Never tried out any of the new blue glow stuff, what the heck is that anyhow??
I have had my days with the vortex's at night for summer runs, and yes there's not much fishing that's better than a peiceful night on the river alone backing them through a run and having the rod bury... I use clear tape and tape the glow sticks to the rod tip to see the action of the vortex. I also use 30lb tuf line to enhance the action of the tip of the rod to see what the plugs are doing. One major downfall to the vortex's is they don't float and typically where you find summer runs at night is in the extremely slow water.
So it takes a bit of experience to keep the vortex's working. But as for the lighted K-13 kwikies, do these buggers float??

Another quick story about the Vortex's. I had one I named "blackie" because it was the black vortex and this thing caught fish everytime it was put in the river. One night we anchored at one of our favorite holes here on a SW WA river and I fell asleep in the bottom of the sled with my rod in hand.. I awoke after who know's how long and had Mr. Steelie tugging hard... The problem was I thought I was dreaming it so in the dream I set the hook as hard as I could and when I awoke I reeled in the bill to my favorite Vortex.. So moral to the story, be very careful with tufline on these plastic lures... Don't set the hook too hard.. I'm still sick after losing "blackie"..
Keith