Creality has sent me the Sermoon S1 high-end 3D scanner for review. It supports blue laser line and infrared structured light scanning, offering high accuracy up to 0.02mm, scans objects from 5mm3 to 4000m3, and looks like a pretty cool device overall.

I’ll start the review by diving into the specifications, before going through an unboxing to check out the 3D scanner and its accessories. I’ll then need to study a bit more before testing out with different objects in the second part of the review.

Sermoon S1 3D scanner specifications

• Scanning Modes

• Blue laser lines

• Single Blue Laser Line

• Scanning rate: 108,000 measurements/s

• Working distance – 200 to 600mm

• Outdoor Scanning – Below 100,000 lux

• Laser Safety – Class II (eye safe)

• 7 Parallel Blue Laser Lines

• Scanning rate: 756,000 measurements/s

• Working distance – 150 to 400mm

• Outdoor Scanning – Below 50,000 lux

• Laser Safety – Class I (eye safe)

• 34 Cross Blue Laser Lines

• Scanning rate: 1,428,000 measurements/s

• Working distance – 200 to 600mm

• Outdoor Scanning – Below 100,000 lux

• Laser Safety – Class II (eye safe)

• Accuracy – Up to 0.02mm; note: evaluated in laboratory conditions, and actual results may be affected by operating environments such as vibration, temperature, and other factors.

• Volumetric Accuracy – 0.02mm+0.08mm/m

• 3D Resolution – 0.05-2mm

• Scanning Speed – Up to 90fps

• Min. scan volume – 5 x 5 x 5mm

• Single Capture Range

• 205 x 147mm @ 2m

• 293 x 217mm @ 3m

• 355 x 289mm @ 4m

• 417 x 361mm @ 5m

• 506 x 433mm @ 6m

• Alignment mode – Marker / Global Marker

• Infrared structured light

• Close-Range Infrared Structured Light

• Scanning rate: 4,600,000 measurements/s

• Single Capture Range

• 293 x 217mm @ 3m

• 417 x 361mm @ 5m

• Working distance – 170 to 500mm

• Long-Range Infrared Structured Light

• Scanning rate: 4,600,000 measurements/s

• Single Capture Range

• 689 x 375mm @ 5m

• 1245 x 754mm @ 10m

• Working distance – 200 to 1200mm

• Accuracy – Up to 0.075mm

• Volumetric Accuracy – 0.075mm+0.1mm/m

• 3D Resolution – 0.1-2mm

• Scanning Speed – Up to 30fps

• Min. scan volume – 150 x 150 x 150mm

• Alignment mode – Marker / Global / Geometry / Texture

• Outdoor Scanning – Below 30,000 lux

• Laser Safety – Class I (eye safe)

• Color Mapping supported

• Color Supplemental Light – 12 White LEDs

• Marker Recognition Enhancement – 12 Blue LEDs / 12 White LEDs

• Calibration board – High-precision glass calibration board

• Wireless Scanning – Supported in Conjunction with Wireless Scanning Accessories

• Dimensions – 225 x 76 x 53mm

• Weight – 508 grams

• Temperature Range – -10°C to 40°C

• Humidity – 10-90% RH

The Sermoon S1 3D scanner works with Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. The mobile operating systems require wireless scanning accessories. You’ll need a fairly recent machine with a relatively powerful processor and a good amount of RAM:

• Recommended Windows machine – Intel Core i7-Gen10 CPU, NVIDIA GPU (8GB VRAM), 32GB RAM, Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
• Minimum Windows configuration – Intel Core i7-Gen7 CPU, NVIDIA GPU (6GB VRAM), 16GB RAM, Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
• macOS – M1/M2/M3/M4 series, 16GB RAM

Sadly, Linux is not supported. The scanner offers 5 different scanning modes. For the specifications, Blue laser line scanning looks better for smaller parts with intricate details, and infrared structured light works better for larger parts and/or faster scanning.

Creality Sermoon S1 unboxing

The retail package I received was quite larger than I expected. It reads “Sermoon S1 hybrid blue laser & NIR 3D scanner”.

The bottom side does not have much information, except the model: CRS23SS1.

I was expecting foam layers inside the package to protect the 3D scanner and accessories, so I was surprised to see the kit is housed in a suitcase, which should be good for carrying the scanner around.

Everything is neatly and securelypacked inside.

Once we take everything out, we get the Sermoon S1 3D scanner, a glass calibration plate, two sets of 10 sheets of reflecting markers (D3 and D6), a 12V/2.4A power adapter, four plug adapters (AU, US, EU, UK), a Y-cable for USB 3.0 data and power, a USB Type-C adapter (bottom right). a cleaning cloth, as well as a quick start guide, a certificate of conformity, and a warranty card (“After Sales Service Card”) in English and simplified Chinese.

Let’s check the front side of the 3D scanner. We have two high-precision cameras surrounded by six LEDs, and a wide camera on the left of each. In the center, we’ll find blue laser lights for (single-line laser, parallel laser, and 2x cross lasers), as well as a DOE (Diffractive Optical Element) projector for infrared structured light/NIR scanning on its right, and a color camera on the left.

On the opposite side of the scanner, a D-Pad allows the user to start or pause scanning, and adjust the brightness, exposure, and zoom level.

On one end of the scanner, the lanyard enables the user to safely hold the 3D scanner, and a USB-C port with two threads is designed to securely connect the Y-cable for data and power.

Let’s do that. I inserted the USB-C cable into the power and secured it by tightening the two screws before connecting the DC jack to the 12V power supply.

The USB Type-A connector should then be inserted into a spare USB 3.0 port of the host computer. However, I have a bit of a situation here because I don’t own any Windows 11 computer or board with an NVIDIA graphics card required to run Creality Scan 4 software, and I can’t use my Android mobile phone either, since the wireless scanning accessories were not provided as part of the kit. I’ll discuss with Creality to find out the best way to go forward.

I’d like to thank Creality for sending the Sermoon S1 3D scanner for review. It can be purchased for $2,699 on the company’s store in the configuration reviewed here, but it’s currently cheaper on Amazon for $2159.209 with the company running a “limited time deal”.

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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