dude, you’re really good at reviewing tech. Thanks man and I hope to see more from you.

Appreciate the great review Austin! Can't wait till these bad boys become available.

Thank you for showing us all the “quirks and features” 😊

This is one of the best review videos I have watched. Thank you for the effort, and information.

Absolutely LOVED this review! By far my favorite one!!!

The use case with your laptop is a very nice touch ! You're the 1st one I have seen mention this. I'm going to try this on my next team call in the office, and check if it gets rid of ambient sounds from colleagues chatting nearby. Thanks

Thank you Austin for a great review. You stand out for your honesty and overall production quality and straightforward approach. This is first video I saw from you and I subscribed. Please consider making more videos on this topic and DJI Mic product. I would be interested in other use cases you tried with this mic system. Good luck with all your projects! Greetings from Croatia

Wonderfully structured and useful review. Kudos, Austin! (I believe I will buy this piece of kit).

Thanks for the review buddy!

I recently bought a Rode wireless GO II and it immediately began having issues, the biggest one being the receiver was not powering off. I returned it the following day and purchased the DJI mic and I have not regretted one bit. DJI made a really amazing product (slight room for improvement as shown in this video) but I’m more than happy with it. Highly recommend to anyone on the fence.

Thank you for honest review, very helpful 👍🏽

really helpful, thank you for this - especially the recommendation on the SOLID lav mic - works perfectly and sounds way better than the built in mic. perfect "practical" solution for content creators creating courses.

Great video. I’ve watched a lot of review on the mic’s and this is by far the best one. I’m 100% sold on the DJI. Thanks

Here's an update for you Austin! On Wednesday January 4th, 2023 DJI released new firmware version 02.00.72.87 for the DJI Mic. Here are the new features and notes. 1. Added auto power off feature for receiver. The receiver will power off automatically if disconnected from transmitter for more than 30 minutes. 2. Added LED off option for transmitter. Go to TX Settings > LED Brightness > Off to turn off the transmitter LED and reduce the light affect during recording. 3. Fixed issue: transmitter audio data was occasionally lost when recording for a long time. Notes: When the firmware is updated, the settings of DJI Mic will be restored to default. If the firmware fails to update, restart the transmitter and receiver and try again. Contact DJI Support if the firmware update fails again.

The best review on this product !

Thanks for that useful info. Good to know to know that some of the parts are particularly vulnerable to wear and tear. We'll have to keep this in mind if we get one ourselves.

Solid review! I loved the high-lighting of the internal recording and the aspect of using it with the GoPro. Also the aspect of DJI promoting pre-releases is all too true so thanks for bringing that up, what else can we do haha.

Great review, I'm sold now and will be buying one.

Been looking for a good camera mic for a while, this video has been very helpful, thank you.

Thanks for the honest review. This is the first review that mentioned the cons of the mic. I have watched a dosen reviews, they have been basically like commercials for dji. I hope to see a few more objective reviews.

Very good review, thanks for it ...

Excellent awareness of details

Austin you did a damn good job in your honest review, thanks!

Another fantastic review. After owning the Rode Wireless Go 2s for a while and hating them, I realized that as someone who’s primarily a stills shooter, i’m just not interested in worrying about location sound for my occasional video gig or RU-vid video. So rather than upgrade to these, I upgraded instead to a couple of Tentacle Sync Track E units. More expensive, but i’m hoping that the 32 bit float will give me one less thing to worry about.

Thanks a lot fot this review

Thank you for great honest review

Thanks for the very honest and logical point of view. Nice job 👍

Appreciate the honest review! I live in Shenzhen China and just saw this in the store and was thinking to buy it for using on my brands installation videos….I’m an Amazon seller, look for the hot shoe adapter in aluminium coming soon! 😂

As someone trying to make it as a Tuber, I thought this video was great. Great shots, great information, and great audio! Great work on giving out the facts, I see your personality, and I totally agree with that darn shoe adapter is annoying haha. I've never recorded video straight to the mic itself. Is the audio quality better vs plugging it straight into the camera? I had to sub and make your sub count 730! Keep up the grind!

