999% of the time. It also works well for recording loud guitar amps. I ended up trying the bigger tips from the original one and they seems to stick much better now. Overall, a great buy and lovely shoes 😊 It was a struggle to determine just how much to spend on a mic for our start-up podcast. These help block out a lot of sound, but there’s definitely no active noise canceling, so don’t be confused. Glad I gave it another chance because I love this style! We maybe used each one about 6 times since we bought them in January 2017. If you go to return this item it goes to China. Definitely get what you pay for and I think it’s a fairly good product considering the price.