Doug S
Flashlight Enthusiast
Well yes, by a reasonable definition it is. What I am wondering is how rigged. This thread is intended to be an informal survey to get an idea.
Background: Some consumers [OEMs] of LEDs consider certain bins to be premium for their application. There is only one authorized distributor of Luxeons in the USA which is Future electronics. Consumers with adequate volume and/or negociating skills can arrange for some degree of bin selection in their purchases. My question is this: In accommodating those customers, are *only* the dregs left for the small volume purchaser or does one have a chance to getting a desirable bin? To do this survey, we must define what is a desirable bin. Also, to keep this from getting complicated, let's limit this to only white Lux III Luxeons. Since high vs low Vf bin is not a clear indicator lets disregard Vf binning. For flux binning, for practical purposed only "S" and "T" exist and all would agree that "T" is the premium of the two. While there will be less agreement on color bin, I am going to declare V0, W0, and X0 to be the premium bins. If you have ordered white Lux IIIs directly from Future, please post what you have received for bins. Please state the number of different orders you have made and list all of the bins you have received.
I'll go first:
2 orders, all were SV1K.
TIA in advance for your participation.
Background: Some consumers [OEMs] of LEDs consider certain bins to be premium for their application. There is only one authorized distributor of Luxeons in the USA which is Future electronics. Consumers with adequate volume and/or negociating skills can arrange for some degree of bin selection in their purchases. My question is this: In accommodating those customers, are *only* the dregs left for the small volume purchaser or does one have a chance to getting a desirable bin? To do this survey, we must define what is a desirable bin. Also, to keep this from getting complicated, let's limit this to only white Lux III Luxeons. Since high vs low Vf bin is not a clear indicator lets disregard Vf binning. For flux binning, for practical purposed only "S" and "T" exist and all would agree that "T" is the premium of the two. While there will be less agreement on color bin, I am going to declare V0, W0, and X0 to be the premium bins. If you have ordered white Lux IIIs directly from Future, please post what you have received for bins. Please state the number of different orders you have made and list all of the bins you have received.
I'll go first:
2 orders, all were SV1K.
TIA in advance for your participation.