The only DT Swiss hub that uses a pawl system is the 370, and it's at least as reliable as any Shimano pawl system. The star ratchet that the 240 uses is quiet (much more so than a CK) when properly maintained and can be next to silent if one uses a lil extra grease between the stars. And the reliability of the star ratchet system is on par with the reliability of a CK freewheel. There are other reasons to choose a DT Swiss hub over the others mentioned, like the use of ISO bearings. This is not unique, but CK uses proprietary bearings, so you gotta go back to CK for replacements. So the two best are the CK and the DT Swiss, with DT Swiss getting the nod from me for using ISO bearings, being 100% user serviceable, and having a bullet proof freewheel system that is easily made very quiet. But DT Swiss hubs ain't sexy pretty, and more or less only come in black.
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