tip up lights

I like to fish at night with tipups. What are people using for tip up strike indicator lights this year? I have used the HT lights for years. I like them but am tired of buying the batteries for them and some of them seem to wear and get dim even with a new battery. I also have 3 strike sensors. I find they ice up at times and sometimes for whatever reason they don’t make the pager go off or the key sticks and holds the flag down. Other systems I’ve seen seem too heavy. I am looking for something LED that runs off maybe a watch battery. Who has the best technology this year?

Do a search on YouTube, there is a guy that shows how to make them out of a door security device and a highlighter pen. Looks like a great idea!

I will take a look Darren. Anyone use these:

Nitestrike

My grandpa loves using nitestrike when walleye fishing after dark. the battery seems to run for a long long long time and ddoesnt seem to freeze or not go off like many other systems. and the light on them is very bright and easy to see without the dim like most other ones also

I use the Frabill Artic Siren Tip-Up Alarm.

Frabill Artice Siren

They run on a 9 volt and I am on my 3rd year with the same batteries. The siren is nice because I just shut the shack door and wait for the siren. Great during the day. The red leds are very bright and you will not miss them at night.

I have thought about those. I heard a couple guys using them last year. The only issue I would have with them is I fish in a city and I don’t want anyone to hear my bites or I’ll never get my preferred spots.

You have the option for light only or lights and sirens. There is a toggle in the units on/off switch.

I haven’t been drinking yet today but for my money the basic frabil lights they sell for 10 bucks or so are fine. I have replaced the batterys in a few of them but it was after 3 or 4 years of service. They are versatile to clamp on any tipup
http://www.fishusa.com/Frabill-Arctic-Fire-Tip-Up-Light_p.html

One thing I found that works excellent for me is the bells that people clamp on their rods for bank fishing. I clamp one on every one of my tip up flags. When I am sitting in the shack or just not paying attention I never miss a flag.

I have done the same thing, put a couple small bells like they have on pet collars on the flag, worked well so far.
JB

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I haven’t been drinking yet today but for my money the basic frabil lights they sell for 10 bucks or so are fine. I have replaced the batterys in a few of them but it was after 3 or 4 years of service. They are versatile to clamp on any tipup
http://www.fishusa.com/Frabill-Arctic-Fire-Tip-Up-Light_p.html

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I got two of these, each one from a different store and they’re both junk. Both have brand new batteries. Sometimes they decide to work, sometimes they don’t.

I much prefer the Arctic Siren. Once you pull the pin, it goes off. No, ifs ands or buts. For only a buck or two more than the Arctic Fire, the only drawback is that you have to find a way to mount the units to your tipups. Just a heads up, the tape on the velcro that comes with them doesn’t stick worth a crap in the cold. you’re better off putting a drop of superglue on there.

I think I am going to try all of these ideas. Except the Frabil from BP. I tried those once and didn’t like them. If Pike finds himself in Madison, I might show him how we do things downtown. We get a few pike here too.

Thanks for the offer you are the best

google “strike sensor” these are not cheap. but great if you use tip-ups out of a wheeled shack or anywhere else.

I love the Frabill tip-up lights, I use them almost every day of ice fishing, and the batteries last me at least a year. Pretty inexpensive and durable. I love them, I also put reflective tape on both sides of the flag too.

Tanner Wildes

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I love the Frabill tip-up lights, I use them almost every day of ice fishing, and the batteries last me at least a year. Pretty inexpensive and durable. I love them, I also put reflective tape on both sides of the flag too.

Tanner Wildes

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WOW that is a heck of a review coming from a guide on the water most every day!

frabills here also. pretty cheap and work great. nice bright light you can see from aways away.

Back when I used to ice fish a ton THESE are the ones I used. Never had one fail and the batteries have yet to die. The real nice thing about them is they have the 2 red lights that spin when the fish is taking out line. Fairly cheap too.

If you want really really cheap. Take some reflective tape and tape it onto the flag. Bring a spot light along and when you shine them and the flag is down the reflective tape will be horizontal. When its up it will be vertical.

Those are the 2 best things I have found over my years, and I have tried many other brands before these. Just my .02