I agree with you in that it is surprising how disappointing the professional shields can be. I’ve recently made a new mini windshield for my ZoomH4 and need to post that. Do let me know how you get on with your own.

Will have to look into eylash yarn it sound’s very interesting!

Fascinating blog you have – will have to link to you!

The eyelash yarn is a kind of wool that has a lot of long fibres in it, designed to resemble fur when knitted up. Knitted fabrics are – by definition – holey, but a double-layered ‘sheath’ to go over the microphone doesn’t have the suede backing problem that you describe, and may just do the trick!

I will let you know how I get on; definitely going to try and make this kind of suspension/zeppelin system myself after reading your tutorial.

That said this “Home Made Microphone Windshield/Blimp” is the most visited and searched for page on my site, I’ve had plenty of emails about it too and if you read around forums etc people are always asking where they can get cheap Blimps from – I can’t but wonder if one plucky manufacturer took the plunge whether others would follow. The Rycote Blimps are supposed to be very good but I can’t justify the price.

My contraption does the job – though I really do need to source some better fur. It may not be pretty but It’s affordable and I still have enough material to knock up a few more!