For people who can't have access to the link up above (due to location), what is important that it's 30 PPI and that it's polyester. Polyester is what is water-repellant. Hakan says " the foam used for this purpose is hydrophobic" And yes, polyester is hydrophobic :P The thickness is important too, ie. 0.78. So try to get close to that as well.

@timoheinrich8763

11 ай бұрын

What does PPI stand for? I assume it's not Producer Price Index like Google says^^ Thank you!

@timoheinrich8763

11 ай бұрын

Sorry, think I got it. Should be Particles Per Inch or something along those lines, right?

@Dracomies

11 ай бұрын

@@timoheinrich8763 I think it's Pores Per Inch for pond filters.

@shotbyarian

6 ай бұрын

i can only find 25ppi and 35ppi in europe

I just found this video after I ordered a aquarium sponge and some materials to build myself this type of popfilter. I found it funny that I was not the only one with this idea.

Fifteen minutes ago, I saw Voiceover Village very convincingly prove Hakan is the best, I put one in my B&H cart, cause I'm no dummy, then I thought "let's just see if there's any other comparisons... A hundred bucks is a lot!" and I found this feckin genius. I didn't have to watch the video to know what you were gonna say, because I have a pond, and have been in the aquarium hobby for decades, but watch it I did, and GOOOOOOLLLLLL DANG if it ain't 100% a pond filter. Why isn't anyone selling knockoffs? (Why aren't I?) (Sorry, B&H. Don't worry. You'll get more of my money soon for something else!)

@Dracomies

Жыл бұрын

Ooh I knew Voiceover Assassin made one but wasn't aware that Voiceover Village made one. Now I gotta go watch his vid! :D

"MIC ENGINEERS HATE HIM BECAUSE OF THIS ONE SIMPLE TRICK!"

@thatraymond

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!

It took me 3 minutes to look up the best pop filter and everyone say it’s the expensive one. And then me realize it’s reticulated foam for pond and fish tank filters. Thanks for confirming it! Now I know how I’ll be saving some money haha 💪🏻

@Dracomies

Жыл бұрын

There's always loopholes in life! :D You're going to love it!! :D

Can confirm it sounds beautiful. I unscrewed the pf80 pop filter from its gooseneck, bent a black metal hangar to the exact dimensions of my c414 xlii microphone and cut a small portion off the pond filter. Thanks for the video. Now I have my own perfect, custom pop filter with more fidelity than a fabric or metal filter! 👌

Ever since I saw the original Hakan pop filter on youtube reviews, I was convinced that, somewhere, I had seen the same filter material being used for something else. I had planned to visit commercial stores in search of such material as $99 seemed a little bit overpriced for the pop filter, in my opinion. Thank you Dracomies for the info. I'm ordering these filters online to make my own pop filters. According to most reviewers, the Hakan-type pop filters are some of the most efficient for blocking plosives on microphones. For the $6 I will be spending for the 6 pack of filters, if nothing more, I will conducting a very cheap experiment with plenty of potential for success. Keep providing great content Dracomies.

@Dracomies

10 ай бұрын

Yeah these are awesome!! The debate will always be around whether these are the same. But what i can promise you is that pond filters are better pop filters than anything you will buy, including Stedman. They are seriously all you need and have transparent sound :P

This solves the material part, now just gotta figure out how to affordably mount it with an arm sturdy enough that it doesnt fall

I was curious about getting material I could cut to whatever dimensions I want and I guess the algorithm came through for me for once. Genius.

Pro tip: The filters arrive vacuum-packed. Soak them for 15 minutes so that they swell up to their original size and shape. Dry them out, THEN cut to fit.

This is the video we all needed. God bless 🙏🏼 Just saved me a shit ton of cash 👌🏼

Dude, you're amazing. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with all of us.

This sir is why I subscribed!!!

Another tip for making these, buy a cheap 'foam cutter' off ebay (they start very cheap... essentially just a hot wire). Use a pin placed in the center & rotate to get a perfect circular cut!

@JC-fj7oo

Жыл бұрын

Even easier, just take a progresso soup can cut both ends off get it hot with a torch or on the stove or a fire of some kind (be careful) and just melt a perfect circle. You could also just push the can down on the foam and just cut around it with a box knife.

You are suddenly my hero.

wowza! nice discovery.

U r so creative ❤

Thanks for the video :) Amazing

wth😂so amazing bro!!

Very nice.. ❤

Congrats on beating me in releasing this video. Good job buddy.

@Dracomies

2 жыл бұрын

I was super hesitant on doing the video in the past because most of the pond filters I got were either too thick or too thin. I must have tinkered with quite a few batches. The ones I linked in that Amazon link were the first batch ever where it's practically identical imo -- that one in the link had the exact same texture, the exact same color, the exact same granular detail and almost the exact same thickness. They're imo made from the same factory - or a sister company - and that one is it. But what I notice about these pond filter companies, they disappear on Amazon after a while. All the other ones I bought, it shows I bought them on Amazon but they are no longer on Amazon. But this is the one that is the one imo - it's for damn sure a pond filter for sure.

@libertyDude1775

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dracomies 100% agree. We have been comparing filters for years too. We even shot a video to upload. But due to COPA changes KZread made, my nephew in the recording was only eleven at the time, we held off on releasing it. I have been leaving links in discord servers. But as you say, for what ever reason, the darn sellers stop selling them, haha. When I look toward the pile of these filters I have accumulated, I have to wonder where I lost my mind to keep going. But this type of stuff is fun to me. So I guess it is my kind of crazy.

@Dracomies

2 жыл бұрын

@@libertyDude1775 OMG this is so true! And I'm not going crazy, those sellers literally disappear!! The prices change and fluctuate a bit too.

yes, it is the same. Like many things industrial products get repurrposed for big money. The audiophile market is my favorite for this.

