Spa sized light in 45' pool. Intellibrite 5G color, white LED, or halogen?

[zimm]

I'm stuck with a Pentair spa sized light on my pool. The housing is gone so I need a replacement.

A 60w incadescent is $145
White LED is just over $300
5G color changing is just over $400

Anyone with experience seeing an LED spa light in a full sized pool? I'm worried about spending all that money and not getting any color in the pool. Or just get the white LED- is it as bright as a regular bulb? My old housing has a 250w bulb in there. I love LED technology, but I'm worried I won't get enough light in the pool.

12v or 120v? I'm probably only going to need 10' of cable to get to my junction box.

Thanks.

 

[jblizzle]

The color LED are generally not nearly as bright as typical pool bulbs ... and the reds do not travel very far in water at all. I think white LED would be comparable or brighter than a regular bulb.

If you had a 250W bulb, why would you switch to a 60W, clearly that is not going to be nearly as bright.

 

[zimm]

I did some more research... It looks like I have a Pentair aqualight- which is a pool light for a small niche. Available in 250w halogen for $184 on amazon. Or the 5G white LED spa light which is a 100w equivalent for $384. So $200 more for LED. I think I just convinced myself to get the halogen...