Great review! Love the nitpicky complaints because it shows that you really thought about it critically, seems like a great product for those willing to spend the money

Great informative video. Thanks.

A well done review.

Man you are excellent explaining how this work.

I just purchased the DJI Mic kit. Liked your video overview of it and subbed. I know how hard getting that 1k is.🙂

Amazing review and you are so honest .

Great video, thx Austin!

Good video. Thank you.

Even though replacement parts aren't listed, they can be purchased directly from DJI support. As for the zippered pouch, the pre-production units did come with them and that zippered pouch was designed initially to be the storage bag however from user feedback, more actually preferred the drawstring pouch as the entire case can fit into in it along with the soft parts (wires, dead cats, etc...) They wanted a simple pouch that could hold everything instead of a separate small pouch for the wires and the case would then need to stored separatly. So in the end, we decided to go with one large drawstring pouch with a divider to hold the case on one side and all the soft parts on the other. The yellowish paper for the instruction pamphlets were specially chosen to provide a more premium appearance rather than an off white or even pure white paper.

Austin, great video. Loved this review

Thank you.

Just got one yesterday and could not agree with you more about the bag "bait and switch", plus the guaranteed-to-break cold shoe clip. Otherwise it seems to be a great, light weight system.

Man this was an amazing review! I subscribed within a couple minutes :)

Solid video. To the point and informative. Thnx

I really didn’t want to be convinced that I need these. I’ve had, and loved, the Wireless Go II for while and they’re fantastic. Individually charging each unit though is just a punish. Might need to upgrade. Thanks for the review bro.

Thanks Austin. I'd like to get a cordless mic for my camera but haven't settled on what to buy. So I guess the cordless mic will cost around $330. I am not good at getting proper gear and where to get the gear so your video made things simple to follow. Thanks. I enjoyed a full-watch. Have a fine upcoming week. 👍🏽🤠 10/16/22

This is a really great review. I just got mine today and have been playing eight the gain settings to find a sweet spot. I wasn’t that impressed with the audio straight out of the mic but I threw a couple of EQ settings on and it sounded great (think it applied a little too much low end to my voice). Also- and this is a tip from a complete newbie to such things - clip this near your shirt top and point it near your face, and you WILL get some very horrible swallowing sounds that’ll need editing out. The opposite of ASMR!

Thank you for an awesome review, Austin. As a RU-vidr myself, it scares me, that someone who makes such great and professional content has so few followers and relatively few views on most videos. I don't understand how your great content is not fairing any better - is it the RU-vid algorithm, or what is going on?

Can ushow how to remove and plugin to connect to mobile and camera

The zippered pouch you mention comes with the 1x Transmitter version, which you get instead of the charging box you get with the 2x Transmitter version.

Great review bro ❤️

Great Video! So Glad you talked about the bag!! I realised that also upon receiving my Mic. Pretty cheeky and cheap of them if you ask me. HA! and as if they can afford it... But yes :) overall a great product. Just wish I got one of those awesome bags! 😁

The one thing that would be a HUGE improvement is for the lav mic to actually screw onto the transmitter. Countless times I’ve moved just enough to get a crackling noise or a missed word or two. Depending on what what you’re recording you don’t always have an opportunity to try again.

I’m happy I found your video I’m building my company and you helped me so much

Thanks brother! That was a great and fair review. I really like this work. It will be disappointing not to get the replacements because here in South Africa we order things with extra charges.

That was agreat review, thanks! 🔥🧨💪🏽🤠👍🏽🧨🔥

You had me at “Not Sponsored”! Great video!

This is a great video, thanks for that, we have all kind of mics, Rode, Senheiser, comica, etc.. still not happy with any.. will try this ones

banger video mate

Thank you for your great insight. Much Appreciated! Question: what happen when battery in receiver needs replacing? The usual answer I hear is, send them back to manufacturer for service replacement. The problem with that is you are out sometime for months before you get them back and the cost of shipping sometime almost equal the price if a new unit. reason why I tend to stay away from rechargeable batteries at this end.

