LED lanterns

[bassphish2005]

I am thinking it is time to put away the Coleman lantern,and go with a rechargeable LED style.Anymore have any good info on brands that they have used? I am looking to have enough light for a two person Fish Trap,fishing mostly two holes.Any help will be great,thanks

[TTfromBlaine]

I recently saw a rechargeable work light at checker auto that looked like it had a ton of led's with hooks on both ends, but there was no brightness level adjustment that I remember but I didnt look to hard, might be worth checking out, when I saw it the first thing I thought of was ice fishing

ICE DOG 1-out

[DTro]

I had the chance to see one the these 48 led battery powered lights in action the other night. Wow, they are bright.

Just attach to pole and your good to go.

You can get them at Northern Tool

[jigginjim]

for those colder nites I'l still use the coleman for the heat.

[Huntin&Fishin]

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I had the chance to see one the these 48 led battery powered lights in action the other night. Wow, they are bright.

Just attach to pole and your good to go.

You can get them at Northern Tool

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I picked some up and they are 5 times better than my coleman lantern. I sold the other to a freind because it was so bright. you only need one for a clam Yukon.

[FireTigers]

how much do they cost?

[aquafang]

I work with led lights alot at my job. judging the # of leds and their current draw that would probably run safely for about 50 hours on a vexilar battery minimum. we build something similar at work with several leds. except they are various colors. but you can select just one color or up to 5 colors or all at once! I can build them with all white leds also.they are about 2" i dia. And terribly bright!!

[DTro]

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how much do they cost?

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$14.99

[VIRG]

I GOT 2 ON hsolist FOR 24$ THATS WITH SHIPPING. HAVE USED THEM FOR ABOUT 30 HOURS AND THEY ARE STILL JUST AS BRIGHT AS WHEN FIRST TURNED ON.1 LIGHTS UP MY YUKON LIKE DAY LIGHT. RUNS ON 3 AA BATTERIES

[fishinJohn]

I bought a LED lanern for the summertime, I think it is a coleman. It uses C batteries and I have used it a lot without having to replace the batteries. I took it out ice fishing and it provided more than enough light in the shanty. It has two power settings and is one more reason not to add a deep cycle to my heavy load. It does not shine the light directly down the hole either.

[CNCMike]

I just picked up an LED Lantern at Wally World for $12. Rechargeable battery, 20 LED lights. I gotta tell ya, it is nice. Plenty of light for the Frabill XLTwin, no more burns or extra fuel. I got 32 total hours out of one charge as well... Only has on/off, but it was 12 bones. I figured that if I liked it, I will upgrade soon. Looks like I will be upgrading.

[Ralph Wiggum]

DTRO or Vex-man,

Any idea how long the that sucker will run on 3 AAA batteries?

[DTro]

I'm pretty sure Aanderud said that the claim was something like 15 hrs.

I'll be picking one up the next time I'm around Northern.

[mhjohns]

My fiance picked up a version marketed by HiTech that looks very similar to the one pictured. It has only one row of LED's on the outside but then has 4 brighter LED's in the middle. It's pretty nice to leave on flood mode and if you need to see down the hole just switch on the center for more intense light.

She picked it up at Fleet Farm for about $8 and it runs on 4 AA batteries.

[slipperybob]

When I have to think about charge capacities in AA or AAA batteries, I know that's not gonna be practical for me. I'm using rechargeable batteries and they generally only have half the charge capacities of fresh alkalines after a few charging. Rechargeable batteries will pay for itself over the life of use, but they are quite expensive. Two rechargeable D's are about $10. I'm using them in the Big Buddy heater and gets about 20 hours of fan time. I'd imagine alkalines will easily get me 48 hours of fan time, for about $4. The cost of batteries will be more than the cost of the equipment. oh well.