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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: voltronic on June 28, 2016, 06:34:04 PM
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I know many here use the Cigar Caddy (http://www.cigarcaddy.com/products_detail.asp?ID=577) cases to store their pencil mics. I have been using one for quite a while, but since my mics are really tiny, I wanted to protect them further from knocking into each other during transport. I almost bought some of the Schoeps twist vials (http://www.reddingaudiostore.com/catalog/item/8157888/8838844.htm) made for CMC bodies, but $6 each plus shipping seemed a bit too high for something so cheap to make.
Instead, I found these tiny versions (http://www.countycomm.com/twistvault.html) for dirt cheap, and they are perfect size to hold the X-Qs (51mm long). I tried using them with the CM3s though (77mm long), and they are just barely too short for the threads to engage. A user on GS recommended McMaster-Carr, and sure enough, they have their own version. See "Adjustable-Length Plastic Tubes" here (http://www.mcmaster.com/#shipping-tubes/=12agw8w). I bought the smallest size of the 0.79" dia tubes (just over 20mm ID), which as you can see hold the CM3s perfectly with room for a silica gel cylinder in there. If you have mics that are more normally-sized, you'd probably want the medium length. The plastic is a different, harder type than the CountyComm versions (which are closer to the type Schoeps uses), but they work the same.
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+T Very cool :)
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Indeed, very cool. Might be overkill but better than damaging your mics. Thank you for including links as well!
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If you know any machinists, ask them to look around the shop.... These are most commonly used to ship and protect end mills. You might get them for free.
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Some of yours look shorter than the 3 1/8" min. at Mcmaster-Carr; are they?
I'm looking for storage for C4 caps and C61 caps.
Thanks for doing the homework,
Dave
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OIC!
Now I see it; didn't notice the link in the post to the "tiny versions".
Sorry
Dave
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A few years back I stumbled upon these cigar carriers and I sent one as a gift to Dr. Helmut Wittek at Schoeps. His reaction (which I'm paraphrasing here) was that they weren't good for long-term use, because of the exact thing that makes them good cigar carriers: They trap air moisture, and prevent drying out of the contents of the case.
Since then I have used the cigar carriers only for transport to and from a recording; I keep all microphones, and especially capsules, in cases that don't seal tightly when closed.
--best regards
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A few years back I stumbled upon these cigar carriers and I sent one as a gift to Dr. Helmut Wittek at Schoeps. His reaction (which I'm paraphrasing here) was that they weren't good for long-term use, because of the exact thing that makes them good cigar carriers: They trap air moisture, and prevent drying out of the contents of the case.
Since then I have used the cigar carriers only for transport to and from a recording; I keep all microphones, and especially capsules, in cases that don't seal tightly when closed.
--best regards
That's a very good put point, but this is exactly why I use silica gel canisters or packets in this case, as you can see in the picture. They would not be effective unless the case sealed tightly.