LogoMike® dimensions & Print Details...

LogoMikes® fit almost every microphone we have ever come across in nearly 50 years of trading (Industry standards such as the popular Shure SM 58, Sennheiser E935 and the HHB FlashMic etc) - but with hundreds of different microphones to chose from,
it is essential for you to check yourself before placing an order. Here are the sizes of our product - will they fit your mic?

The maximum shaft or handle of the microphone should not exceed 44mm wide to allow for the top hole.
The foam insert 'grips' the shaft and can accommodate from 5mm up to 44mm diameter.
If the microphone shaft is less than 10mm dia, let us know and we can send along a foam packing insert at no extra cost.
To use a LogoMike® Cube or LogoMike® Triangle on a Studio mic, just turn the LogoMike® upside down, so the Mic sticks out
of the bottom as opposed to the top.

LogoMikes® Cubes: 65mm (2.5") wide x 57mm (2.25") height and a circular hole at the top 45mm (1.75") dia.
Print area of each side is 54mm wide x 52mm height.

Printing: on all 4 sides of the Cube, the same design on each of the 4 sides.
Or you may have 1 design on 2 sides and a different design on the other opposite 2 sides, additional origination charges would
be charged for the extra design.

LogoMikes® Triangles: 95mm (3.75") wide x 53mm (2") height, circular hole at the top 45mm (1.75") dia.
Print area of each side is 78mm wide x 40mm height. (3 print sides).

Printing: is done on all 3 sides of the Triangle, the same design on each of the 3 sides.
Or you may have 1 design on 2 sides and a different design on the other opposite 2 sides, extra origination charges would apply.
Printing is done on all 3 sides of the Triangle, the same design on each of the 3 sides.
Or you may have extra designs if you wish, additional origination charges would apply for the extra designs.

HiKoy® Windshields.......

HiKoy® Microphone Windshields, fit around 90% of the industry standard ball type dynamic microphones (Shure SM58, Sennheiser E935, HHB FlashMic, etc, etc).

Internal dia. 39mm and outer dimensions 50mm dia x 75mm tall. THIS IS THE ONLY SIZE WE MAKE & SELL.
The Internal 39mm diameter size stated is unexpanded and can be stretched a few millimeters extra for firmer fit.

Our bulk manufacturing process of this one size enables us to produce at hugely competitive prices, selling at less than £1 each, whereas our competitors sells theirs for £7.50 each (Prices are unprinted).

Whilst our own in-house Windshield Printing Dept has no equal. Our print machines are especially made for us to our own unique design technology and we produce faster and at lower cost than anyone else worldwide guaranteed, exporting to broadcasters in over 100 Countries throughout the World.

Most Broadcasters have a range of different sized Microphones and should ensure that the sizes are compatible with their microphones by ordering plain ones, before ordering any specially printed ones.
Windshields can be printed in spot/line colours only - prices as per our Price List page.

Windshield Printing Service (printing on Customers own Windshields)

If you would like us to quote for printing other sizes of Windshields (other than our own internal 39mm dia.), you would need to buy your Windshields direct from the Microphone manufacturer and then send them to us for printing.

If this is of interest, please send us a sample of your Windshield in the first instance so we can see the size and quote for making a precision made die to insert into the windshield for the printing process.

Prices:
1. Master Housing Die approx. £80 to £100 (One off charge payable in advance and retained for future orders).
2. Printing Screen/s of the design are charged at £35.00 per print colour.
3. Printing is then charged at £7.00 per windshield (printed both sides)
4. There is a Minimum print charge of £70 to allow for machine set up time.

Delivery from receipt of order is around 3 to 4 weeks and delivery charged at cost.

Please bear in mind that whilst every care is made in printing your own Windshields, two or three may be spoilt during the print machine set up process.

Do you send out free samples ?
To keep our prices so competitively low, we cannot afford to send out free samples to all the Schools, Colleges,
iPod-Casters, etc - but we'd like to help if you really need to see one!

So here's a great deal.... Order a blank unprinted LogoMike Cube or Triangle on-line and if as a result of that sample you bought, you then go on to place an order for Printed LogoMikes within 14 days, we will produce 1 extra printed one Free of charge with your order - plus you still get to keep the plain sample one too!

