Hawg Lite

[fishpoint]

I see these Hawg Lites advertised on eBay all of the time. They mount to the stabilizer hole and the manufacturer says they are good for shooting carp at night.The manufactuere also says the red light doesn't scare fish (or hogs). Anybody have any experience with theselights?

[HNI_Christine]

I have one and I use it for bigheads.

The battery is just a 9volt so you can't keep the button pushed for very long or you'll drain it out. By just pushing it for a few seconds at time (sweeping the water in front of the boat looking for bigheads) I can get mine to last for at least four hours. It's a suprising bright light.

If you kept it pressed down straight, I doubt it would last for 20-30 minutes.

SO... It's great for bigheads. (much handier than a hand held spotlight)

I have also used it for commons, and had good luck with it for that too. However, if you're walking along the shore, you'll want some sort of flashlight or caplight to see where you're going. Otherwise, you might use up the battery too quickly. It also will not penetrate very far into the water. That's to be expected from a light it's size.

I just use it without the lens cover. Robow tried the red lens and didn't find it particularly helpful.

Another thing..... Get the good duracell batteries for it. Also, if you get the battery really wet, it swells up real neat like. [:-]

I bought them in bulk for the club last year and we got a really good price for our members. If there's enough interest I can do that again. Just let me know.

[robow7]

Christine, I heard that the company was working on improving their technology so as to be more efficient and not draw down on the batteries so quickly, do you know if that is true?

[HNI_Christine]

I heard the same thing. I sent a pm to Eddie.

I'll let you know what I hear.

[HNI_Christine]

This is what he told me:

There's a new battery pack. I believe it's 4 AA's and it attaches right to your regular HawgLite setup. I believe the beam will beam will be slightly less intense, but the battery life is supposed to be much much longer.

[fishpoint]

Thanks for the information.

[bowman15]

Hey Judd, give it a few days before you go and buy one of them. I just ordered something I think you'll be very interested in. It should be here this time next week. I'll make a video of it and post it here, so you can see how well it works.

[Bulzeye]

That does look like a neat gadget.

You could always rig up mulitple batteries in parallel for longer runtime, just like with a troller. Just have to match the voltage of the bulb.
The rectangluar ones are 9 volts, asJudd said, and the pack of 4 AA's together would be 6 volts.

So they either have a new 6 volt light, or they are running the original 9 volt light at 2/3rds the power. It's OK to run an incandescent light at lower voltage. You just get lower light output. The tradeoff in linear though. You can't get bright light AND longer run times just by changingbulbs or batteries.

Rechargeable batts might keep their brightness longer, but they tend torun out quick once they start to get low. Instead of a gradual degradation in current output, they go great right up until they are just about to go dark. Might be better if you just bring some spares.
Ask Eddie if he would expect any problem with rechargeables.

[HNI_Christine]

The older ones (the one I have) is actually a 5volt light bulb. That's why the thing is so bright.

However, it isn't so overpowered that the bulb frys.

[Bulzeye]

is actually a 5volt light bulb. That's why the thing is so bright.

That would do it.