NEW X3 Accessory To Reduce Wind Noise

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[@kymmoulds]

Thanks for the review. It is great that you don't pull your shots and tell it like it is. I was going to purchase3 a set of these for my 360X3 specifically for my trike tour business but now I will give them a miss as they don't work. Oh, and as always with your posts a BIG thumbs up. Keep em' coming.

[@EatSleep360]

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[@Kreigmstr]

Did you do any testing with the wind muff on all four mics? Hard to tell from the video if all 4 mics are covered. :)

[@hollowhelmet13]

Thank you , you saved me money and time

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[@gaetanproductions]

thanks for sharing your deception ! saved me some money !

[@jedempleo5833]

Thank you for the review. My X3 is externally mounted on my car and I know the wind is always a factor. Guess the foam muffs won't do jack when I'm driving over 65mph.

[@EatSleep360]

Not a chance - you are better to make your own with fluffier material

[@notallwhowanderarelost4797]

KZbin just put this in my feed now, two hours after I ordered a bunch of accessories for my new X3, which WOULD have included the earmuffs if they weren’t out of stock 😆 Love your videos, btw

[@EatSleep360]

Thanks for the comment, much appreciated

[@MooSurfer]

SO disappointing!! I literally just took delivery of my X4 today and my X4 wind muffs. PAH! This is so I can speak to my viewers whilst hanggliding - which inherently has wind. I haven't even turned it on yet, but I can see I'm going to have to invest in a microphone 😞. Thanks for the review - very helpful.

[@SteelDoesMyWill]

I can tell you the Wind Noise Reduction on the One X2 was superior to the X3. I fly Hang-gliders and I have a video where another pilot called me from his cell phone (in the air mind you) and I answered the call on my Apple Watch. With little wind noise you could clearly hear me speaking but more impressive was that you could clearly hear my friend's voice coming through the Apple Watch (FYI 360 cam was on a 1 meter carbon boom from the glider control frame, so about half meter in front and above me). Anyway, that was the One X2 which I cracked up a bit on a hard landing in Mexico. So now I've been flying with a One X3 since April and even with the wind noise reduction feature on I'm getting unacceptable wind noise. I don't know if's a firmware thing or what but I think I'm just going to try some black gaffer tape over the mics and see how it goes.

[@Jorge.1419]

I have the same annoying noise while riding my motorbike It's awful

[@wehatethecold]

How did the gaffer tape go?

[@SteelDoesMyWill]

@@wehatethecoldI haven’t tried it yet. I actually purchased another One X2 during the New Years sale.

[@Avanti12]

Love your honesty 👏 👏

[@cversion7]

On the product page, they seem to market toward a motorcycle rider. But you didn’t test it at motorcycle riding speeds. I was looking at this specifically for bicycle riding (10-30mph) and this video did not help me in making a decision there. Likely, I still wouldn’t need it. If this one location were the main or only location shot at, I could see this definitely not being viable for improving wind noise issues. I love the quality of the video and comparisons of the audio. I just wish you had/were able to test in more situations (and I know that bears cost). Many thanks for being direct and to the point!

[@HoneyandMe]

I like an honest review! Thanks!

[@Sparky_D]

Years ago when i used a Contour action camera i make my own wind block with some really light weight fluffy padding stuff. It worked really well. Then i found a product by a company "wind cutter" which was excellent, but i don't think they are in business anymore

[@TiagoWolf]

Nice work Rich! I do believe these mufflers have different results regarding how we hold the camera/ rotate the lens against the wind / riding out

[@EatSleep360]

Yes I’m sure it does make some difference - for the fan test in the video the wind was hitting the camera lens which seemed to help a bit with low wind speeds. At the common though the wind blows in every direction so much harder to control. 👍

[@rogerhearn5243]

Bought these a few days ago. They cut the wind noise a little but not enough.

[@taclow123]

Hi Rich, can you try another video but instead of just using those, add on each one of the muffs (either cut or full) foam covers and/or fur covers for lapel type mics?

[@Ro6entX]

Yeah another boo is most if not all, protective cases for the X3 leave no room for wind muffs. Maybe if someone modified it but out of the box, nope.

[@3ATTR1X]

I think it still needs to be a mini-deadcat that is flush against the camera, not sitting on top of the valcrostirp. I am still looking for a solution.

