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Spotlight for running through marsh to duck blind in the morning?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 11/5/18 at 2:22 pm
I have had the same old Qbeam Marine Blue Max 1M candlepower light for ages. It's the old school one with the blue filter around the edge.
With the advancement in lights from Fenix, Klarus, Streamlight, Surefire and others in the decade or more since I bought this Qbeam, what's the latest and greatest spotlight?
I feel like there is a much smaller, possibly rechargeable option that will put out as much if not more light.
What you baws say?
With the advancement in lights from Fenix, Klarus, Streamlight, Surefire and others in the decade or more since I bought this Qbeam, what's the latest and greatest spotlight?
I feel like there is a much smaller, possibly rechargeable option that will put out as much if not more light.
What you baws say?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 2:49 pm to Howard Juneau
Posted on 11/5/18 at 2:51 pm to Howard Juneau
Why would you use a light and kill your night vision?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 3:08 pm to Howard Juneau
Just put a giant light bar on the front of your boat.
Southern lite LED:
Southern lite LED:
Posted on 11/5/18 at 3:17 pm to Motorboat
Had an azzhole on the ship channel sat morning with a 4' like that on his top drive boat. Guess his gps wasn't enough to tell him he was headed south.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 3:18 pm to KemoSabe65
yeah, you gotta flip it on in the marsh, not the major arteries.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 3:41 pm to KemoSabe65
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Guess his gps wasn't enough to tell him he was headed south.
Running at night without a light is dumb and dangerous. Floatsam, logs, etc. in small boats can spell incredible danger. Not to mention places like a marsh can change rapidly seasonally and with the tide, channels move.
Given that you certainly don’t need a 1 mil candlepower, but I’ve tried to find smaller 12 volt plug in Qbeams before without much luck.
As said above for just a 30 minute or less trip one way I’d think one of the newer rechargeable battery operated lights would be perfect.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 4:49 pm to NOLAGT
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I dont know how long the battery last on these but you could have another spare set maybe. Just came across them while in a youtube hole
Seem bright AF...but maybe more important in your use they have a long throw.
Mini GT
GT
So many typos on that site, I would be scared to trust it.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 4:50 pm to Motorboat
I've been running at night with a 25 dollar nilight bar from Amazon. No need to spend that kind of cheddar.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 5:16 pm to baldona
Hardly, blinding yourself and others navigating in the dark is dangerous. I guess you run around in the dark pimping a light bar?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 5:42 pm to KemoSabe65
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Hardly, blinding yourself and others navigating in the dark is dangerous. I guess you run around in the dark pimping a light bar?
You drive at night on the road without headlights on?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 5:54 pm to Howard Juneau
Check out rak navigational lighting in farmaville. He custom builds led floods with navigation lights. Good guy to deal with he has a fb page.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:02 pm to Howard Juneau
Hard hat light with leads clipped to a battery. Can shine it any direction and use the toggle switch to keep from blinding people. Aircraft bulbs shine a long way and will take forever to burn out..
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:35 pm to KemoSabe65
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Hardly, blinding yourself and others navigating in the dark is dangerous. I guess you run around in the dark pimping a light bar?
Yes, I plan to run around in the dark pimping a light bar.
For those that have never marsh hunted: everyone basically leaves from basically the same area and spreads out to their respective areas. I can think of only one time in 20 years someone has been coming back to the boathouse before daylight, thus risking getting blinded.
I don't really need a light bar, because I don't run with it like a headlight, I just hit it for a couple seconds in intersections or cuts in the marsh to make sure I'm making the right turns and also to alert anyone who may be crossing, that I'm there.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:35 pm to baldona
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You drive at night on the road without headlights on?
I don't drive toward or up the back of someone with my brights, but it's happened to me during duck season a lot the last few years.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:46 pm to dpark
quote:pretty nice...might have to check them out...
Check out rak navigational lighting
just plug into where the front running lights plug into...
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:52 pm to Howard Juneau
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:43 pm to QuietTiger
There’s an idiot I saw last summer leaving the landing with them on his transom. It’s illegal to have anything other than nav lights on when underway, turning them on to check marks works fine but does kill your night vision.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:49 pm to celltech1981
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I've been running at night with a 25 dollar nilight bar from Amazon. No need to spend that kind of cheddar.
For whatever the usage... The best value in reliable LEDs.
This post was edited on 11/5/18 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 11/5/18 at 8:00 pm to X123F45
Those are illegal to use while underway on any navigable water way that falls under coast guard jurisdiction. As stated above anything that interferes with someone seeing your nav lights is illegal.
Also slow down. there was a bad accident last year because some kids were going too fast in the fog. If they had a light bar it didnt help
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Also slow down. there was a bad accident last year because some kids were going too fast in the fog. If they had a light bar it didnt help
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