AKG H2 Croco Clip for MicroLite Lavalier Microphones White 5-Pack

AKG H2 Croco Clip White 5-Pack: The Clip That Holds the Microphone

The AKG H2 croco clip is a sprung crocodile-jaw mounting clip for MicroLite series miniature microphones, supplied here as a pack of five in white. Its defining characteristic is stated plainly by the manufacturer: instead of holding the microphone on its delicate cable, each clip connects to the housing, ensuring a tight hold as well as protecting the cable from breaking. That single design decision is what separates it from the cable clip in the same accessory family, and it applies across the whole MicroLite range, covering the LC81 MD and LC82 MD lavaliers, the EC81 MD and EC82 MD ear-hooks and the HC81 MD and HC82 MD head-worn microphones. Order code 6500H00400 identifies the white pack, while the black pack is 6500H00390. It is a small part that decides how long a very small microphone survives.

Gripping the Housing Rather Than the Cable

Mechanical strain is what actually ends the life of a miniature microphone, and where a clip takes hold decides how much of it reaches the vulnerable part. A MicroLite cable is deliberately thin so it disappears against clothing, which means its conductors are correspondingly fine and a clip that pinches the cable puts every tug, turn and costume change directly into a bend that flexes in the same spot until a conductor fractures; grasping the rigid housing instead means the clip and the microphone move as one piece and the cable simply hangs behind, taking no load. Sound quality benefits as a side effect too, because a housing held firmly in a jaw cannot rotate away from the mouth between scenes, so the working distance and the tonal balance stay where a sound designer set them. Theatre sound departments, broadcast dressers and conference technicians all learn this distinction the hard way once, and then order the right clip forever.

What a Crocodile Jaw Will Attach To

Sprung jaws are the practical part of the design, and they close onto fabric without any fixing, screw or pin being introduced into the garment. A crocodile or alligator jaw uses two toothed halves under spring tension, which grips a surprising range of thicknesses, so the same clip will hold a suit lapel, a shirt placket, a collar, a costume seam, a tie or a strap without slipping, and it releases in a second when the performer changes. Not piercing the fabric matters more than it sounds, because costume departments frequently forbid pins in hired or period garments, and a clip that leaves no mark is the difference between being allowed to mic a costume and having to find another position. Corporate audio-visual kits handed between presenters benefit from the same property, since nobody has to be talked through a mounting procedure before they speak.

Five Clips, One Series, and Who Orders Them

Five clips arrive in each pack, which reflects how these parts are actually consumed rather than how a single microphone is sold. Small clips disappear from a production kit faster than any other component, being left on costumes, dropped into seat wells and swept up after a strike, so productions and rental inventories buy them in multiples and keep spares in the case; a five-pack also dresses a whole panel of speakers or a small cast in one order. Compatibility is straightforward because the clip is common to the MicroLite range, so a venue running lavaliers, ear-hooks and head-worn microphones side by side stocks a single clip part number rather than three. Theatre productions, broadcast and conference operations, costume departments, houses of worship with a rotating roster of speakers and corporate audio-visual teams are the usual buyers, generally ordering the white pack for light clothing and the black one for dark.