Boat lights, like other onboard equipment, serve both an essential and supplementary function. They provide important illumination for navigation, they help ensure you can safely transport passengers on and off the boat, and they make your boat visible at night. The marine lighting we offer on BOATiD.com can be placed practically anywhere on your boat - from beneath the water to up on your dashboard.
LED Lights: the Best Choice for Your Boat
LED lights, unlike other kinds of boat lighting, are versatile and powerful. LED stands for Light Emitting Diode, which is a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electric current is applied. The LED has created quite a buzz in the world of boating because LED boat light technology continues to advance, and LED boat lights offer higher efficiency and longer life compared to traditional incandescent or halogen bulbs. LED lights also generate less heat compared to conventional bulbs, and thus, they will not create discomforting warmth in hot weather conditions like non-LED types of marine lighting.
When selecting LED boat light fixtures, you have numerous options to choose from, including brightness, beam pattern, waterproofing specifications, and color temperature, measured in Kelvins. (In practical terms, we talk about Kelvin temperature in the range of 2000k through 6500k: at the lower end of that scale, light has a warmer, yellowish hue; in the 3000-4500k range, light is cooler, closer to a pure white; and from 4500 to 6500k, it starts to take on a bluish tone.) LED boat lights also contain no mercury, making them environmentally friendly and easy to dispose of safely.
Single-Color LED Boat Lights
Single-color LED boat lights have a limited source of color rendering index or color accuracy when compared to other LED colors. This means that you will see a very different display in various colors. Their typical candlepower rating is between 80 and 500, which is the only way at present to determine brightness level. Single-color LED boat lights are usually only used for decorative purposes rather than illumination purposes because they do not provide adequate brightness levels. Their price point can be quite attractive compared to other LED boat lights due to their simplicity and ease of use, making them popular for those who want LED boat lights but don’t need or want complicated fixtures with a lot of bells and whistles.
Dual-Color LED Boat Lights
Dual-color LED boat lights typically have a color temperature of 6000K and offer the best performance for color rendering; because of this, they are often used as LED boat lights. They are available in high, medium or low lumen packages. Because they can produce colder Kelvin temperatures like blue and purple, deck lights with this LED light technology are not always the best choice for interior applications; they may show up as garish and make your cabin seem unnatural. Warm white LED boat lights (2700 to 3500 Kelvin) render natural colors like reds, greens and oranges much better than cool white LED boat lights, making them the most versatile LEDs suitable for both interior and exterior lighting purposes.
Tri-Color LED Boat Lights
Tri-color LED boat lights are not a common option in LED boat lighting; they offer a combination of cool LED deck lights, warm LED deck lights and dual-color LED boat light options. They are also known as RGB LED bulbs because they can produce millions of color variations when combined with other types of LED boat lights.
Pure White LED Boat Lights
Pure white LED boat lighting has a high color rendering index but cannot create natural colors accurately. If you're looking at buying LED boat lighting for interior applications only, choose pure white LED over cool white LED to avoid garish colors that can seem out of place in a cabin or on a console.
The Different Types of LED Boat Lights We Sell
LED Navigation Lights are lighting fixtures which include LED red and LED green boat lights in a single fixture. The types of Navigation lights we sell include side lights, stern lights, and all-round lights. Navigation lights come with different mounting configurations including side mount, back mount, and surface mount. The LEDs in our navigation lights usually last around 70,000 hours, so they offer tremendous value for the price.
LED Searchlights and Searchlight Bars are LED boating lighting fixtures that provide superior brightness and clarity compared to halogen searchlights. LED searchlights can last up to 100,000 hours because of their LED technology. Our searchlights and deck lights are available in many different options; you can search for them based on candlepower, mount type, and voltage.
Underwater LED boat lights, as their name describes, are waterproof and submersible, allowing them to be used underwater. Because the marine environment is so harsh on equipment, underwater LED boat lights should be chosen when corrosion resistance is of the utmost importance. You can select underwater boat lights based on mount type, light color, lumen output, material, and operating voltage.
LED Courtesy Lights and LED Deck Lights provide a soft glow typically less than 10 lumen per LED boat light in order to avoid disturbing others on your boat. LED courtesy lights come in various LED fixtures and LED power options, including wands and domes with waterproof housings. Our Refine Search menu lets you choose among different courtesy light shapes, sizes, light colors, and finishes.
Our LED Boat Cabin Lights are designed for accent lighting and act as ambient sources of light in your cabin, providing you with extra light exactly where needed. Like many of our other LED lights, you have your choice among different shapes, lumens, and light colors.
LED Boat Strip Lights, also known as rope or tape LED boat lights, feature small LED bulbs and are typically used for accent lighting. When selecting the strip lights, you can choose them in lengths from several inches to 200 inches and more. Of course, they are available in a wide variety of colors, and you can even select the degree of waterproofing that you desire.
LED Hull Lights and Docking Lights are thought of as navigation lights which are installed to the exterior of your boat, to help illuminate the docking and anchoring actions. Because of their proximity to water, the hull and docking lights tend to be waterproof. Like our other LED lights, these lights offer low power consumption, require little maintenance and come with long LED life spans.
LED Puck Boat Lights are small LED lights (about the size of hockey pucks) that can be mounted anywhere on your console or railing. They typically emit 360 degrees of very bright light, making them well suited for accent lighting situations like stairs, edges of counters where spills may occur, under cabinets and cupboards, etc. Depending on the power consumption (lumens), these LEDs can be used for primary illumination or as safety backup lights.
Don't forget about the other items you'll need to link your new lights together, including marine-grade wire, connectors, and switches, along with marine light bulbs. You will discover everything you want for your boat's high-quality lighting needs at BOATiD.com.
