Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « on: July 08, 2026, 04:02:04 PM » Author: Maxim
GoodBulb, a company that previously sold branded Chinese products, has opened its own factory in Fargo, North Dakota to manufacture A19 light bulbs in America. I spoke to the rep on their website, who also appears to be the owner... they print their own PCBs in-house. They have the capability to manufacture 10,000 bulbs/shift and have supposedly figured out how to compete on scale with K-Lite and others. This is some of the best news I've heard in ages about the American lighting industry. https://goodbulb.com/ This line in particular is already up, running, and ready to ship... https://goodbulb.com/products/led-a19-100w-5000k-made-in-usa
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	Re: Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « Reply #1 on: July 08, 2026, 08:41:56 PM » Author: Patrick
That is good news.  We used to have multiple options that were at least assembled in the USA.  These included early Lighting Science lamps, first generation Cree lamps, Philips L-Prize lamp, Hyperikon LED lamp, and of course the Sylvania LED lamps made at St. Mary's plus the GE lamps made at Bucyrus.  But all those are long gone.  Personally I'm not that interested in snow cone LED lamps nowadays.  I'd prefer a glass filament lamp, or if it's going to be plastic, something like the Uluxus lamp that's fully-illuminated.  But if it actually lasts 25,000 hours that'd be an advantage.  Most of the LED lamps on the market seem to fall well short.  From what I've observed at my old condo the household LED lamps they use in the outdoor globes don't seem any more reliable than CFLs at best.
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	Re: Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « Reply #2 on: July 08, 2026, 09:16:24 PM » Author: Maxim
Interesting. That Hyperikon lamp looks new enough to have been made in the 2020s... where was it manufactured, and by whom? I feel like Lighting Science Group Corp. would still be making lamps here in the USA if they hadn't gotten bogged down by patent litigation from GE, Sylvania, and Philips... Thanks for the hyperlinks as well, Patrick.
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	Re: Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « Reply #3 on: July 08, 2026, 10:03:12 PM » Author: Multisubject
Very interesting, not quite sure how I feel about the yellow anodized aluminum base. I wonder if they have contact issues or if 120V can just break right through the coating. They seem decent, they should start making filament LEDs here too that'd be cool
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	Re: Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « Reply #4 on: July 08, 2026, 10:28:04 PM » Author: Patrick
Looking back, I'm not so sure about the Hyperikon lamp.  Most sources indicate that they made their lamps in China like most other distributors of LED products.  But I recall the listing at the time indicated it was assembled in the USA.  There is no country of origin on the packaging or lamp, which would seemingly be a violation of FTC rules if the lamp was not produced domestically.  Anyway, it's a mystery.  I purchased it in 2016.
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	Re: Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « Reply #5 on: July 10, 2026, 07:34:21 AM » Author: dor123
Which of the components of their LED lamps are made in the US? The PCB? The LEDs? the glass or the plastic?
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	Re: Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « Reply #6 on: July 10, 2026, 10:42:49 AM » Author: Maxim
@dor123 — the entire housing, as well as PCB. Not sure where the individual components for each PCB are sourced from, though.
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	Re: Light Bulb Manufacturer Opens A19 Plant in USA « Reply #12 on: July 15, 2026, 07:48:07 PM » Author: Multisubject
@GoodBulb Quote from: GoodBulb on July 14, 2026, 10:08:26 AM I do love that gold brass base, I always have but we have switched so the bulb can achieve a damp location rating.  Aw that's a shame, maybe you could gold-plate them lol. Just kidding. I do like that yellow plastic insulator though, it's a unique color and refreshing to see against all the white and green ones.
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