Mikebat
Member III
Found some good ones, thought I'd pass along my review.
EuroLED Dual Color Red/White Lamp
This Hella fixture is nice and bright, and has four dimmer levels for each color. controlled by built-in touch-sensitive switches. The white light casts a noticeable beam or spot, but the spot is 3-4 feet wide. The red light casts an even illumination all about the cabin that is perfect for night vision. There's a single LED for the white light and a ring of 6 LEDs for red. Color temperature of the white light is neutral, about the same as a halogen bulb. I replaced my single incandescent dual-festoon-bulb fixture in the overhead with two of these fixtures (and so I have a hole in the liner to patch now). One is over the galley sink and the other is over the open floor space between the hatch and the settees.
I also discovered that having put in a too-high-wattage bulb (a 14W festoon meant for an exterior nav light) had almost set the liner on fire beneath the base of the fixture. It was severely scorched, close to having been burned. The plastic fixture base itself was partly melted too. The new LED fixture gets very warm to the touch but not so warm that I can't hold it. Only downside so far is that they are pretty darned expensive. But it looks like you get what you pay for when it comes to LED cabin lights.
Auckland LED Reading Lamp
I got one of these Imtra brand lamps to try out, and it's great. I will get two more to replace the two remaining reading lamps in my cabin. It's as bright as a standard bayonet bulb, but not as bright as the bayonet spotlight bulb I have in my reading lamps now. The light is quite warm, just a touch cooler than the incandescents I have now. The lamp looks great too.
EuroLED Dual Color Red/White Lamp
This Hella fixture is nice and bright, and has four dimmer levels for each color. controlled by built-in touch-sensitive switches. The white light casts a noticeable beam or spot, but the spot is 3-4 feet wide. The red light casts an even illumination all about the cabin that is perfect for night vision. There's a single LED for the white light and a ring of 6 LEDs for red. Color temperature of the white light is neutral, about the same as a halogen bulb. I replaced my single incandescent dual-festoon-bulb fixture in the overhead with two of these fixtures (and so I have a hole in the liner to patch now). One is over the galley sink and the other is over the open floor space between the hatch and the settees.
I also discovered that having put in a too-high-wattage bulb (a 14W festoon meant for an exterior nav light) had almost set the liner on fire beneath the base of the fixture. It was severely scorched, close to having been burned. The plastic fixture base itself was partly melted too. The new LED fixture gets very warm to the touch but not so warm that I can't hold it. Only downside so far is that they are pretty darned expensive. But it looks like you get what you pay for when it comes to LED cabin lights.
Auckland LED Reading Lamp
I got one of these Imtra brand lamps to try out, and it's great. I will get two more to replace the two remaining reading lamps in my cabin. It's as bright as a standard bayonet bulb, but not as bright as the bayonet spotlight bulb I have in my reading lamps now. The light is quite warm, just a touch cooler than the incandescents I have now. The lamp looks great too.