Portable Ice Shak Lights

[witter1631]

Hey what is a good lighting system for portable ice shacks?

Thanks

Matt

[sticknstring]

Gander's got a 4ft LED tube light with ally clips for a 12v for $15. Very bright. Perfect for flip style house...

[FishingwithJake]

Check out http://spectrumled.com

[BigWadeS]

Does this hook up to a regular deep cycle battery or what does everyone use for that?

[ice_it_06]

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=664519&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

[metrojoe]

aahhhh yes, the infamous and never ending "Lighting for Portable" thread. You’re in for a long read, but there is a ton of good info in there.

[crappace]

The rope light from gander...is one strand bright enough to light a two man comfortably? Thanks.

[hanson]

Call me old fashioned but I like my Coleman lantern.

[Shawnny B]

This is what I found, However, it is from Hong Kong

the light has 2 modes of Operation, one where 3 led's come on and one were 27 come on. It runs off 4 Double A batteries and will last 30 hours. I have made a few modifications in my portable this year, I have added the Reflexic from Menards and let me tell you this light works if I point it up, down sideways it dont matter, I think Im going to use a Broom holder or some Velcro to hold it onto one of the poles, maybe even leave it sit in my pocket on my Clam Guide.

its only about 5 inches in diamater so its not a huge item, but it is larger than the bike lights that alot of others are using, Hovermn braught on into my portable and it was more focused where this light seamed to spread it out a tad bit more.

If you want more information on them feel free to e-mail me @ [email protected]

ShawnnyB

[BigWadeS]

That's okay, I will hopefully have a slow afternoon at work so I can take this all in

[sticknstring]

Crappace... The Gander lights are bright enough for a roomy one-man that I know. Just make sure to put them above you rather than out front otherwise they'll blind you! They're made by First Ice I think and comes with a 10 ft power cord with clips.

[Jeremy airjer W]

Quote:

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Call me old fashioned but I like my Coleman lantern.

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O.k., your old fashioned!

[witter1631]

so with theese rope lights you have to carry another battery around? do you think like a vexlar or a sonar battery would handle it?

[ice_it_06]

witter1631:

Your vex battery and led lights will run for a couple days which is why everyone is switching. I have a(54) bulb LED light that will run over 2 days constant (26 hours I got). They consume next to nothing for power.

[John Henderson]

Does the Vexilar experience any interference with the lights on when running?

[ice_it_06]

John:

I have a Marcum LX-3tc and it did not affect it.

But I only hooked it up for a short bit on the flashers battery.

I use a different 7 or 9 amp 12v battery to power the lights knowing I'm good for 24 plus hours.

[Kodiak]

what is the BEST rope led light? is the clam one better than the gander one?

[Blaze]

Kodiak - I don't know the BEST rope light, but I have not heard good things about the Clam rope.

[stmichael]

The new clam rope light is 3 ft. long I think 35 lights for $35 bucks, they do not impress me at all, Cabelas has them on display...I do not know what these guys are thinking?

Oh yeah and they run on 7 AA's Batteries. a couple of days or something to that effect.

[Iceboy]

Search this forum for "best hong kong" and you will find the way.