L.E.D. glow sticks

[Swazi]

I saw a thread with guys asking for marker lights to use with their hoop nets. These work way better than those chemical glow sticks. I hear they last a long time too.

I picked up some of these last year but never got a chance to use them until Saturday night.

These things are the shit for marking your Lobster buoys! I put mine in a empty 9oz. water bottle to keep em dry. Zip tie em to your buoy, they are visible from at least 500 yards or more.

$2.50 a piece at Walmart. They come in Red,Green and Blue. The different colors really help keeping track of which hoops are which and when they were set.

[Dr. Fowl]

Are there batteries in these? Where were you fishing on the opener? Oh, one more question what section at Wally World did you find these?

[Diamond Jim]

Looks good Tim, Do you replace the batteries or do they recharge???

[Swazi]

They are in the sporting goods dept with the flash lights.

Yes they are battery powered and they are not replaceable.

Better act fast if you want some, last year I went to 4 different stores until I found them and all I could get was 8.

I bought all they had at the Huntington Beach store.

[Eye Problem]

Those lights are the shit, you can see them for a long distance away from your nets. Hooped with Swazi Monday night in the wind and swell, those lights can be seen in some pretty adverse conditions.

[fishaholic 1]

glow sticks bought 500 for 250$ 300 green 200 assorted works great no batteries ,batteries get expensive over and over again cant remember name of company but its on line and came from the U.K. iam pretty sure it is the house of glow at 50 cents apiece cant go wrong

[Eye Problem]

glow sticks bought 500 for 250$ 300 green 200 assorted works great no batteries ,batteries get expensive over and over again cant remember name of company but its on line and came from the U.K. iam pretty sure it is the house of glow at 50 cents apiece cant go wrong

You may save a few $ with glowsticks, but there is no comparison between the glow sticks and the led lights for the visibility.

[Swazi]

Originally Posted by fishaholic 1

glow sticks bought 500 for 250$ 300 green 200 assorted works great no batteries ,batteries get expensive over and over again cant remember name of company but its on line and came from the U.K. iam pretty sure it is the house of glow at 50 cents apiece cant go wrong

Let's do the math...if your fishing 10 nets at .50 a net that would be $5.00 a trip for the chemical sticks.
So if you hoop 4 times a month for 6 months it's gonna cost you $30 a season.

I buy 10 L.E.D's for $30. The L.E.D.'s are way brighter and I've been told they last all season. Sounds like they cost about the same.

The upside to chemical sticks is you can just zip tie em to you rope without the bottle. The downside is they aren't near as bright.

I know the L.E.D.'s have at least a one year self life as I bought some last year.

What's the self life of the chemical sicks? I know the ones I had lost some of their brilliance if they were old and didn't last the whole night.

I'll have to remember to report back at the end of the season to verify if in fact the L.E.D.'s last a season.

[the hook]

http://www.identity-links.com/electr...ks-p-2589.html

[Swazi]

Originally Posted by the hook

Identity-Links - Light Up - Light Up Party Items - Electronic Glow Sticks

Looked into that one last year, way expensive!!

So for the minimum order of 240 with set up fee that comes to $500.

But I could have my boat name put on em.

[fishaholic 1]

chemical sticks have a shelf life of 3 years and if you can get a 1 gallon frosted clear plastic bottle put the stick or different colors sticks inside the whole damn bottle glows i can see them all ten glowing from at least 500yds away believe me i have tryed everything l.e.d.s i dont care what they say water and electricty dont mix even if its batteries good luck !!!! how long do your batteries last and add them up over the season.

[fishaholic 1]

Oh yea i forgot to say that l.e.d.s are a directional light they shine one way thats why when you look right at them there really bright look at them from the side there just a lighted plastic dome the light travels stright out of them