FOS Tri Colour LED Nav Light. Any Good?

[savageseadog]

I've seen these on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOS-LED-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Are they any good? The might be something to do with Lalizas.

 

[VicS]

I've seen these on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOS-LED-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Are they any good? The might be something to do with Lalizas.

They are Lalizas!

https://www.lalizas.com/search.php?term=FOS&category=0&limit=0

 

[RobF]

I've seen these on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOS-LED-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Are they any good? The might be something to do with Lalizas.

Thanks, have been looking out for one of these. Can also endorse MarineScene having bought a few products from them over the last couple of years (no connection other than happy customer etc).

 

[ghostlymoron]

I thought the purpose of a tricolour is to reduce the power consumption from three lamps to one. It does also raise the light from deck level to masthead so is more visible from afar but arguably less so from close to.
As low wattage LEDs are now available which consume very little, the reason for not using traditional deck level lights surely disappears so I have not fitted a tricolour on my last two boats. It also gets rid of troublesome mast wiring.
My advice is don't use a tricolour.

 

[savageseadog]

The consumption of three sets of LED's will be far smaller than an old Tricolour with a bulb. As a sailor I'm a fan of tri-colours, less so of masthead anchor lights.

 

[GHA]

, the reason for not using traditional deck level lights surely disappears .

Still often very good to have the light high so it doesn't get lost in every wave, plus good to have no light low to mess with night vision. And it lights the windex.