These pencil mics are unbelievably good sounding for this price point. They weigh up against oktavas easily, even though they have slightly different character to them (and are a bit different in size). If you have any spare cash and would need some condensers e.g. for getting more color on your cab, micing your hi hat, or room micing, i seriously recommend these. I doubt they can withstand too much tossing around at this price point, so even though they come in a plastic foamed case, i wouldn't really want to move them around too much. Currently, i have it set as hi hat mic, and probably won't move it from its shock mount until i for some reason change it with some other mic. The only thing which was a bit flimsy was the shock mount, very plasticy and cheap and soft tightening mechanism, but once again once i have it set up i probably wont move it again. If you do need to move this mic around, id suggest getting another better quality shock mount.