LED Lights- I need lights- recommendation

I'm rebuilding a 16' fishing boat and need LED lights.

What I want-
Red lights for general cabin movement, nothing bright, just enough light to see the outline of the decks.

Livewell with baitwell light, second livewell light, and a cooler light.

Two rod lockers

6 or so storage compartments- bow deck storage, anchor storage (bow and aft), battery compartment, and a couple general storage compartments.

Working lights- bright enough to tie 4 lb mono to a #4 or #6 hook.

I have heard about BlueLight LED's but have never seen a boat light up by them. I would like to support a sponsor if possible.
Please post up options and pictures if you have them.

Thanks.

Swing by the house Tim I'll show you what I have. I haven't put them in yet fish biting lights on back burner lol pm me for address

I used some big truck marker lights, and I used blue. Pilot, Flying J, T/A, Petro, Loves and most of the truck stops will let you see them in your hand and then shop prices on line. Lots of options. Try to mount them indirect so the lights don't bother your night vision.

I put 4 white LED lights around my Lowes 17.5 boat, 2 of them in front and 2 on the back deck. They might be 3 to 4 inches long, I got them from Bass Pro. They put out enough light to see but they where not enough to light the total deck. So I got this kit and finally installed a LED light in my back live well. After seeing how much more the LED did for the back live well I took out the boat dealer installed normal light in the front live well. So I installed the rest of the strip blue LED lights 2 in the front and 2 on the rear deck. Yep I now I look like a whore house on the water but I can see good now. And I didn't have to put out much money either. Here is the kit I got from Bass Pro.

Bass Pro Shops Bass Boat LED Light Kit | Bass Pro Shops

I really like the way that the blue lights work and also how the white strip lights work in the compartments.

I have some green LED lights on mine. They are the greatest. They don't seem to draw bugs like white. I bought a 16'ft strip and cut them in half. Put half on each side of the boat. They cost about 20.00 counting shipping. We got them from amazon.com. check them out.

Go to ebay .. type in led strip lites . You can get 12 volt strips in any color you want . Fun and easy to work with.

Colors- I see some listed.
Currently my thoughts are red for deck safety lighting.
Green for the live-wells, and cooler.
White for the rod lockers, storage compartments and working lights on the deck. I can put the deck lights under the gunwale so they shine down and not into my eyes, indirect lighting. Thanks for the tip.

Any advantage to other colors, or what do you prefer, why?

Are the strip lights brighter than the LED rope lights?

Blue kills my eyes

I have blue LED strips on the gunwhale. They light up my 21 foot almost perfectly. I have no need for a head lamp. We put underwater lights on for landing fish. 2 6" square lights is far more than I really needed come to find out. These light up the water about 35-40' behind the boat. Great for netting!

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Originally Posted by phillip75

I have blue LED strips on the gunwhale. They light up my 21 foot almost perfectly. I have no need for a head lamp. We put underwater lights on for landing fish. 2 6" square lights is far more than I really needed come to find out. These light up the water about 35-40' behind the boat. Great for netting!

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Any pictures?

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...59.Dj8xwMe9wCw

I am in ocean navigable waterways, so any light turned on after dark must be red so I can maintain my night vision for seeing channel markers and other landmarks. No white lights allowed on my boats after dark at all.

Maybe a head lamp would take care of most of your needs?


-Alexander

I got my LED strip lights on Amazon. You can get a 15 meter strip of any color or multi color for under 20 bucks. I went with the SUPERNIGHT brand
There's literally thousands to choose from.
You can cut them to any length you need providing you know how to solder, or they make clips that will make the electrical connections.
You'll most likely want to make sure you get water proof strips.
The RGB strips you can select any color you want either by hard wiring a single color of getting a controller with a wireless remote to change.
They even have controllers that will alter the lights to sound.

Thanks. Old thread. I ended up buying and installing BlueWater LED boat kit.
Boating LED Applications