The Original GE BrightStik (Fluorescent) 

I had both the grow light and the black light versions of these when I was a kid. The grow light I used daily until it finally wore out and then I used a razor blade to extract the tube and replaced it with a new one. I still have the bookshelf with the plastic mounting clips for the Bright Stik to this day although the light is long gone, I don't recall what happened to it. The black light sadly got kicked down the stairs by my little brother when he was about 3 and the tube broke. The ballast is indeed just a resistor embedded in the backing strip, it's reliable but very inefficient however it was still better than incandescent in that respect.

I have one of these, but it is the blacklight version. It belonged to my mom when I was little, and then she gave it to me this year when she found it in storage.

Ours mounted over the washer and dryer just died. Must have been at least 26 years old since we didn't install it and never replaced it.

I wish I could still find these. One of mine broke. I just spent 15min on Amazon, Google, & eBay.

I really wish these had a serviceable bulb.

this bright stick is awesome, have you ever tried to refurbish an EOL one? i mean replacing the tube with a new one?

Surprisingly after years of being in storage, i still have the original bright stick

I have the black light version of this....the Brite Stiks are cool as they don't hum or buzz due to the resistive ballast, though you can hear the plastic contracting and cooling down as the resistance wire cools after they're turned off after running a while. Some people have replaced the lamp in these, though they don't make it easy.

i have 3 of these, i love them

Does anyone know where I can buy the plug for mine or what it's called? I have the black light version

I used to have one like that but it broke but I still have today and it's the black light version and it still works today

The starter is in the end where the plug input port is

according to themaritimeman the ballast is a long resistive wire

Thanks for this video! im trying to revive my grandma's Bright Stik. I've got the same goldenrod end caps and groovy font. Mine's a "Gro and Sho", made in Canada not Mexico (??)

I have one of those fixtures but it is a blacklight version

back in the day I seem to remember those in stores and the box said 33 watts

i had a blacklight version of these

i have one of those. i broke the bulb when i was little but i managed to replace it but i lost the cord

Do you know where I can buy those Original Fluorescent Bright Sticks or if GE make the same in LED

I had one but I broke it because it was in my shop and I hit it,but the one I had the starter was in the end with the plug

They used bakolite to make the ballast.

I had two of these also, but I broke it. These things are VERY fragile.,

Ours burned out a couple months ago date code is 65 24, update: actually it stll works just had to push the cord in tighter

What is the wattage

I think is a Electronic Starter but not sure :/ :)