my partners triton had a rear lite that when fishing from the back didn't blind you but you could see it fine away from the boat,mine isnt like that so i put something over it too like dave,and you can still see it fine.what i gather is this,on a busy nite i wear out my switch on off on off get the picture,every cycle could be a cast and you always get a bite wile bent over flipping the switch,i just leave it on now,patrolman said to NOT burn the front while fishing that's why he come to get me.next thing to remember these idiots i have been encountering at nolin well they figure if there is water there it must be navigatable,is that a word? anyway most of them are lacking commons sense and lots of bud light sense,plus somthing i have noticed,there are lots more home lights on the shore to enterfere with the boat lights.if i'm fishing all night i'll take an extra battery for pumps and lights hook it up paralell on the starting battery and it will not go dead i promise,you have twice the capacity.