[@Jcool721]

Hi, these muffs work great in POV like in chest mount. Not good in selfie stick.

[@EatSleep360]

Yes the chest would help as a wind blocker as well - thanks for the comment

[@h34p]

so.. which one to buy now?

[@ltcbio1]

So not only do they not work, the made them backwards! I found that the "hook" part interferes with the rubber lens hood. They should have made the part that attached to the mike the "loop" part making putting on, and taking off the lens guard easier....

[@EatSleep360]

Yeah It’s another accessory that wasn’t tested properly before release

[@kj8225]

When I proposed Wind Muff at the end of March, it was for X2/X3 or new X4. I shared the proto type picture of Wind Muff, results of front/rear sound removal and frequency/volume analysis too. But sales team is selling the product without knowing how it works, And tech team is doing nothing against false ads.

[@EatSleep360]

This happens a lot where products aren’t properly tested - you are best to share any advice on their facebook community page as they won’t see it here.

[@kj8225]

@@EatSleep360 Thanks for the advice. Today, I shared the above video with the HK tech team, So they will take your opinion into consideration too.

[@kj8225]

@@EatSleep360 I got an absurd reply like below.(summary) "Stereo recording uses only 2 mics, left/right. Sorry for incorrect replying in the past that 4 mics are used and it's not compatible. Thanks and we'll give you one battery as a gift."

[@kj8225]

The prototype I made is 2~3 times larger than the released product. It is adhered with acrylic foam double-sided tape without Velcro. It reduces wind noise about 30% in winds of 2m/s. When attached, the volume reduction is about 3%. I used X2 and Audacity in my experiments.

[@kj8225]

The reason why muting the front/rear mics is necessary is that low-frequency amplification occurs when the lens guard covers the mic hole. Of course, this is also necessary for stereo recording to work properly.

[@DFWMoose]

C’mon for $8.99 and sold out they have to be worth it! 😂😂😂 Thx. Great review. Must of been tough to admit they didn’t do well.

[@EatSleep360]

😂 very true - thanks for the comment

[@Orlando360]

The Velcro probably lets more wind in than the foam. They almost should have tried to make a "headband" style of muffs, with a soft-seal edge around the mic opening.

[@EatSleep360]

There’s enough room in the stitchline to make it fluffier as well

[@Orlando360]

@@EatSleep360 I took a microfiber cleaning cloth and made a slip on cover/cleaning cloth, for the X3. It is protective as well not as tight as the stock case or the silicon cover. The Velcro would have been a no-go for me. Sliding anything over a lens is risky.

[@eBoard3R]

😮🤙🏼🤙🏼 *Would have been good to see this work, as a solution like this can be applied to older insta360s too!!* Such a shame

[@Sparky_D]

It's a generic product that would fit any small microphone. It will be fine on older cameras, but you can make your own that works even better

[@eBoard3R]

@@Sparky_D My comment isnt about what devices it attaches too, I am simply sayin it would have been nice if it works, if you watch the video you will see it doesnt reduce wind noise

[@Sparky_D]

@@eBoard3R sorry, I misread. You can get universal ones that do actually work. I have one I bought years ago

[@EatSleep360]

Yeah it’s such a simple product and could have been used with any action camera - I don’t think it was tested properly and certainly not on a motorbike

[@eBoard3R]

@@Sparky_D again, I am talkin about This product in This review, not other items, good luck and take care

[@ravensoutdoor]

So not to be "that guy" but there is a 3rd mic on the X3 between the function buttons on the front. If you put a muff on this it will interfere with the 360 camera, perhaps why Insta360 don't sell a third one it the set. however why not tape over this mic and see if the muffs make a difference? The amount of noise coming through that foam sounds a bit "off" to me? The pitch and everything just sound like naked wind, perhaps through the front mic? Or I may be missing something?

[@EatSleep360]

With the wind shields you have to use stereo mode so im assuming this uses left and right mic opposed to direction focus which uses all mics for Spatial Audio. It’s a good point though, thanks for the comment.

