It charges well. Would never trust them to hold a bike mount. I was hoping that it would be better than the laptop internal microphone, but at least it isnt as terrible as it was when I first tried it. I have not identified with certainty what exactly is causing that, but it happens. This was what I expected. Not sure if its manufacture defect. For a cheap microphone its worth the wait easy to build and audio quality is amazing but try not to pull the power cord out too hard cus its possible that u can take out the wire that connects the power box to the mother board for the mic to work but if yk how to take the microphone apart youll be able to plug it back into the mother board I was such a fan. I work in customer service and stand on my feet for my entire shift. As it professes - long battery life.