Transom lights

[mcmtrader]

I was thinking about installing transom lights under my swim platform on my tige 2100V. I was wondering if anybody has had any experience with this, and if so which lights would they recommend?

[dingleberry]

Experience, no. But as far as recommendations, the Shadow Caster lights appear to be incredible. Search for Shadow Caster on this site for some reading. They are pricey, but look to be far brighter than others. Chpthril is a dealer - send him a PM for prices.

Oh - and another nice thing about them is that you don't have to cut a big honkin' hole in your transom to attach them, unlike most lights.

[MTtigekid]

the lights from bullet lines are perty good.. not too costly either
heres the cite : http://www.bulletlines.com/underwate...lights-s/5.htm

[Micah]

Here is a link to a discussion on WW on several different brands being tested.

http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/m...tml?1245359026

[chpthril]

Here is another option I have available. Less then the Shadow-Casters, but close to the "other" ones

http://www.pyramidtech.com/Catalog/P...t&ProductID=95

[dogbert]

How much?

[chpthril]

Here is another option I have available. Less then the Shadow-Casters, but close to the "other" ones

http://www.pyramidtech.com/Catalog/P...t&ProductID=95

How much?

MSRP is $370, but i'll do cost + shipping for the first couple of peeps that want to try them out as I have not had first had experience with them and dont have any real world data on them.

[chpthril]

Well, got one volunteer signed up for a light, Thanks Any one else and I'll order together.

[chpthril]

Ok, the LED arrived yesterday, late afternoon. It was too late to get it back out UPS to the buyer, so I figure I'd power it up, check it out, and take some pics

The LED is a fairly heavy light, feels pretty solid, comes with mounting screws and insulated lead. I didn't unwrap the cord, but I'd say it was 5-10 maybe. The manufacturer says the light can be above or below the water line, so I'm guessing it has a heat-sink that is contributing to it's weight.



In this shot, you can see it lite up the side of the neighbors house.

With flash.

In this one, I set the LED on the banister of the deck and illuminated the back yard. These two trees are about 30 ft off the deck.

[ajholt7]

Man, chpthril I wish I had known you were going to be selling lights before I bought the ones off of WW group buy.

[da.bell]

Wow, that is almost as good as my Magnalite I just wish I could mount it under the water

[talltigeguy]

I think that looks like a nice light.

I got a good deal on two Abyss S600's in blue. I got them up and running before I went to Powell (since I am in the water during the night about twice a year, this being one of them).

My lights illuminate a good 50 feet away, out of the water. In the water was a little disappointing. A little after dusk, the lights were invisible...yes invisible unless you dunked your head under the swim platform. When it was fully dark, they did do OK. Lake Powell has about 10 feet of visibility during the day where we were, and I got about an 8 foot radius of light from the swim platform when it was very dark. I suspect murky water is going to just swallow these lights whole.

I did not do any night driving to see how it looked when we were going, but I suspect with the lights out of the water, the wake is going to look really cool.

From what I gathered in the wakeworld test, you sort of get what you pay for. The Abyss 1515 and Shadowcasters seemed to be the best for our application but at $500-600 a pop.

[mtnsmith]

Should've bought the shadow-casters