the t.bone SSM 2

I had a cheap mic (AT2020 I think?), and I bought this because the 'official' shockmount was almost the same price as the mic.

It fit, and it worked reasonably well - but it was insanely tight, and incredibly difficult to open. When I first bought it, it was almost a two-man job to get a mic in it (though it did ease up a bit).

There was a small piece of felt inside, but at the opening of the ring, there's two metal tubes (which hold the spring levers you pull to open it up) which scratched the hell out of the mic. Not ideal.

On a slightly smaller mic, maybe it wouldn't have been an issue, but I measured the mic and bought the one that should have fit it.

Great value shockmount that should work with most LDC mic's.
Maybe a little tight compared to others I have of the same design but they still do the trick, once the mic's in there you're safe in the knowledge that it won't be coming out anytime soon, and the elastic shockmount will reduce any noise from thumping feet etc around the mic stand.

I'm actually using these with my Sennheiser MD421's as I can't stand the terrible plastic arms they come with. Get one of these shockmount's around the body of the mic and it's more secure and gives shock absorption!

This is a product which is made of metal, does its job properly, filters out mic stand rumble effectively and will stretch to fit mics of a wide range of sizes.

It's good to have a spare few of these knocking around and as its metal it will last a good while.

I found that it's operation was greatly improved by some extra lubrication - I sprayed a little silicon grease onto all the moving parts and now it has a more positive movement and you can gauge the tightness better as it is less scratchy. It's als easier to tighten it tighter once lubricated.

It will hold larger bodied condensers like my rode NT1a or a pure XIX and I imagine it could handle heavier mics too.

It comes with a U.S.-EURO mic stand three adapter which I'm not sure if that was mentioned in the description.

Bought to fit my old (ancient) Rode NT2 Large diaphragm condenser mic. It fits very tightly - it takes quite a bit of strength to open the springs. So far it has been very stable. The hinge and knob move/tighten well. It is better than the mount that came with the mic which fell apart quite quickly.

I would say this is an excellent value-for-money choice for the home studio, but a professional studio, where different mics are being swapped in and out frequently would need a more expensive mount.

This shockmount is made from cheap metal that will fatigue much sooner than stainless steel or other more expensive alloys. I don't use this everyday, and just leave it set up with the one mic in it, so a top quality mount would be a waste of money to me.

At this price, I am more than happy with this item.