Here's the ultimate small-boat lantern. Tiny LED light attaches to common 9Volt battery and provides excellent illumination. This special Pilot model has a switch to go from bright white light over to night vision saving red LED light—perfect for use on the boat at night.
Virtually indestructible, these Pak-Lights don't roll away on you like a flashlight, standing upright on their squared battery, fitting in the palm of your hand, or between your teeth like we often end up using ours.
They are made in America by a family in Oregon that lives off the grid on 20 acres. One of the sons patented the light when he was about 15 years old, having designed it for his brother who was looking for an ultralight flashlight for a 2600-mile trek on the Pacific Crest Trail. Not only was the light small, it went the entire trip on one battery. Now survival experts and military forces enthusiastically endorse Pak-Lites and regularly carry them into combat.
The light will burn 30+ hours on an alkaline battery and 75+ hours on a lithium battery. The bulbs and switch will last essentially forever. The switch has gold contacts and the light comes with a 25 year warranty.
Additionally, we had them customize our light with their Glow Cap top. This means the top of the light glows in the dark through the night after use making it easy to find during anchor watch.
Also potentially serves as an emergency trailer taillight, port side running light and chart reading light.
