Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this to do podcasting and it is a fantastic mic but as a condenser mic is insanely sensitive. It hears things I can't hear. I don't have a sound isolated space and it picked up the cat drinking water 15 feet away, the low hum of the heat pump on the roof, every sound my clothing made when I moved, even scratching my face. I am returning it for that reason. Don't buy the Rode unless you have a very controlled sound space to record. EDIT: I previously said here I was getting the MXL BCD-1 dynamic mic instead, which I'd read is used in some radio stations, and I did, but it's also very sensitive. So far the best choice from my home recording that I've found is the Audio-Technica ATR2100 dynamic mic which has good sound and leaves out the background noise, has USB and XLR connections, and it's more affordable.