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.
+T Very cool :)
Indeed, very cool. Might be overkill but better than damaging your mics. Thank you for including links as well!
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.
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
OIC!
Now I see it; didn't notice the link in the post to the "tiny versions".
Sorry
Dave
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
Quote from: DSatz on August 18, 2016, 10:46:21 PM
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.