The best cabin lighting comes from lamps that combine lightemitting diodes with drivers that deliver constant voltage control. These lights also include properly angled reflectors and an optically efficient diffusion lens. Pack it all up in corrosion-resistant housing, and you have a winner. § When it comes to the quality of the light that the fixture sheds, performance should be observed, not just measured. The following fixtures exceeded expectations. § Imtra’s Gibraltar is a lesson in how cabin lights should be made. The frostedglass diffuser won’t craze with time. The conical reflector shapes the light into a better-controlled beam, and the wiring connections and circuitry show true attention to detail. The illumination is even, the RF hiss is low, and the simplicity of switching simply makes sense. The only downside…
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Cruising World (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2025