the t.bone SC 440 USB

First of all, this microphone is very good. It just has a few minor problems.
The soundquality is good. I use it on a daily basis. Mostly for Teamspeak and sometimes for recording. It's a USB Microphone. That means, you can plug it directly into your PC without anything between them. This technique has a few problems. I can't regulate this microphone. I just can regulate how loud it records. Everything below 90 % is to quiet. I have to use it at 100 %, if I want people to understand me. But everything in my whole flat can be heard. Even my neighbours are recorded. This is my biggest problem with it, but with a price like this, i really can't complain about it.

I bought this for my daughter to use at home. She uses it to record demos and basic song ideas in Garage Band before recording them properly at my friends studio.

Whilst I'm no expert, I have to say that I was surprised at how good this mic is, considering how little it costs. It comes in a decent moulded and padded case, complete with a sprung cradle and USB cable. Build quality looks to be good, the body and grille are all metal, and whilst I wouldn't want to drop it, it seems fine for home use.

Sound quality is surprisingly good. The only thing lacking is a switchable filter, but at this price you can hardly expect that.

I have this mic now for more than 4 years and it is still working.
I mostly use it for Teamspeak, streaming or making YT videos and it totally fine with that.

You can hear the keyboard though so it is not the best when it comes to blocking sound behind the mic. But this is ofc. easily explained because it has a Cardioid Polar pattern so it makes sense that it still picks up a lot of sound from the side and the back.

4 years later there are better alternatives, but mostly not at this price. So I can recommend you to spare some money and buy a rode mic for around 100EUR if you want to stream or making YT videos but for people who are just getting started this mic is totally fine.

I purchased this microphone as a quick option to record rehearsals and also small concerts etc without having to take mor than a laptop and mic with me.

I was pleasantly surprised by the quallity of this microphone for the low price.

It took some tweeking, but this microphone has worked fine on both Window and Linux, using various software solutions.

In comparison to other studio microphones, the mic is obviously not for professional recording purposes, but proves to be a great solution for ambience, or if you want to record pod casts etc. while on the go, this is a quick and easy (and cheap) option.

I have had this mic now for over 6 years and have had no issues.

Based on the price, this product deserves 4 stars (5 would be perfect, which it is not).