Halo Dynamo Hub Wheel thoughts

[Daipink]

I'm interested in getting a dynamo hub front wheel for my hub geared hybrid bike and found this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126851748621 ... media=COPY on ebay. I'm familiar with Halo but don't know what the dynamo hub is. It seems a reasonable price for a brand new wheel. Has anybody here got any experience of these or alternative recommendations? The bike only gets used for local commuting with panniers for office work loads I.e. clothes, laptop etc so nothing too heavy

[Daipink]

Did my own research and hub is a Shutter Precision dyno hub, slightly different model well reviewed here https://road.cc/content/review/229158-s ... dynamo-hub

[geomannie]

I have used SP dynamos on a couple of my bikes for the last 3 years or so. They have worked perfectly.

If the rest of the wheel matches your requirements, I suggest you go for it.

If you want a cheap but bright front light to go with it, I can recommend this from Germany. Shipping costs are very reasonable.
https://www.sotel.de/en/Photo/Licht/Hea ... betrieben+

[PH]

I have SON, Shimano and SP dynamos, so no brand loyalty, other than to hubs beginning with S. The SON is a thing of beauty, though I prefer the original classic design to the more bulbous modern one. They have a reputation for lasting well, my oldest is 24 years old and has been serviced by the manufacturer once after about 70,000 miles, servicing cost about 25% the cost of the hub.
My Shimano Alfine dynamo, hasn't done that sort of mileage, it's been faultless for 5 years and around 15,000 miles. By reputation, bike shops don't want to touch them when they go wrong, some people have been successful at repairing them.
My SP was cheap, it's on my least used folding bike, I got it because I needed a wheel anyway and it was only a few quid more than a non dynamo wheel. It's been faultless, but has only done a couple of thousand miles. By reputation, they're the least reliable of the three, the bearings are not the best quality and the sealing isn't the best either. They're not intended to be user serviceable, the distributor offers an exchange for a reconditioned hub at a reasonable price, but that doesn't apply the the various rebranded SP hubs. That doesn't mean SP hubs are rubbish and every one of them is going to fail, but there's enough experience out there to show that others have less issues.

I like the Halo rim in your link, though IMO the wheel doesn't look like particularly good value and for the same price I'd rather have a Shimano hub. Either Spa or SJS cycles will get close to matching or bettering the price, SJS stock Halo.

EDIT - Older thread on peoples experience repairing and exchanging SP hubs
viewtopic.php?t=147603

[Brucey]

the agents for both halo and SP are IIRC Isons so it may be worth finding out if they are only able to offer refurbished SP hubs or not.