This shield helps me alot as a drummer, because now i am not worrying anymore about hitting the drums and cymbals too soft or using rods everytime. I can now play a gig or singing in a caffe bar knowing that no one will complain about drums being too loud. The product is very good noise isolating, very good for live and studio, it covers 180 degrees around my kit, very easy to handle and firm when you place it around the kit, clear like a glass, sometimes my guitarist use 2 of this shields for his cabinet. The price is the best around, definetley worth every cent, it does it's job perfectly.