Throat Mics and Whispers

[pizzainthemorning]

I'm interested in getting a cheap throat mic. I know some are well over the $100 range but I just can't afford to spend that on a radio mic. Now I'm sure the quality on a high end one would obviously be better, but on an average/cheap throat mic, what I really want to know is, how well do they pick up whispers?

I know sometimes when I have to be REALLY quiet I have to whisper directly into the microphone for my radio and before/if I get a throat mic I'd like to make sure that I can whisper really quietly and it still get picked up reasonably well. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks,
Alex

[LUTNIT]

I had zero problem being heard when I used a throat mic, only laster a few games as the thing kept turning on my neck so the mics where in the wrong spots and me turning it back all the time cause it to literally fall apart. I'm never going back again unless I can find the ones I see in some movies where its a strap of webbing with the mics stuck in it instead of a stupid little plastic and metal ring that goes around my neck.

Bought a $20 motorola earbud/boom mic combo and it works wonders, I've whispered as quietly as I can into it (the point where if I go softer my vocal cords wont actually produce sound) and my message was still heard perfectly on the other end.

[ILLusion]

I bought what was sold to me as an original LASH unit. It was manufactured by a company named "Communications Applied Technology"

If it is an original LASH, it looks like an early generation.

Although the microphone doesn't have as nice supports as the newer ones, they still work fine for me. Whispers come out loud and clear on the other side.

[Griffon]

I was thinking about picking up a NT sniper pro from Iasus. The run around $150 with mic, brace and ppt.

Review: http://www.planetairsoft.net/reviews...-sniperpro.htm
Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.ca/IASUS-NT-SNIPER-P...QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone have any experience with it?

[Ghillie973]

Originally Posted by Griffon

I was thinking about picking up a NT sniper pro from Iasus... Anyone have any experience with it?

I have the older version and it works great. But from what I heard, it all depends on the shape of your neck. It works great on some people and not at all on others.

[skewed]

So would it be more suited to large necks or small necks? I was thinking of picking up the NT Sniper Pro, but if my small neck will make it hell to work with, I'll just pass.

[Griffon]

Originally Posted by Ghillie973

I have the older version and it works great. But from what I heard, it all depends on the shape of your neck.

Interesting. Did you have the brace on it? If not, Do you think a brace would of helped?

[Oz]

Four guys on our team got the new Iasus $150 throat mikes.. they lasted three games or so. If theyre in the proper position theyre ok, but if they moved just slightly all we could hear was a monotone mumble. They moved quite a bit, the guys who had them got pissed off when after every third message they sent we would just mumble fuzzzy wuzzy waz a bear back to them.

Keep in mind these guys baught the 'good' ones with the collar and all. They also reported having serious problems with the ear piece not fitting and eventually fallnig apart.

[Griffon]

Originally Posted by Oz

They moved quite a bit, the guys who had them got pissed off when after every third message they sent we would just mumble fuzzzy wuzzy waz a bear back to them.

That was my biggest fear. I think I'll stick with the ear hook/boom mic.

[Ghillie973]

Originally Posted by skewed

So would it be more suited to large necks or small necks? I was thinking of picking up the NT Sniper Pro, but if my small neck will make it hell to work with, I'll just pass.

I have a small neck also. I think it's more of a shape, not a size thing. The contacts have to sit in the right place.

Originally Posted by Griffon

Interesting. Did you have the brace on it? If not, Do you think a brace would of helped?

Yea I have a strap for it. It still does move around a little .


The reason I like it is because if the contacts are in the right spot, it works amazing. I've used it when an opposing player was less than 15 feet away, without him hearing me. And Oz is right, the ear pieces do suck. The molded ear piece (not the plug) works a little better, but not much.

[pizzainthemorning]

Hmm... kind of seems hit and miss, as in when it does work it works great... or, it can be poo. The earpiece/mic boom thing has worked for me in the past, sometimes (depending on the model) it can get snagged or fall off easily. Alright then, thanks for the info, good to know.

Alex

[Kane]

Throat mics follow the old saying "get what you pay for" very closely! Cheap is 100% useless. If you want to actually own a usful throat mic, you're going to spend at least $400 - try TCI as a starting place; everything they make is great.

[Slick]

Originally Posted by Kane

Throat mics follow the old saying "get what you pay for" very closely! Cheap is 100% useless. If you want to actually own a usful throat mic, you're going to spend at least $400 - try TCI as a starting place; everything they make is great.

Your seriously suggesting that someone has to spend 400 bucks to get a good throat mic. I paid 50 dollars for mine and Ive never had to repeat myself over the radio.

Here try this. Works great and wont cost you a pay check.
http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tech...ox/index.shtml

[Griffon]

That's cheap enough for me not to care if it doesn't work. The commando edition even has the clear ear piece.

[FOX_111]

Originally Posted by Slick

Your seriously suggesting that someone has to spend 400 bucks to get a good throat mic. I paid 50 dollars for mine and Ive never had to repeat myself over the radio.

Here try this. Works great and wont cost you a pay check.
http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tech...ox/index.shtml

Your lucky, because I how one of these and one of the IASUS better one at 150$ and both SUCKS ASS IMO.

The IASUS work better, since it have to "sensors" but keep moving around when I turn my neck.

If you don't wear a gas mask, forget about throat mic.