Anchor lights at Lidl

[VicS]

Next thursday ( 16 Aug)

If you already have a masthed anchor light ideally placed to be seen from the bridge of cruise liners, container ships, and supertankers using the same anchorage or by passing astronauts one of these a couple of metres above the deck where more likely to be seen by other small craft might be handy

 

[petem]

How much are they?

 

[VicS]

Click the picture for details

 

[ronsurf]

I have something similar I hang from the boom at night. Also doubles as illuminating the cockpit for any night time bladder relief.

Haven't been run down yet.

 

[savageseadog]

Waterproof with stainless steel fittings?

 

[Spyro]

15 hours illumination time. That's less than 2 nights at anchor.

 

[savageseadog]

I'm not throwing sticks at it, I'm just wondering how suitable it will be for real life boating. I've been looking for something like it for a while and just wondering how suitable it might be.

 

[PetiteFleur]

I have similar LED lanterns from Aldi - £2.99 lasr week - I now have 2 - complete with a compass in the top! When tested, 2 x AA batteries last about 5 days continuous using decent Varta batteries.

 

[RichardS]

Waterproof with stainless steel fittings?

Probably reasonably water-resistant simply because of the design, but I bought two similar ones from Lidl a few years ago which had a solar panel on the top to charge the cell inside. They worked OK as anchor lights .... but the salt in the sea air attacked the chrome within a few weeks so I brought them home before all the fittings were reduced to rust. :ambivalence:

Richard