Shoreline Marine LED All Round Stern Light 36in

Easy to use bright and worth the money

Purchased two of the 36in All-Round Stern LED lights, with the 2 Shoreline Marine Stern Light bases (2-prongs) Zamak.One of the stern lights and bases came in with issue. Luckily I had two to test with.Pros:Aluminum rod is quite sturdy. Wish I got the 48in instead of 36in, but that was my mistake, believing something was different at the base between the 36in and 48in. Both came with a plastic fastener, which does not affect the connection directly to the 2-prongs base.When the stern light connects to the Shoreline 2-prongs base, it's as solid as you can get it. Stern light remained in place, with absolutely no play whatsoever. There's sufficient amount of gap around the plastic portion of the base and the stern light body to allow water intrusion, but very little significant since the base has two drainage port at the bottom.LED that came with the stern light is very low draw. it rated at 90mA, but the multimeter indicated it was 105mA. 15mA different is not a big deal. The light is phenomenal for a low draw. Compared to may trailer's 1156 lamp, the LED white light outshine the trailer's lamp.The plastic cap dissipate the brightness by 45% compared without the plastic on. However, that is more that sufficient brightness to allow your light to be seen at least 500ft away.Cons:I haven't seen anyone reported this in yet, BUT, if you don't properly turn your LED to the full locking location for the 2 internal poles' positions, the LED will not light up. Same goes for the receiving recesses of the light pole at the bottom. When the base's male's prong is not solidly connected to the female ports at the bottom, there will no be any power delivered to the LED. Simply take a small flat ended stick and gently pry the male's split pole in the base further apart, to make solid contact with the female ports on the light pole. No instruction nor explanation in dealing with this.I've contacted both the Shoreline Marine contact numbers, emails, and including the Big Game Distribution, but I got nothing for 3 solid weeks after various phone calls for tech support, and even a quick possible part replacement. If you purchase Shoreline items on Amazon, return it to Amazon. Don't even bother contacting Shoreline. Product is good, customer service, I wish I can provide an F- rating.6/15/2016:Included are two photos of LED navigation lights vs the Shoreline Stern light. In comparison, the LED 90mA stern light is about 150 to 200 lumens less than the 6 LEDs marine side marker, drawing 140mA. With the stern lights in total darkness, it can still be visible under the intense 1.15A (per strip) LED navigation green-red lights.

Perfect replacement for my lost Stern Light

One of my navigation lights stopped working so I bought this one from Amazon. I really wasn't expecting to be wow'd by the light. I just wanted to make sure I was legal when boating at night. I was very impressed to say the least. I'll be buying another one too replace my other standard navigation light. The regular one is very dim by comparison. Not only can I be seen for miles with this light, it lights up the whole interior of the boat so I won't trip over myself. Lol Very nice light, at a good price. Picture it's a comparison between the LED and regular light. The LED is on the left.

Very bright light! Looks clean. The cover doesn’t look that water resistant so I’ll be adding some silicone to seal it better.

Brighter than I thought it would be. This is much brighter than my OEM light on my 1976 Sea Ray. I know my boat now has one of the brightest stern lights on the lake. It's almost too bright to use as an anchor light when we pull off into a cove to chill or star gaze. I'd have given it 5 stars, but the aluminum pole is too flimsy ( in fact if arrived with at 15° bend in it ) and the connectors didn't fit tightly into my light socket. I actually ended up cannibalizing this light and installing just the LED light and wiring onto my original pole and connector.

I purchased this as a replacement for a 1990 Fisher 3V Marsh Hawk aluminum boat. I was worried about the fit on an older boat, but I was pleasantly surprised. It fits nice and snug and lit up immediately with no flickering. The LED is bright and this should work just fine for me.

Good light for a small to medium boat this is a LED light read some reviews that said it was not but mine was an LED light. Will worth the money.

Works great on my current 2 prong insert stand. LED is great for low battery current draw. Let’s you leave on without killing your battery.

Excellent LED all-around light

Lasted one year and stopped working. Nice and bright while it lasted. The words marine grade do not apply to this product.

I replaced an older all-around light with a standard bulb, with this new LED light. The difference is very evident. The new light is high and bright. Very satisfied.

Works great LED better lighting