Ice house LED lights?

[SP180]

Dumb question alert........ What is the reason for all the LED light discussion? Is there a fishing benifit? Lighting benifit? I have been only back to this sport for the past 2 years and am learning every day. Does it pay to have this type of lighting in my portable?

Thanks

[Eric Wettschreck]

Some people prefer electric lighting over a lantern. Pretty much just personal choice. Without the lantern it's one less thing getting in the way, burning holes in the canvas, and stinking up the place.

Myself, I like the lantern. However, I got a string of LED lights for Christmas so I'm gonna try them out.

[Shack]

What I have heard is L.E.D. lights take less power to use. Thus, having a longer run time than other style lighting. Also they are compact and some what hardy to the extreme conditions of ice fishing.

As far as use for improved or unimproved fishing out come, no one has said much about that yet.

[so haaad]

And there's no broken mantles or globes with LED's, which I seemed to do every year and the reason for my conversion to LEDs. A lantern does give off some heat besides the lighting, but that's the only real reason to use lanterns vs LEDS. LED's really are the way to go.

[CFRay]

I switched just this year to LED flex strips zip tied to the poles of my portable. I really like it. I was never comfortable hanging that Coleman gas lantern overhead in the portable so it sat on top of a bucket. I've got some new free space around my feet now. When it was time to go the lantern had to be turned off in time to cool down before packing it away in the sled.

From what I've read here others are getting 40+ hours of run time from a vex type battery powering the LED sets. Good Luck!

[jwhjr]

I decided to put LED lights in my portable because they seemed to be less of a hassle than using a lantern. I have a spare vex battery to power them and they do run a long time and put out a lot of light.

[zamboni]

Have posted this picture before, but I have used them a few times now and absolutely love them. Lanterns are a pain, between how hot they get for about an hour after they are turned off, to replacing globes and mantles, not to mention endless propane bottles. This picture is of my 5600 with lights and camera flash off: