who makes the brightest L.E.D. lights

[robert1965]

I have the old clam rope lights. they are great for not using much power. but not so bright, what are my options.

[WinterHaven]

Don't feel bad I placed my order yesterday for the 48cm and there is a back order on them. My wife doesn't know about my order yet either.

[hanronson]

Finally ordered two 48cm strips today. I have a 12 amp. m/c bat. that I am going to hook them up to. (from my antique 25 year old flasher ice box)

[whitetips]

Just a note of thanks for reminding me to put my order in for a couple LED lanterns, I like the strip idea, but also like fishing outiside and have other uses as with nite fishing in the boat and camping. I've burned my jackets enough and like the source next to the hole. Last year I waited too long and they were all gone.

[LMITOUT]

That's good to hear. I got the backorder email when I placed an order a few weeks ago.

[Ed Carlson]

Here`s a picture of the floor with lights.I have a 24cm strip on my back pole and a 24 cm strip on my front pole.I have a 96cm strip on my center pole.I have them hooked up on separate toggle switches.This gives me light in the sled when i need it.I beleive this picture of the floor was with just the 96 cm lights on.

Thats' one mighty nice look'n shack your wearin bud!

[Steve Eddicus]

I ordered mine (48) Tuesday and I got the Email telling me they shipped today.

I'm in the same boat you are. Ordered mine on Wednesday and was notified that they have been shipped.

[katoguy]

Do I need a seperate battery? Will the lights cause interference on my Vex?

(I received my strip a couple weeks ago and put on alligator clips this morning.)

[walleyewild]

No interference with leds. you can hook them up to the vex no problem.

WW

[katoguy]

Thanks, ww.

[toughguy]

I have one set of the clam rope lights and one set of the cableas rope lights. Last year I got so mad at them I just used a lantern instead. Are these 48 CM LED lights a big improvement over the clam/cabelas lights? Are they twice as bright? If so I may give them a try this winter.

[MN]

I think Lake Ripley Bait and Tackle in Litchfield stock these.

MN

[broman]

I have one set of the clam rope lights and one set of the cableas rope lights. Last year I got so mad at them I just used a lantern instead. Are these 48 CM LED lights a big improvement over the clam/cabelas lights? Are they twice as bright? If so I may give them a try this winter.

I always wanted to see what the clam lights looked like. The big C in Rogers had some inside their demo portables. They were more like mood lighting. As for the HBK lights, I have yet to hear anyone who has them complain about them not being bright enough. So that's why I finally pulled the trigger and ordered a set. Should be here in a few weeks.

[DTro]

I came across an under the cabinet light at Walmart the other day.

It's basically 4 multi-directional battery powered LED lights.

I'm going to give that a try this year. Mount a couple pole clips to the back of it and then just snap it on to one of the overhead poles and aim each light where needed. No wires to ever worry about.

[katoguy]

If you don't have wires to worry about, then one will have to worry about more batteries dying. What type batteries are used? Are they a common battery type? The cold is hard at batteries.

[Coon]

If you don't have wires to worry about, then one will have to worry about more batteries dying. What type batteries are used? Are they a common battery type? The cold is hard at batteries.

I would go with lithium batterys.

[DTro]

They take standard AA or AAA batteries. I'll probably try the lithiums, no different than using them in the H2O or headlamps in the cold.

[wishing for walleyes]

I have 2 of the round 48 led lights battery powered.JUNK is all i can say.Drained the batteries with 1 outing.Also a few of the lights quit working.

[robert1965]

I had three clam light sets going in a clam 6800 it still was not bright enough in there for me.

[tip_upclyma]

I appreciate this post guys! Green Diver gave me one of his 48cm strips because he only needs one for his Scout. MAN, are those lights bright!!!!!

QUESTION, do you guys think that just a 48cm strip will be enough for my Yukon? I am only worried about lighting up my floor space. My headlamp will work for everything else. Going to the store tonight to get a switch and wiring. Any extra "tips" are greatly appreciated.

[B@ssmaster]

The number and size of the strips depends on your preferences. As my eyes get older, the more light they need. So, I mounted two 96cm strings and a 48cm string in my Voyager. Normally I fish with just one or two of the 96's on, the 48 is just to light the tub when I am rummaging for stuff. Believe me, the pair of 96's kick out a LOT of light. Way more than my previous electrical lighting system and arguably as much as my Coleman, but better distributed. Can't say enough about them so far.

To answer the tip_upclyma's question, one 96 in my opinion is sufficient for decent general lighting (floor included), two 96's makes it easy for these old eyes to tie knots in 2lb fishing line.

And as an experiment, I ran the two 96's, the 48 and a pair of ceiling fans all night last Friday off an old Vex gel cell. All that running off of one battery for 5 hours did not kill the gel cell. They seem pretty easy on current draw. And that particular gel cell is pretty bad, it won't run my vex for more than a couple hours before dying, so you know the lights/fans aren't drawing much. (For you techies out there, I measured current draw, a single string of 96cm draw approx .4 amps at 12 volts, you can do your battery life calcs with that number. A 7 amp hour battery should last approx 17.5 hours with one string running, a 9 amp hour = 22.5 hrs......).

Here is a pic of the "floor" taken with no flash, just the two 96cm's on. And since there is no snow and the ice is not white, I figure that the light level will go up when there is something to reflect the light back up....

and if tip_upclyma or anyone else is still looking for wiring tips/ideas, I have some pics posted under this thread:

Computer fans in fish house

Hope all that helps......

[Gabby]

Wishing for Walleyes,

Do you have a name or brand of LED lights you use in the pictures?

Where did you get them from?

They look awesome.

ALSO if anyone else could post the brands that they have used and like or dislike I think that would help some of the fisherman with their setups.

Thanks,

Gabby

[B@ssmaster]

Mine are the Best king Kong lights. (Like many others have said, for some reason this site is not posting one letter correctly in this name. Change the first "K" to an "?" to get a city name in China (instead of the big monkey) and you will have the correct name.)

[Scott K]

I would just like to add one thing about these lights. I have a few of them they are nice and bright! The down side is if you get a bad one, or two like I did when I orderd mine, there customer service is not good! So in my case I orderd 4, got 2 bad ones, and cant get any response on getting them replaced, or some money returned. I know of a few others that have had the same experience as me. So if you take the price of 4 lights with shipping, and only get 2 out of the 4 to work, and cant get them replaced it is a waste of money! There are other options out there that work just as well for a lot cheaper.

[wishing for walleyes]

Gabby

They are the best hon g kon g lights.

[Gabby]

Thanks Wishin!

I found them.

Now to find someone in MN who has some to sell.

If anyone knows of a place that has them in stock please PM me.

Thanks,

Gabby

[wishing for walleyes]

Gabby

Send me an email at danbicknase @ charter.net (no spaces)

[vikingmeatwad]

These houses look pretty nice with these led's