LED lighting is still maturing. There is a lot of crap out there, and some good stuff too. We still have to be diligent sorting it out.
About 9yrs ago I put LED in my my boat, several different brands, some expensive, some cheaper. Some turned out good, some not so good. And it did not correlate well to price.
I just finished building a new dirt house. Electrician installed all new LED bulbs using the std screw-in base. He had done the vetting and said they were good. And they are. Very good light. When I got the house powered up, just for giggles went around and turned on EVERY light then checked amp draw at power feed with a clamp meter. Something like 40 bulbs?? and total draw of about 2amps!!! WIN!! Place looked like a christmas tree.
So back to the boat. I'm planning a minor refit in the boat shed this winter and intend to revisit interior and nav lighting. Keep the good ones, but upgrade the crappy ones. A little shopping on the net leaves me with the impression that the boat world LED offerings are still in flux. I guess we still need to do a good bit of vetting.
Anyone settled on a good vendor that covers the LED marine market? Seems to be a bunch out there, but some may just sell Ebay type crap but have a fancy website...