[@bDekaru]

I have been using a DIY version of this for a while, and it does work great for me while cycling. I wonder why the official one isn't working as well as my DIY version. Maybe the type of foam or maybe the velcro is allowing the wind to pass by? Here's an example of how my audio sounds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJLLdaVnqqdqhM0

[@EatSleep360]

It must depend so much on wind speed, direction and surroundings as well

[@41teeth]

Would you mind sharing your DIY? Your vid sounded good

[@djmydlack]

Yes, play do share your windscreen design! Thank you!

[@MishtiZindagi]

Thank you for confirming my desire to not buy these. My first thought was that these would not work with the case or lense cover and I was skeptical of what they would do in any wind conditions. Now I _know_ to not waste money on these.

[@Planet-ICELAND]

"€ 11.99 Temporarily out of stock Insta360 X3 Mic Wind Muff". They should ship this MUST item with every camera

[@ZxZx-bf7iz]

Thank you for honest review but on a bike these are useless

[@EatSleep360]

Totally agree

[@user-tj8fr6pu3s]

The X3 has 4 mics. I don't understand why they send 2 muffs only. Maybe the wind noise is still coming through the 2 other mics.

[@EatSleep360]

They suggest using stereo mode so I assume that stereo mode isolates the two mics on the side only

[@lenimbery7038]

Darn!...I just got these in the mail and only then did I find your review....Have you found anything since that works?

[@lenimbery7038]

They actually do work better than in your test. I just did a recording with a lot of wind recording a brass band Is it possible that you have all the mics active rather than just the two stereo mics?

[@hellsguenni]

Question: the Insta360 has 3 different audio modes and 4 microphones. So I am just curious if the recording mode can be setup to use only the two mics on the side - else it makes no sense to use the adhesive muffs. Found nothing in the manual - did you try playing around with the audio recording setup? However, thanks for the review 👍

[@EatSleep360]

In the manual it says to use stereo mode with these wind muffs - so I assume that mode only uses the mics on the side. It’s hard to tell as everything gets compressed into one track. Good point though and sorry I can’t answer it more clearly.

[@hellsguenni]

@@EatSleep360 Hi, I did a little exercise with the audio setup on a motorbike today: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4qXdZWvpa91hqc I used isolating tape for the stereo mics on the side - result is not too bad in combination with internal wind noise reduction

[@Xavier_Bo]

Hey Rich, was the built-in "Wind noise reduction" on or off when testing with and without the Mic Wind Muff ? Cheers

[@EatSleep360]

I went by Insta360s instruction manual which said to leave it in stereo mode. I don’t like the wind reduction filter as it always sounds over processed. Although the wind filter without the wind muff would probably have done a better job.

[@mianpiru]

Buen review, lastima no lo vi antes de comprar esas espumas que no sirvieron para nada jajajaja perdí los 10 dólares que cuestan las espumas

[@Bikepacking]

I just seen you had 2 mic muffins on it but it has 4 mic

[@EatSleep360]

You have to select stereo mode when you use it so that must inly use the mics on the side - but the results would suggest otherwise

[@Bikepacking]

@@EatSleep360 have you tired it with 4 mic muffs yet just waiting for my mic muffs to arrived wish i seen your video before i order lol

[@ZolikaSabo]

What bummer! Great idea, but... It's not working. For how much they are going to sell them? Can anyone help me? Where I can buy used 360 mod for one R or RS?

[@EatSleep360]

I think they sell for $8.99 - your best bet for used 360 mod is eBay

[@Jorge.1419]

I tested today my x3 riding on my motorbike and the result is awful. I bought the camera for riding so you can imagine my frustration now

[@kj8225]

저는 3월 말에 Wind Muff를 Insta360에 직접 제안한 사람입니다. 제가 번역 내용을 복사 붙이기 하면 유튜브가 계속 자동삭제를 해서 애먹고 있습니다. 제가 내용 수정을 하면 계속 삭제되므로 여러 개의 댓글로 달아 보겠습니다.

[@Dnevnik_d.Fedora.]

I'm from Russia. Thank you for this video. It's good that I watched it. otherwise, I would have bought this shit. You saved my money.

[@Sir-Kay]

Too late, I ordered it already, money flushed down the toilet.

[@ahmad-kh6gh]

God bless you bro❤

[@mumblesbadly7708]

Wish I’d watched this before wasting $15+tax on those windmuffs. 😠