InnoGear Low Profile Microphone Boom Arm Review
Low Profile and low price
RETAIL Price: $59.99
Disclaimer: InnoGear sent us a unit free of charge to review, but all thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are our own and were not discussed with the company prior to publishing.
Get Low
The boom arm covering most of the desk space
Consider me pleasantly surprised to see InnoGear push out a low profile microphone boom arm of this caliber to the market for such an affordable price. While I wouldn’t say it’s a premium option, it’s for sure an upper tier buy for the budget space. With a terrific magnetic cable management system, and an all alloy steel build, this microphone boom arm is hard not to recommend.
Let’s start with coverage as the most important job of a desk boom arm is to be able to bring a microphone to the user from a stored position. This InnoGear arm is connected from two parts. The lower arm is at 12.2” with the one mounted above it reaching 15.8”. It covers a good amount of desktop space and should be suitable to hide on any type of work desk. The low profile design sits at only 3.35” mounted off the desktop. It folds up into a rather compact and neat package that doesn’t take up a whole lot of space.
Max Load
The max weight the arm can hold is 3.3 lbs
When it comes to performing its duty, this arm can suspend a load that’s at max capacity rated at 3.3 lbs. The mini metal ball head certainly helps the stability and support of heavier microphones. I’m currently using a vertical condenser microphone, but I’ve swung a couple different recording positions with various types of microphones and the InnoGear arm has held everything in place as it should. The good thing about buying this particular arm is that it comes with a ⅜” to ⅝” screw adapter. That covers most of the USB microphones and their preferred mounting compatibility. The default ⅜” to 1/”4 adapter covers a lot of webcams and smaller plug and play microphones. Not every boom arm comes with a screw adapter and I’ve been stuck looking for an adapter on many other purchases I’ve made.
The arm swings as smooth as one can expect from a desktop boom. The shaft and base rotates a full 360° range. The ball head swings at 180° while the north and south movement caps out at 170°. That basic functionality makes it flexible enough to use for virtually any scenario that presents itself on top of a desk.
The c-style clamp used to hold the arm in place
Clamping Down
My only major dislike is the C-style clamp that’s used to mount the arm to a table. I’ve always disliked metal c-style clamps with no padding on the ring. They inevitably leave a ring mark on the wood that it's locked into. Since this is a budget offering, this is the likely spot for the product to revert to budget staples like this, but at the end of the day it still secures the arm to the table with a sturdy grip so I can’t complain too much about it.
final thoughts
That’s really all there is to say about the InnoGear low profile boom arm. It looks and feels modern and sleek. It operates exactly how you would want an arm down close to the surface of the table top to perform. And most important of all, it does all of this smoothly for a low price tag. I really can’t think of a reason why anyone would not be satisfied with this purchase. With the frequency in which I rotate out my microphones for reviewing, just the cable management system here on this arm is enough for me to keep this attached to my desk for a while.
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