Rode WS9 Furry Windshield (Orange) for VideoMicro & VideoMic Me Series

Rode WS9 (Orange): Kill Wind Noise and Never Lose Your Windshield

The Rode WS9 in orange is a deluxe furry windshield for the VideoMicro and VideoMic Me series, made from an open-cell foam core wrapped in acoustically transparent synthetic fur. The moment you step outside, moving air across a bare capsule turns into a low, roaring rumble that buries dialogue and can sink an otherwise perfect take. The WS9 slips over the microphone and breaks up that air before it reaches the diaphragm, keeping your audio clean. In high-visibility orange, it also solves a smaller but real annoyance: a tiny black windshield is the easiest thing on set to misplace, and this one is impossible to miss.

How a Furry Windshield Actually Stops Wind Noise

Wind noise is turbulence, not sound. When air moves across the microphone diaphragm directly, it creates pressure changes the mic captures as a loud, low-frequency roar that overwhelms your real signal. The WS9 long synthetic fur forces that moving air to break into small, slow eddies within the pile before it can reach the capsule, sharply reducing the pressure buildup that becomes rumble. Beneath the fur, an open-cell foam layer diffuses air a second time and tames plosives, the puffs of air from hard consonants at close range. Crucially, the fur is acoustically transparent, so the sound you actually want passes through with only a slight, natural softening of the very highest frequencies. You shed the wind, not the intelligibility.

Shaped for Rode Compact On-Camera Microphones

This windshield is molded specifically for Rode small-format microphones: the VideoMicro, the VideoMic Me, the VideoMic Me-L, and the VideoMic Me-C. A shape matched to those exact bodies matters: it seats securely and will not creep, spin, or work loose mid-shot the way a generic slip-on foam can, and it avoids the muffled sound an oversized or undersized cover produces. Fitting is tool-free, pushing on and pulling off by hand in seconds, so you can arm a pocket-sized rig with real wind protection outdoors and strip it away the instant you are back inside.

Who the Orange WS9 Is For

This one is for the creator who works fast and hates losing small gear. The high-visibility orange is easy to find in a crowded kit bag, easy to spot if it drops in grass or on a dim set, and easy to keep track of when you are moving between locations with a run-and-gun setup. It is also a deliberate style statement for vloggers, event shooters, and content creators who want their rig to read as bold and energetic on camera rather than disappearing into the background. Under the color, it is the same serious tool: it turns a compact Rode mic into a windproof outdoor recorder so a gusty street, field, or rooftop no longer costs you your sound.