Haha. I opened the box for mine and said “wait, where is my cool zippered bag like on the RU-vids”

Thank you

plan to purchased that next year for my osmo pocket, I'm currently using BOYA BY-WM3U but the problem is the type c connection, when i pulled it out is was damaged so i get new type connector, i would love to purchased bcoz of its internal recording without the receiver was a plus for me, thanks for the honest review bro, i know the mic was expensive but it was a great build for like us who love blogging and also do some interviews job

I just received mine ( i also have the Rode Go 2 ) and believe me . I Love these mics ( DJI). Hands down. Great video by the way I agree totally about the cold shoe. The crappy pouch bag . Also much easier to get files off. compared to having to use the Rode central flakey software and yes tired of all the big boy influencers that get everything for free ( and get paid for the telling how everything is amazing and we need to buy it now . Through their affiliate link ) LOL Good job.

You can have the cold shoe adapter connected when inside the charging case

Thanks!!

Mentioning the latency would have been nice. This DJI setup has some, I think between 10 and 40 mS, but it's not noticeable at all in your video. Great review, but in fairness to DJI regarding the "pouch switch-aroo", they may have not had them produced yet in pre-production. Thanks man. Buy my Zoom H6N recorder with many extras from me so I can buy this kit.

Nice review.

I whole heartedly agree with your first and last reasons for the cons of this mic. I am so disappointed with the flimsy cold shoe adapter and my second though was…people are gonna lose these adapters!!! However, I have the Rode cables that allows me to use the USB-C cables as replacement parts for the adapter should anyone ever need a replacement and DJI don’t have replacement parts. I should make a video about it. Oh, and keep up the honest reviews. Many companies stopped sending me stuff to review because they can’t handle my honesty. Interestingly, I told them that I will be thorough and will bring up any major faults. I have both the Wireless Go ii and just got DJI Mic today. So far, DJI has the edge because they studied the competition really well. The biggest drawback for me with Rode is having to put forth more money for magnets and cables to attach to different devices. Also, the charging cables to charge all three units is such a hassle. Great company with amazing products and a phenomenal app system, but just too many hassles. I’m sure Rode will adapt to what DJI did with their mics and redesign their Rode Wireless Go iii. 👍😂

Thanks, this is the video I'm looking for. There is a comparison using a lavalier microphone. Can you please recommend which lavalier is best or compatible with the DJI?

We recently bought a couple units to pilot for our Journalism and Media studies at the university where I work, and we're very curious to see how well these work with inexperienced students. For now they seem to work very well, and the amount of features they have really lends them well for a variety of uses not just for Journalists but also for bigger productions like documentaries.

I record a video on my iphone with the DJI mic and the video has no audio on my phone. Any ideas what the problem is?

My main complaint is that I'm unable to leave the wind muffs on when I put the mics back into the case, forcing me to constantly take them off and on. My videos are mostly shot outdoors in windy conditions.

665 subs that’s it? Your video are awesome

Thank you...I also like to see which lavalier you used...what software you used to sync...as if I need more stuff to buy...with your links to amazon or whatever to add to your production funds. The product is a piece of the puzzle. Thx

Great review! Surprisingly you don't have as many subscribers as I would expect watching such content. You're doing a great job, so.. subscribed to thank you :) btw, how is your mic doing? Still satisfied with the purchase?

We bought ours too, and the first thing my wife noticed was the drawstring pouch and not the zippered pouch we saw in the influencer videos. I also own the Rode Wireless Go II and the Saramonic Blink 500 2, and trust me: the downsides of the DJI are *NOTHING* compared to the downsides of those two alternatives. 🙂 I'm just glad competition is forcing companies to improve their offerings.

Great review! I bought one too and haven’t taken the time yet to try it but I’m really excited to see how well it works. Based on your variety of samples I expect it to be awesome.

