To be completely transparent, which Letus has no problem with, we would like to address the question of whether or not Letus products are made entirely in the United States. The short answer is no. We do everything we can here but production levels and specialized parts do, as with most companies, require us to source outside of the country.

Letus is based in Portland, Oregon. All products are designed in Portland by in-house Letus engineers. This includes the original founders/brothers Hien and Quyen. Everything is prototyped, tested, and built in the Portland office. All initial machining is done by local CNC shops that Letus has worked with since the beginning of the company. When production levels surpass the work capacity of local shops, we may send some parts to a CNC shop in Vietnam owned by a friend of Hien. This is strictly based on workload demands and is not a cost savings tactic.

We will never sacrifice quality to cut a few pennies off of manufacturing costs. Any piece we machine whether in the Portland or elsewhere is of the utmost quality and built from the highest grade materials we can source.

There are other components that may be sourced outside of the United states such as optical glass (Germany), lens spinning (Japan), relay lenses (Japan), electronic boards (China), but these are simply because we choose the best quality products and these countries happen to offer what we feel is best for the particular need it fulfills.

Letus is proud to be a US company owned by Americans. We do everything possible here in the United States. We have and will continue to stand behind every product we make. Letus does not compromise on quality to save a penny.

UPDATE: There is a Chinese company spreading propaganda in forums and blog comments that they are the OEM of Letus products. This is NOT the case. The products they are making our counterfeit. This company is in no way affiliated with Letus. We are taking legal action to help protect consumers from being duped by this knock off manufacturer. Remember the age-old adage of “buyer beware”.