I'm a bit late, awesome mod thanks!

I would have loved to see whether a recording from your speakers with the two sponges in front of the mic would null completely!

This is actually amazing, hahaha.

Don't forget also.......you don't even need a frame......its self supporting so just stick it on a single piece of wire. No need to make a frame.

So, you’re buying the gooseneck.

Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! THANK YOU!!!!!

That's funny, as soon as I saw one of those I thought isn't that just a scrub daddy? Or one of those foam inserts for roof gutters? Apparently also pond filters.. good call. You can also just leave it square, and get a gooseneck with one of those pinchy spring clips on the end and just clip it right in.

@Dracomies

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely not a scrub daddy because those are a bit more thick and weigh more. I actually literally weighed different variants - but they most definitely are pond filters. The maker never mentions they invented the material, they mention they 'discovered' them. But get something about 30 ppi and about an inch in thickness and you're golden.

@JC-fj7oo

Жыл бұрын

@@Dracomies I bought the ones in your link. I'm not going to need six pop filters though, so I am going to see if they do it a good job scrubbing dishes lol

@Dracomies

Жыл бұрын

@@JC-fj7oo Oh for scrubbing dishes, definitely use something else. May I recommend the Ocedar sponges, those are bomb diggity.

@JC-fj7oo

Жыл бұрын

@@Dracomies still woth a shot, I also saw the same material being advertised as a pet hair remover for clothing. Definitely going to try that.

I had that idea too, but was disappointed. The cells of the aquarium filter weren't all open (there were thin films of plastic between some of the "threads" of the cell -- imagine if some of the holes in a spider web were filled by a thin film, that's about that), which is probably perfectly fine for an aquarium filter, but no way it doesn't affect the sound. Of course, the aquarium filter you bought may be different, but compare it to the Haken, with light shining through. Do you see the same thing I saw in the aquarium filter I bought?

Did you have to rinse and put it in the dryer or wait 24 hours or so for it to expand on its own?

@Dracomies

8 күн бұрын

I didn't do that. Just used it straight out the box. It expands on its own.

I wish I could find a holder for this cause I want to make my own pop filter but I don’t have a stand or anything

@Dracomies

2 жыл бұрын

You can use a Dragonpad. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e22jla1_g6nIgto.html

@JC-fj7oo

Жыл бұрын

You can also use any sort of clip on a stick, or mic clip on a boom or just jam a couple of bamboo skewers through it and hand hold it. It's just blocking hair, doesn't have to be sturdy

you just saved me $90!

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

Nice!! You can hear it action right here too if you were curious: kzread.infon0sCpUWHyyU

Show how you would mount it without the Hakan bracket.

@Dracomies

Жыл бұрын

You can get any pop filter and gut it out and put it in. There's a video where I show how you can do it with a Dragonpad. There's also another Hakan ripoff you can buy too. I have a vid on that as well.

oh my ......!!!!!!!

u are a genius, holy shit! Now i can finally build my own model of popfilter with quadratic form, i was thinking about that in a yeaaaaaars. Thank you, brother.

@Dracomies

Жыл бұрын

Sure thing!! :D

👏

Great, thank you!

Neat! Can you make a clown nose out of this? I wonder if it can be effective in that format.

@Dracomies

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure but I don't see why not. I was thinking of adding something like this to the SM7B filters to further remove plosives. By the way, I found this out today but here's a great holder for the filter too! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HTIQD5G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1. And how it looks: imgur.com/b0XMeKw

@cassiothird

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dracomies That's really nice. It almost looks professional. I'll see if I can find similar filters in aliexpress (I'm not in the US) to build something similar.

LOL!!! I JUST said the same thing. It's absolutely no different than Aquarium Sponge Foam and the VERY Amazon ad that you showed is the very one that I'm ordering. Because it's only 20mm / .78" inch thick; just like the Hakan filter. I was thinking about getting the 1" thick one, but didn't desire to add more thickness than what was needed. So I'm going to stick with this. One thing I will say Hakan was DEFINITELY onto something with using this filter, because I just spoke with the main US distributor here in the states (Trans Audio Group, Las Vegas, NV), and the rep told me that using the Hakan OVER the Stedman is better, because there is no resonance, because the Stedman is made of steel and the Hakan is made of Open Cell Foam (Aquarium Foam). It was actually tested and proven that Aquarium Foam - Oops, I mean the Hakan Foam maximizes pop protection and minimizes coloration. Making it the most neutral and most effective pop filters out there. Amazing that they're price gouging foam to this degree. Thanks again for this vid that I would've have done myself to expose this company.

Oh...my...Gaahhhh

Bio fitler...? 😋

Can you insert it in an embroidery hoop? Also, Podcastage's gonna hate you for this. 😆👍

@Dracomies

Жыл бұрын

Nah he doesn't hate. He's all for it. It's pinned on his Discord channel :P. I don't know about the embroidery hoop but you can take any pop filter and remove the mesh and put this in it. Just makes sure it's a smidgen larger than the hole

@theiammike123

Жыл бұрын

@@Dracomies oh that's cool of podcastage. Nice to know that.

@theiammike123

Жыл бұрын

@@Dracomies Just bought a pack of pond filter for just under 2 bucks. Not like yours, but similar. After comparing it against nylon pop filter in plosives, fan winds, and hard prolonged "S" sounds... Hand on my heart, I wished I knew this pond filter idea years ago. 🤯

Okay. 1) Your camerawork needs improvement. Badly. If you have slow autofocus then at least invest some points into basic patience. 2) Warn before you do such aggressive unmoderated plosive tests. That sudden earrape was really un-nice.

Bought it will let you know how it goes in a couple days 🫡

@McQCLAN

Жыл бұрын

So? How'd it go???