Underwater lights...

[Trevor Shipman]

Hey guys,

Thinking of pulling the trigger on pair of Seablaze 3 blue lights. Wonder if anyone has them on here? Suggest for/against? I'll be mounting on a 2006 AR210, I think the curvature of the transom will have them angled down, is that ok?

Is it worth the extra coin to go with the SeablazeX?

Wanna make sure I do this right if I'm drilling holes in the boat. I boat in the Carolinas so, our water isn't the clearest.

Thanks!

 

[Andy S]

I have no experience with SebBlaze, I used Coastal Night Lights and went with shim to get the light beam horizontal instead of point down. I don't if the shims made any really difference, no comparison of the two setups, but shimming did make me feel better. Here is my thread on what I did, https://jetboaters.net/threads/coastal-night-lights-led-install.2525/

 

[Trevor Shipman]

Man, those look great! Have you had your boat in a lake? ie something not as clear as Bimini? How's it perform then?

If you don't mind me asking l, how much were the 3 lights?

 

[Andy S]

Of course the lights don't shine near as far in Lake Murray as they do in Bimini but on the lake I have not seen anything better unless they have more lights than 3. The price on the website is the same as I paid, $190 per light. The one down side to these light is their size, they are physically bigger than most other lights which could be an issue for installation.

 

[Trevor Shipman]

If you had to guess, are they half as bright in Murray? 1/4? Think it's still worth the $600 investment to put on? I'll probably never have in salt water or clear water like Bimini.

 

[Andy S]

If I had to put a number on the difference between Bimini marina water and Lake Murray, I would say about 1/2.

For me, I don't do much night boating on the lake maybe 2 or 3 times a year, so if I didn't go to Bimini numerous times I probably would not put the lights on my boat, but that is me. I look at the lights like having a 4x4 truck, 99% of the time it stays in 2 wheel drive but when you need 4 wheel drive it is sure nice to have.

 

[Bill D]

We boat at night most weekends in the summer. I have an Abyss light which is way way more money than $190 per light. We like using them when we are swimming at night, and anyone who hasn't swam behind a boat with them loves them. It's a definite "cool factor" thing, but we enjoy them. Depending on the lake condition, we can get about 25-30 away from the boat and still see the light on our toes.

 

[Jasonsbiz74]

I'm looking at adding the Ocean LED this spring. My second choice is the Life Form LED. I know the Ocean is a little more expensive but from the research ive done they are top notch. I like the Seablaze 3's as well but I am looking to either go red in color or full RGB. I will post pics when I decide on which I choose. If any one has any feedback about other products I am all ears. Ive looked up most of the avail products out there but maybe missed something,,,,thanks

 

[jeremy0011]

I have the 3 of the Seablaze 3's blue/white I'm very happy with them in our muddy lake. That said I would have bought the Seablaze X's if they were available at the time. RGB would be awesome but the only ones I have seen are way out of my price range.

 

[Jasonsbiz74]

I am most likely going to suck it up and purchase the expensive RGB....it only hurts for a minute right ? lol

 

[Trevor Shipman]

So up till this point I was a SeablazeX guy. Seablazex it offers 2800 lumens... But this boatpluglight site offers 8000. What do you guys think?

http://boatpluglight.com/products/dagon-5150

Am I missing something here? It's all about lumens, right?

 

[jeremy0011]

I would need to see how it's constructed and the materials use. It sounds like the lense is made of plastic. If your drilling holes below the water line I would make sure your installing high quality gear and not something that might not last the life of your boat.

 

[Tranio]

Copied from the Facebook page. The owner is my neighbor.

Check out our full line of underwater boat lights, starting at just $179! Multi-color, Dual color, and Single color available. www.abysslite.com. Use coupon code Abyss16 for $20 off.

 

[Danielmailin]

I have purchased ligths from Diablo Royal, and I can tell you they made out of good quality materials. I used them in saltwater environment and they have hold up pretty well.

 

[Trevor Shipman]

What setup did you go with?

 

[Danielmailin]

 

[Trevor Shipman]

Nice!