Did not work

With all of the videos I have done lately, I decided I needed to pick up a few new items to make them better. I did some testing with some of the things I had and they didn't work the greatest, so I wanted to get new. One of those things happened to be a clip on microphone. I wanted something small so I could attach it to my shirt without it being in the picture, but still pick up my voice and amplify it more  for the videos. I had high hopes for this microphone, though I worried about quality given the less than $10 price point.   This package contains the Donner DM-1 lapel microphone, a drawstring bag, 2 steel clips to help you attach the  mic, and 2 noise dampening windscreens for the microphone itself.  The jack to plug your mic in fits in the 3.5mm plug for your phone or computer/laptop.   The beauty of this microphone is that you do not need to have an additional power source for it, no batteries, nothing to turn on or off. It is powered up by the device you are plugged in to, using passive power. It should be plug and play, but I haven't been able to figure out if the microphone is on or not. There are no power lights to indicate whether it is working or not, and there are no controls to allow you to adjust the recording levels whatsoever.   I tested it with my phone and with my laptop. Both times I started a video with it plugged in, talked for a few minutes, then unplugged the microphone and talked for a few minutes. I listened to the videos of both laptop and phone, and in both cases there was absolutely no amplification from the microphone at all. I may have a bad mic, but I don't know. I couldn't get anything - static, feedback, popping, nothing. I actually found the native microphone sounds to be better than when the microphone was plugged in, both times.   Needless to say, I will NOT be using this microphone for any of my recordings I do. It has been a complete fail for me, despite digging in my settings and seeing what I could do on my devices to make recording with a plugged in microphone better. No change I made was effective with the mic plugged in.   I cannot recommend this mic to others, though as I pointed out already, I MAY have a bad one. But having read many of the mixed reviews on Amazon, I seriously doubt it was a faulty mic, though the fact I got no static, popping, or feedback might be indicative of that. Should you take the chance? Only if you have no problem sending it back for a refund if it doesn't work for you.