Thanks Steve (I applaud your cats and pangolins!). Although I love birds (and tried to rescue a beautiful dying song thrush a few weeks ago) I am actually curious from a music recording point of view, as I have the micW i436, and always wanted to try the slightly larger i266. I can't really tell if the Rode Videomicro or similar are much of an improvement. I just like to have an ultra-small mic I can keep unobtrusively and permanently in my laptop case to record usable vocals on the fly, even when I havent brought my proper mic/audio interface paraphernalia. Also, these 3.5mm TRRS mics still work via USB with a small adaptor.I suspect the majority of phones don't have a headphone socket these days - I know mine doesn't - which will reduce the options.