Underwater Lights

[DougLas]

"Wow" a lot of money to light up the water behind a boat. I don't understand why they are so expensive.

 

[BritLady]

"Wow" a lot of money to light up the water behind a boat. I don't understand why they are so expensive.

I think it's just 'cos they're used on a boat LOL.

 

[DougLas]

$50 a unit sounds more like it. Marin grade 48 high powered led units

 

[Deuceornothing]

$50 a unit sounds more like it. Marin grade 48 high powered led units

I bought 4 lights from Doug and I'm very happy with them. $210 with shipping :smt038

 

[hottoddie]

I am "was" ready to call Aqualeds to order a couple of Blues for my boat. Hmmm. Got me thinking. I am in Boston area, not Cape Cod, but how did you like the lights as far as brightness? I have heard some good reviews on these. At least they stood behind them.
How much distance did they penetrate water? Cover whole back of boat. I was going to start with 2 for now.
thanks rob

I have 3 on ,my 390 with a 14 ft beam. Slip is in brackish water. They were adequate as far as brightness to start the season until leds started to go out. In July after being in the water I was over in Ptown Marina with nice clear water and the brightness was good. I bought mine in Nov 2011 off ebay. The people at Aqualed's said that they were early ones and the new ones are sealed much better to solve the problem. The 2 year warranty is better than most. I don't know if I would recommend them until later this summer.

 

[BritLady]

I have 3 on ,my 390 with a 14 ft beam. Slip is in brackish water. They were adequate as far as brightness to start the season until leds started to go out. In July after being in the water I was over in Ptown Marina with nice clear water and the brightness was good. I bought mine in Nov 2011 off ebay. The people at Aqualed's said that they were early ones and the new ones are sealed much better to solve the problem. The 2 year warranty is better than most. I don't know if I would recommend them until later this summer.

Thanks for the insight. This is exactly the issue, doesn't really matter if the LED's, even the cheaper ones (not sayin Aqualed's are cheap, have no idea) have good warranty or not it's okay if you trailer but if you have to fork out $400 to get her hauled every time that makes even the $50 expensive too. Reminds me a bit of the Honda vs.Kia ad they ran awhile back which made me smile as a really good marketing rebuttal, Honda reckoned they didn't have to offer such long warranties 'cos they built good vehicles to start with and weren't in the extended warranty biz Expect it's a bit of a crap shoot with any of the LED's really.

 

[Bucit]

I bought 4 lights from Doug and I'm very happy with them. $210 with shipping :smt038

I bought 2 sets form DougLas as well. In the winter months our water is pretty clear and work very well. Once our water temerature hits 78 the algae starts to bloom and the water is very murky which reduces the distance you see the lights. Overall for a $200 investment they look and perform pretty good.

 

[timemachine]

I just picked up a used set of the larger ocean LEDs and am selling a set of blue oceanLED A6 pros in blue under the classified section. If I'm going to be drilling a hole in my hull I want a good quality light so I don't have to worry. The oceanleds are the best I've seen.

 

[08Dancer380]

Those lights under your boat came out great!! Easy to install?

 

[chpsk8]

Has anyone run lights under the swim platform and not actually under the water? I wonder if that would light up the spray under power, probably wouldn't be as impressive at a standstill as true underwater lights I suppose.

 

[Hampton]

Has anyone run lights under the swim platform and not actually under the water? I wonder if that would light up the spray under power, probably wouldn't be as impressive at a standstill as true underwater lights I suppose.

Just seeing this. The through-hull lights light up the spray under way as the transom is out of the water on plane - it's not above the water level, but it's not submerged.

 

[Zorba]

Has anyone run lights under the swim platform and not actually under the water? I wonder if that would light up the spray under power, probably wouldn't be as impressive at a standstill as true underwater lights I suppose.

Here's a couple of shots that show what the under swim platform lights look like. I really like their effect. Once these halogens go they will be replaced with LED's

 

[Vida]

Pictures of the Lumitec I have installed. 3 units.

 

[wakeup 19]

I put 2 Seablaze 3 lights on this season and they were very good in not the best of water. I have outdrives and it didn't really affect the projection of light at all. Wanted the SB X but they didn't have them available when I needed them. (back-ordered) If I have some extra cash and really want to go bright I would put one of those in the middle. But really don't need to.
Installed easy and ran all season, knock on wood, without issue. I would clean the lens from time to time as well. Blue is nice,that's what I have but white attracts more fish. Rob

 

[Ctsearay]

I had 2 T-6 Amphibians OceanLED's on my Sundeck and they were really sweet! So now that I have to re-lamp on the new boat I figured I'd call them and see whats up. Well I guess they just came out with an extreme line that 75% more powerful than the last ones I had. BUT they are huge money. So I'm looking for alternatives.

Here's pics of my old ones

 

[Jims380DA]

Look at shadow-caster.com and speak with Neil. Great product, great customer service.

 

[sellnit]

I have the Lumishore Color Change 72's. They are amazing. Look their new Eos System, brightest system out there at the moment and just released last month. We used 5200 to seal ours in. Good luck.

 

[Ctsearay]

WOW They are really sweet. But the pricing is way up there for sure. I was looking at the new Pro extreme 16 Pro's from OceanLED and they were pretty steep too at $800-$1000 each. I'll hang for a while and see what shakes loose.

 

[BigBoysToys]

I just bought a set from lumishore that I'm putting on this spring. They will now your mind!

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[Pietro]

Just arrived.... blue/white combo :smt001

...let's see if they will last more than the Swadow-Caster ones....





One question: how do you clean your underwater lights???