I love Busch and Muller

[vernon]

Yesterday I contacted Busch and Muller via their web site asking to purchase a replacement USB lead for their e-werk charging unit.

They've just emailed me to let me know that they are sending me one free of charge, pun not intended.

Wonderful.

 

[yello]

Yesterday I contacted Busch and Muller via their web site asking to purchase a replacement USB lead for their e-werk charging unit.

How are you getting on with the e-werk? And do you have their cache battery?

 

[vernon]

I've used the e-werk for two years and it's performed faultessly powered by Shimano hub dynamos. It's aroused curiosity on a few campsites when fellow cyclists have spotted the strange looking block attached to the frame of my bike.

I don't have their cache battery because my charging needs are rather modest.

I'm about to acquire a bike with a SON Delux hub dynamo and I believe the output is slightly less than standard SON dynamos. There's only one way to find out how well it performs... a mini tour at Easter.

 

[Maz]

What does the E-werk power up?

 

[yello]

I have to admit, I've been so tempted by the e-werks for some time now, to power my Edge.

It IS a costly route, I know, but I'd hope it's the kind of purchase that once made, you'd never regret.

 

[vernon]

What does the E-werk power up?

Just about anything with an input voltage between 2.8V and 12.0V and charge rates between O.1A and 1.4A and which has a USB lead.
Some jiggery pokery is needed to charge iPhones I believe - possible the cache battery.

 

[vernon]

I have to admit, I've been so tempted by the e-werks for some time now, to power my Edge.

It IS a costly route, I know, but I'd hope it's the kind of purchase that once made, you'd never regret.

I have no regrets about mine. The after sales service is great. B&M sent me a lead within a week of receiving my enquiry.

 

[Maz]

Just about anything with an input voltage between 2.8V and 12.0V and charge rates between O.1A and 1.4A and which has a USB lead.

I like the sound of that. My front light charges off a USB.

 

[yello]

Some jiggery pokery is needed to charge iPhones I believe - possible the cache battery.

I think so, yes. I believe some devices (like the iPhone) are a bit sensitive to power fluctuations and having the battery acting more-or-less as a buffer resolves this.

In truth, I don't need the variety of rates than the e-werks can deliver. I wouldn't say I never will but it's certainly not foreseeable. So, in that respect, I'd be paying for functionality I don't need.