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Soderbloom's Fish Bright

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McGurk Grand Master

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Well, I have had enough of the black spot on the ice from my lantern. I have though about stringing up some LED lights, but I think I'm going to do the lantern thing (archaic, I know, but I already have the lantern) until I know how I want the LED light thing to go. I remembered a solution to this from last year, and after doing a little searching found it. Soderbloom makes a "plate" that mounts to your lantern and shines some of the light down instead of up. It doesn't block the light to the sides, so you'll still have plenty of light for seeing everything else. I ordered 2 for less than $30.00 taxed, and shipped to the door. Looking forward to using them, and just having the head lamp for backup.

Take a look at their site or here for some testimonials:

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YOu're absolutely right. They work awesome. I have had one for three years now and it stays on my lantern year around. I use it for camping and ice fishing and it does eliminate the black shadow under the lantern. I hang mine on the center bow in my Otter Lodge and it lights the whole thing perfectly.

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These are the real deal. Make sure you order the correct one and you will be very happy with the extra light. Take off the top, rest the fishbright on the globe and then rescrew the top on. If you have the right one it will work great. Problem is people order the wrong fishbrights.

When Im using my lantern the fishbright is always on it.

When you hang it the fishbright seems to deflect the heat down a bit as well.

Simple but very effective. www.soderbloom.com

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Yeah, I agree with the lantern choice offerings and possibly not getting the right one. I wish they would add the lantern #'s that work with the specific FishBright, instead of a rough guess. The diameter works OK, I guess. I ordered (2) of the FH-001, one for my 288 and one for my father in law's 5155.

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The only thought I would have on that one is that the propane lantern will not give off as much light as the white gas. The gas lantern probably will use the 4 7/8 fish bright and the propane ones pretty much all use the 4 1/2 in fish bright. I have both a propane and a white gas lantern, and I always choose the white gas because it is brighter and when it is cold I never have issues with the gas not coming out like you would with the 1lb cylinders. I fought with that once out on the lake and never again.

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As said, order the right one for your lantern. With that in mind, now to plug Jay's superior customer service. I ordered the wrong one and it arrived in just days. When I found it wouldn't fit I called him to see if I was doing something wrong. We deduced that it was the wrong one. I mailed it back and he shipped the right one back to me at no extra charge that very day. It arrived about 2 days after our conversation which allowed me to use it on the ice that weekend. They work great. No dark spot and you can turn the lantern down, thus saving fuel. Works great while camping and sitting at the picnic table playing cards at night.

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Sorry to hear about the slow delivery, Orlip. I got mine out for the first time, and impressed is too small of a word. No more lantern-blindness, glows up jigs easier, and I can see down for the first time! Coleman should pay Jay whatever he wants, and make these come standard on all lanterns from now on (or at least modify the tops to do the same thing). If you don't have one; get one. It's like the lantern I wanted but never had.

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