BOYA BY-M1 Lavalier
The $15 wired lav that made a generation of phone videos sound acceptable. Six metres of cable, TRRS plug.
Tracked 2026-10-01. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the BOYA BY-M1 Lavalier
The BOYA BY-M1 is a clip-on lavalier mic with a 3.5mm plug, a cheap mic for IRL and camera streamers. At a tracked $14.95 it was flat across three points from August 25 to October 1, 2026.
It is an omnidirectional condenser mic and works with smartphones, cameras, audio recorders and PCs. A 3.5mm plug may need an adapter for a phone with USB-C. It is wired, so you move with a cable. It has 4.3 across 3,932 retailer ratings, a deep pool for a mic at this price. Expect a clip-on sound, not a studio sound.
- Under $15 at the tracked price
- Omnidirectional condenser pickup
- 4.3 across 3,932 retailer ratings
- Wired lavalier, so a cable follows you
- 3.5mm plug may need an adapter for phones
- Only three price points tracked
Where it fits in a build
On the move, a mic into the camera keeps audio in sync past the stream delay. See every audio pick
| Type | Wired lav (TRRS) |
| Connects to | Phone / camera |
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BOYA BY-M1 Lavalier
$14.95Tracked 2026-10-01
Buy links are affiliate links: we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Prices are tracked estimates, not live prices. Full disclosure
We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.