I bought this el-cheapo (is it Spanish?) microphone for my $3,000 Panasonic Video camera and it hugely outperforms the one that comes as standard equipment on that camera. The dead-cat is a great bonus although it's not 100% perfect at kiilling all the wind-noise. In summary, why would you not buy one of these microphones -- for the price you've got nothing to lose and it sounds exactly the same as my R0de which cost significantly more.