Luminus
Luminus is a LED manufacturer based in Billerica, Massachusetts. They produce the SST-50 and SST-90 LED's (SSR-50 and SSR-90 are just the LED mounted to a star). These LED's compete with the SSC P7 and Cree MC-E, but the LED is a single emitter instead of 4 separate ones working together. The size of the emitter is similar so there is a large hotspot, but because the entire emitter lights up, SST-50 lights are less prone to a donut hole of darkness at the center of the beam.
SST-50
The SST-50 is 2.2mm x 2.2mm (5 mm²) drawing up to 5 amps while outputting up to 1250 emitter lumens. This is a big current draw for a flashlight and batteries and produces a large amount of heat, therefore the LED's are driven lower than maximum. Flashlights using this LED are capable of 500 lumens of output on one 18650 li-ion cell and up to 900 lumens using 2 18650's. web page
The SST-50 is used in the ThruNite Catapult, LumaPower D-Mini VX Ultra, Olight M21 Warrior Luminus, and the Tiablo AS50.
Here are the Brightness Bins for the SST-50. Note that unlike Cree, Luminus gives benchmarks at some current per mm² instead of just a current level to the LED.
| Bin | 1750mA (350mA/mm²) |
2800mA (700mA/mm²) |
5000mA (1000mA/mm²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | 275-350 | 413-525 | 635-823 |
| G | 350-425 | 525-638 | 823-999 |
| H | 425-500 | 638-750 | 999-1175 |
| J* | 500-600 | 750-900 | 1175-1410 |
| K | 600-700 | 900-1050 | 1410-1645 |
SST-90
The SST-90 is 3mm x 3mm (9mm²) drawing up to 9 amps while outputting up to 2250 emitter lumens. web page
| Bin | 3200mA (350mA/mm²) |
5000mA (700mA/mm²) |
9000mA (1000mA/mm²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | 600-700 | 882-1029 | 1410-1645 |
| L | 700-850 | 1029-1250 | 1645-1998 |
| M | 850-1000 | 1250-1470 | 1998-2350 |
| N* | 1000-1200 | 1470-1764 | 2350-2820 |
| P | 1200-1450 | 1764-2132 | 2820-3408 |
CBM-360
The CBM/CSM-360 is four SST-90 dies mounted on a single device. It is designed as a replacement for high power illumination lamps. web page