Led Dock Lights in Salt Water is a Bad Investment

Our below opinion is strictly to protect customers and/or potential customers that are not aware of a marine barnacle organism that can destroy non-HID underwater lighting. Our intent is not to lower or degrade any product or group of products. We feel all current or potential underwaterlighting users need to be made aware in full disclosure to ensure their purchases are made from a position of knowledge.

There has been another apperance of LED underwater led lights coming to the market, most of which are coming in from China. Led will work (however ineffective due to the lack of lumens) for fresh water but for salt and brackish water LED is a bad investment. Led simply cannot produce enough light or heat to compete with HID. 

Led cannot produce the same amount of lumens as HID. The amount of lumens needed to attract, illuminate, and hold bait fish. This lack of power is even more magnified in coastal water that has heavy sediment caused by tide changes.

Salt and brackish waterways have barnacles to contend with. The Gulf coast is a hot-bed for barnacle activity. HID produces enough heat to remove the parasite that creates barnacles. LED produces no heat and a week of summer water temperature will render LED underwater light useless and ready for the trash can. 

If you live on a fresh water lake LED can survive but Led still needs to be removed and cleaned regularly. HID is self cleaning and needs no regular maintenance if operated at least 2 hours a night in fresh water.