LogoMike® dimensions...

LogoMikes® fit every microphone we have ever come across in nearly 50 years of trading ( Industry standards such as the
most popular Shure SM 58, Beyer M58, Electro-Voice RE50, EV 635A, Sennheiser E935 and the HHB FlashMic. etc, etc ) -
but with 100's of different microphones to chose from there may be one we have'nt come acoss as yet - so
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 size of the microphone should not exceed 44mm wide to allow for the top hole.

See also FAQ 05 to obtain a sample.

To use a LogoMike® Cube or LogoMike® Triangle on a downwarding hanging Studio microphone, just turn the LogoMike®
upside down, so the Mic sticks out of the bottom as opposed to the top, when hand held upwards by a presenter.

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 opposite sides (sides 1 & 3) and a different design on the other 2 sides (sides 2 & 4), 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 normally 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.

See also 'ARTWORK' on menu above and download a free Designer layout template.

HiKoy® Windshields with 'micro-pore' acoustic foam sponge, the best premium quality available.

HiKoy® Microphone Windshields, fit around 95% of the most popular, industry size standard ball type dynamic
Microphones such as the Shure SM58, Sennheiser E935, HHB FlashMic, etc, etc.

Internal dia. core 35 -39mm and outer dimensions 50mm dia x 75mm tall.

This is the ONLY size that we make and sell.

By concentrating ONLY on the world’s most popular Mic size, our bulk manufacturing process on this one size enables us to produce at prices no one else can match, selling at less than £1 each, whereas some competitors
sells theirs for up to £15 each (HHB FlashMic).

Print limitations. Printing on to a three dimensional, circular, open-pore foam sponge is highly specialised.
Very small letters and fine elements cannot be produced because of the holes in the surface of the sponge
and we may need to print a panel or surrounding outline to 'bridge across' the holes in the sponge to prevent
any fine elements disappearing down the holes.

Horizontal alignment can also deviate sometimes to a slight degree as the foam stretches during the printing
process. This can be corrected if ever necessary when re-stretching the windshield on to the Microphone.

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, exporting to broadcasters in over 100 Countries. We are the only company in the World who can even print in full halftone
colour on to HiKoy Microphone Windshields!.

Most Broadcasters have a range of different sized Microphones and should ensure that our ONE AND ONLY size are compatible with their microphones by ordering plain ones, before ordering any specially printed ones.

Do you send out free samples ?

No. If you want samples, especially to see cube colours before ordering - order plain ones first from our website.

If as a result of buying a sample one, you then go on to place an order for printed ones within 14 days, we will produce 1 extra printed one Free of charge with your order - plus you also get to keep the plain sample one too.

For obvious reasons (security) we cannot send out printed samples we have done for other broadcasters.

How long to Despatch from receipt of order ?

Direct Surface Print LogoMikes®, around 10/21 days depending on the number of colours involved*.

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

* Unlike printing on to paper where the ink is absorbed into the material and dries very quickly, we use hard
wearing, chip resistant Vinyl paint direct on to the surface of plastic, which dries through atmospheric oxidization
and takes 3 to 4 days for each paint colour to cure dry. Drying cannot be accelerated by heat, it would crack
the vinyl paint surface and melt the plastic!

HiKoy® Windshields - take around 2 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 three overnight workings which would carry a substantial premium.

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
paint takes to dry on surface of the plastic (See above). We need one colour to dry before we can apply 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 24 or 48 hours (weekdays) from receipt of approval and order.
This will involve either over-time or through the night working and therefore carries a premium.

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 2 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 three overnight workings which would carry a substantial premium.

What's the difference between Vector Artwork and Pixel based 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 and 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 and not low quality 72 dpi which are designed for 'fast download web browsing' and
are not high enough quality for commercial print output.

About the FREE Visuals we offer....

We will produce one FREE visual proof to examine for all bona-fide / recognised Radio & TV broadcasters who send in suitable artwork - free of charge and without any obligation.

With each visual taking on average an hour to produce, we need to try and ensure that our time is spent productively and that there is a likelihood of us receiving an order as a result of our time otherwise we would be unable to maintain our hugely competitive prices for genuine buyers.

If we have not been able to ascertain your Station is listed in various trade references, such as the 'Global Radio Frequency Guide or TV & Radio Broadcasters Year Book' we may decide to ask you to pay for the Visual, which
would be creditted if you send us an order as a result of that visual. This is a deterent to prevent all the 'Freebie' time-wasters who surf the internet and have no intentions of placing an order - but rewards the genuine buyer
who makes a serious enquiry.

If you want more than one Visual / changes to visuals / extra visuals....

If we are required to provide you with additional or changed visual once we have supplied you with a FREE one, we may need to make a charge of £25 to cover the extra time and work involved.

Again, this ensures that our resources of time are spent productively for the benefit of genuine buyers, maintaining our competitive prices.

Our 80% more expensive Competitors don't even supply a Free visual - you have to pay for the whole order in advance and send camera ready artwork before you even see a visual proof!

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

Payment Terms

In order to maintain our hugely competitive web base price, all orders must be prepaid either by Debit Card, Credit Card / Pay Pal Bank Transfer or Cheque and orders placed on-line for automated processing.
Details appear on our order form that accompanies your Free Visual.

This payment methods allows us to accept over 24 different currencies (you can pay in almost any major currency) and enables us to export to over 100 different Countries worldwide without having to incur additional bank charges for currency conversion or allow for fluctuations in currency rates from the date of order to the date of payment.

We are unable to offer Credit Account facilities as maintaining a sales account ledger in all those currencies with daily fluctuating currency rates would simply not be possible.

Un-printed (plain) goods can be ordered securely on-line or by telephone for one of our distributors (see 'plain
logomike page' on top menu bar).

If you are unable to order on-line for automated processing and invoice gernation, prices woul subject to 10% extra to cover manual processing and handling.

Canceling an Order...

Especially printed items: Once an order has been received and printing has started it cannot be cancelled.

Terms & Conditions....

LogoMike® is the Registered make of Microphone Advertising Flags, made exclusively by Hardisty Rolls & Co.
HiKoy® is the Registered make of Microphone Windshields, made exclusively by Hardisty Rolls & Co.

The terms and conditions of business are as printed above and come under the jurisdiction of English Law.

Data Protection Act 1998. Other than purposes incidental to each transaction, we do not sell, loan, give or in any other way divulge customers details for any other purpose.

Financial Services Act: Other than purposes incidental to each transaction, we do not retain, store or keep any
financial information including any credit or debit card numbers on our systems.