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!

Bought a Rode one for £180 recently. I’d like to say it was money well spent, but . . . hmm.

Build quality is sort of average for, well manufactured things in general. It doesn’t seem much better or worse put together than a £50 camera tripod from Jessops.

After walking around all day with it in a sports bag for most of the time, the front mic support screw came out, so the mic slumped forward inside. Probably fixable with a bit of superglue to hold the screw in place, but not very encouraging. Other than that it works.

But it’s not good value at £180. The makers will claim economies of scale, but it’s probably more to do with what they can get away with.

I should have had a go at making one first, following your how-to instructions.

There is an Indian company that sells reasonable blimps on ebay Cinecity or something!