Good review I like your style

very informative vid, thanks for the honest feedback. Was also rather worried about the coldshoe adapter on this one. I was about to grab this. Have you tried it with different lavs? Heard that there are some compatibility issues with some lavs which will result in interference in the recording.

Got mine ordered. I’m using the rode and hate the fact I can’t adjust the gain on the transmitter’s separately.. thanks for the review

Good, honest video. Thanks. Subbed.

What a terrific review, thank you! What surprised me most was your sub count.. I expected to see 100k plus subs with how professional and well spoken you were. No doubt those numbers will come 👌 Thank you, your video has helped me make a decision. 👍

Thanks for the great and honest review. Which lowepro backpack is that you have there too?

Great video.

Very good review 👍🏽

Great video overview. I was looking at the compatibility chart and they do not list the Pixel 6 or the Samsung Ultra 22. I am thinking that they have just not updated their listing but would you (or anyone reading the comments) see any reason these would not be comparable?

First time viewer of the channel, as I’m looking to buy this system. Firstly, this is a quality review - thank you!!! As a golf RU-vid reviewer and vlogger my question maybe something you can’t answer, but here we go…. I will be filming a lot of 4 person vlogs on the channel. So, if I bought two of these systems, could I record directly into the camera with a splitter cable without the frequencies clashing, or pull you say it’s safer to record everything internally into the DJI receiver and then edit and sync in post? I’ve yet to find a system affordable that can do 4 person audio into one receiver

I ordered one on Jan 3, 2022, not in yet. (Canada) The system I was using started to give me a hissing sound (not good for a new channel) I stopped making videos, thinking it would be in by the end of Jan. I had to order a Rode Micro so I can at least make a couple of videos with better audio. New subscriber here, all new channels could use more subs, 99% of my views on my channel are from nonsubscribers.

Thanks for the review and reiterating the hot shoe issue. Let me know if you use it with a Lav mic because DP review also was getting bad static w lab mics on the DJI

Hiw would you go about recording 4 persons individually can 2 sets be synced? Great review. Thanks

That's was a great review. It was different than others, because well, you paid to get the mic:) I have the DJI Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal and I bought it with the combo pack. The combo pack adds a semi-hard case and an extension that can be turned into a tripod. But the annoying thing is that tripod leg/extension thing does not fit into the case that it comes with. I am sure now, they don't care about cases. Because that pouch would not be useful in many situations. Anyway, thank you for the review.

If your record from both mic’s, and are using the receiver, when you transfer the audio to your computer, will there be 2 audio files, or will it be combined 1 audio file

Great intro....so good 🤣

I'll be purchasing one of these. But, before I do, I have a question that (at least, as far as I'm aware) no RU-vidrs have covered...and, since you mentioned using it with a GoPro, as well as having mentioned the Media Mod, I'm guessing (and hoping) your have the 'correct' answer. I have a GoPro 8 Black, which, if my memory is serving me correctly (I don't have it with me right now (the GoPro, not the 'memory'...tho, I sometimes question that...lol), has a USB-C port. My original plan (for recording external audio directly to the video) was to order the DJI MIC, and the GoPro Media Mod for GoPro 8 (ie. plugging the DJI MIC into the Media Mod via the 3.5mm connecting cable). This is because I'm unaware as to whether, or not, external audio can "enter" the video via the USB-C port. So, here's my question: If using the DJI MIC to record external audio, and adding that audio directly to the video recorded by the GoPro 8 Black, does the Media Mod NEED to be used (ie. external audio being added to the GoPro's recorded video MUST 'enter' the GoPro via the Media Mod's 3.5mm audio jack)...or, can the external audio be added to the GoPro's recorded video by plugging the DJI MIC directly into the GoPro 8 Black using the USB-C adapter?

?Great review bro, just what I needed. Which lav mic were you using. And would you recommend an alternative

How to mix with the ambient sound? Need still a stereo mic with dead cat? Do i understand correct, the sound from DJI records internally, so you can later mix with camera stereo track?