A terrific deal that keeps our low prices and rewards genuine buyers / customers.

How long to Despatch from receipt of order ?
Direct Screen Print LogoMikes®, around 14/21 days depending on the number of print colours involved*.

Digitally printed on Polyester Decals are dispatched within 7 days - though check out the 'Fast-Track' service
below if you want a 48 hour turnaround.

* Unlike printing on to paper where the ink is absorbed into the material and dries very quickly, direct printing
on to the surface of plastic dries through oxidization and takes 3 to 4 days for each print colour to cure dry.
Drying cannot be accelerated by heat, it would melt the plastic!

HiKoy® Windshields - take around 3 weeks from receipt of order due to the complex process of printing on to
foam sponge. We can sometimes offer 'Fast-Track' and deliver within 7 working days but as this would involve a minimum of 2 overnight-time shifts, carries a hefty premium of £120 extra.

Can delivery be quicker ?
A soon as an order is received it goes into immediate production and we are governed purely by the time the
ink takes to dry on surface of the plastic (See above). We need one colour to dry before we can print the
next colour otherwise it would smudge.

We do offer a 'Fast-Track' production facility for Digitally printed LogoMikes® - see below.

FAST-TRACK....
We can sometimes (but not always) offer a Fast-Track service and dispatch Digitally Colour printed LogoMikes® with applied decals within 48 hours (weekdays) from receipt of approval and order. This will involve one of our
staff working late into or even through the night and consequently carries a premium of £60.00 extra per order.

This is very much time sensitive and it is essential that we receive your order before 12.00 noon on the day
where we have reserved a production slot for your order.

HiKoy® Windshields - take around 3 weeks from receipt of order due to the complex process of printing on to
foam sponge. We can sometimes offer 'Fast-Track' and deliver within 7 working days but as this would involve a minimum of 2 nigh overtime shifts, carries a premium of £120 extra.

What's the difference between Vector Artwork and Pixel based, full colour halftone artwork ?
LogoMikes®, made from Plastic can only be printed with solid line colours - the Direct Screen Print method.
Where four-colour halftones, tints and tones are required - we digitally print the design on to polyester decals
which are then applied to each side of LogoMikes®.

Pixel based artwork are similar to colour photographs and contain halftones, tints and graduated halftones.
(Pixels is short for Picture Element and made up of small dots). These dots, or pixels fit into the squares of
computer monitors or TV screens - but when you look very close up, you can see the little dots which makes
the edges jagged (known as pixilated). Jpegs, jpg, gif's, bmp's are all pixel based graphics.

Most Graphic Designers do their artwork in a commercial software programs, such as either Adobe Illustrator
or MacroMedia FreeHand which are VECTOR based. However, to be able to open or 'see' the proper vector
artwork you would need to have a copy of the licensed program that created the artwork. If you haven't got
those programs, your designer would give you a JPEG Picture of your artwork, which is of course Pixel based.
In short, it is a picture of your artwork, not the original art.

For optimum print results it is best to provide the Original Vector artwork and not the picture version you may
have been given for viewing purposes. Click/see 'Artwork Advice' on main menu bar.

Artwork supplied in Original Vector Artwork are best Direct Screen Printed.
Artwork supplied as jpegs (or pixel based) artwork would be produced using Digital printed polyester applied decals.
If you do send in Jpegs, remember the higher the resolution, the better the results, ideally a minimum of 300 dpi to ensure optimum print quality.

If you want more than one Free visual / changes to visuals / extra visuals ?
In order to maintain our hugely competitive prices we can only provide one Free visual from your supplied artwork. Visuals take around one to two hours to produce and of course we provide you with the first one free of any
charge and without obligation in the hope it gets us your order.

If we are required to provide you with additional or changed visual/s we would need to make a charge of £25 to
cover the extra time and work involved.

Our 80% more expensive Competitors don't even supply a Free visual - you have to send camera ready artwork
in the first place and pay for any alterations that are required!

See also Artwork Advice where you can even download an artwork template to give to your designer.

Canceling an Order
Especially printed items: Once an order has been received and printing has started it cannot be cancelled.
Unprinted items: Once an order has been dispatched to the delivery address stated by the customer it cannot be cancelled or returned.