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Cheers, I'd appreciate that. There's so much choice out there, I'd hate to plump for something shit.
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Had a chat with them last night...
They sell a lot of Plug IIIs and it's also their go-to device on their own bikes (used for on and offroad tours of Iceland, Scottish Highlands, Wales, Morocco etc.). There were issues with the previous versions not being completely sealed but that seems to be resolved with the current version and haven't had any returns. They've had issues with the Cinq powerpack battery thing and believe it's not sufficiently sealed.
They had good things to say about the Sinewave Revolution and their mechanic used one for the Kiwi Brevet and 3 months touring round New Zealand, no problems to report there. They knew a few people with the Sinewave Reactor but weren't keen to recommend it after some issues with the weatherproofing (or lack of...).
The Plug has the advantage of being easily attached to the bike and they liked the fact you can see when it's charging (little green LED), whereas the Sinewave Revolution was a bit of a pain to mount to the bike (depending on set up) and usually ended up being stuffed in a top tube bag, so you don't see if the cable's popped out or something until it's too late and your battery/phone/other device isn't charged.
I'm undecided which to go for at the moment, the plug is neater but the revolution might be more practical as it's easier to switch between bikes (although there's a slight chance of it ending up being dropped/lost or pinched...)
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I've got a SON wheel (in Mavic Open Pro) in SW15 if you want to borrow that to try out @hippy
I put my IQ Fly on my commuting bike and don't have any other dynamo lights so I've no idea when I'm going to need the wheel again.
[EDIT] Ah, you were talking about lights. Still, you're welcome to borrow the wheel.
atk
Greenbank
That's the stem mount version, not the one skinny has which seem to be properly sealed.
Will speak to LBS next week and see if they have an opinion on the Plug/Sinewave box, how many failures etc. Lot of their customers for that sort of stuff are either off-road racers or go touring through Himalayas/South America for months at a time...