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LED boat "accent" lights - I am looking for options.

Posted By: cajuntec

LED boat "accent" lights - I am looking for options. - 08/27/17 11:44 PM

I've avoided these for a long time. But I recently started fishing nighttime tournaments, and my bright white compartment lights are blinding at night - really jacks up your night vision. I started thinking it would be nice to get just a few blue LED's mounted around the front deck to allow me to see everything while it's pitch black out, but still maintain my night vision.

I don't want to do green or red, even though those would probably be best for maintaining my night vision. I don't want someone (including Game Wardens) confusing them with my bow lights. I'd like something with a dimmer switch so I can keep the glow to a minimum. Not looking for "bling" here - Looking for functionality while I'm out on the water fishing on the front deck.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

All the best,
Glenn
Posted By: SteezMacQueen

Re: LED boat "accent" lights - I am looking for options. - 08/28/17 03:06 AM

I had blue ones, green ones, then tried multi colored ones......they are ALL TOO BRIGHT to fish with.

Best bet is to use a StreamLight head band light.
Posted By: BigCaseyB206

Re: LED boat "accent" lights - I am looking for options. - 08/28/17 07:46 AM

I had Steve @ R U Lit install these for me! Comes with a dimmer switch.


Posted By: Monkeypuncher

Re: LED boat "accent" lights - I am looking for options. - 09/22/17 11:32 PM



I added these from blue water led. Inside lights are on a dimmer, outside are black lights to see my lines better.
Posted By: TXMako2201

Re: LED boat "accent" lights - I am looking for options. - 09/25/17 03:05 PM

In my Mako w/ T-top i have 2 lumitec Caprera2 dimable spreader lights. They switch from blue to white and are dimable, but wont work in a bass boat-type setup.

For my aluminum boat I bought the white led strips off amazon

https://www.amazon.com/YITAMOTOR-Motorcy...ght+strip+white

and spread them throughout the inside of the boat. They are not blinding and put out just enough light.
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