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Wireless Lapel Mic Recommendation Needed

I'm drafting up a script and storyboard to make a merch commercial for my YouTube channel.  Its a joint owned channel hosted by myself and my friend. 

 

We used to use super long lanyard mics, which were a good start.  They didn't cost a whole lot, and you only needed to connect them to a USB slot and boom you would have two microphones that wouldn't echo off of each other.

As you'd imagine, their sound quality was meh and depending on how loud our voices got or how close the mics were, there was no telling if we were peaking or not.  Sometimes it was ok, other times not so much.  By the time we found out, it would be too late to do anything about it.  

 

So over the last year we've upgraded to Rode shotgun mics, and we plug them into a mixer.  Much better audio.  Over time, I'm getting better and better at adjusting them so that they're loud enough without peaking too much.  The problem with these mics though is they're anchored to an arm or a tripod.  Not great for recording a commercial.  I need something we can attach to ourselves and move around with, while still being able to maintain an acceptable level of sound quality.  I'd prefer it if they were wireless and could somehow be plugged into the mixer we already have (or maybe plug it into the camera's mic port).

 

Problem is, I don't have a lot of experience in this field.  Can someone recommend something we can use?  Its only 1 commercial, and I don't see us using them for anything else in the near future, so I'm hoping not to break the bank on this.  I'll just throw out a number and say that the budget for two of these mics should be $150 combined.

 

I really like what game grumps did here:

 

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Dont think you'll be able to get anything worth wile for that price. Just search for lavalier mics on Amazon. Thats just a quarter of the money you'd need.
You might have more luck with a proper set up compressor and the shotgun mics.

When i ask for more specs, don't expect me to know the answer!
I'm just helping YOU to help YOURSELF!
(The more info you give the easier it is for others to help you out!)

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Its just so hard to set something like that up when we're behind or in front of a table with a backdrop.  I want the mics out of the shot and if we turn our heads or something I don't want the sound to fade out or something. 

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