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hello im new here in laserpointerforums

so im from finland and i dont want to order my laser module from outside of this country cuz customs. so i would like to know where to buy a laser module? and if here is finnish people who has ordered from aixiz i would like to know that do those medules go pass customs.
 





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It depend from your laws about custom and lasers ..... in some countries, they never spacified, so any laser is a problem, where instead in some others, they specified that the limitations are for laser pointers and handheld units, so you can freely buy modules or "OEM" lasers and parts.

need to know what is your laws about lasers import, before have any idea, sorry.
 
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HIMNL9, could you give an example? I thought the strictest laser laws were in Australia, where it's illegal to import any completed laser pointer... An aixiz module is not a laser pointer, it's a loose electronic component. I'm not aware of a single country where's it's illegal to import aixiz modules, and if such a country did exist, you could still buy "blank" aixiz modules that have no laser inside, it's just a metal shell.. I'm pretty sure no country could possibly have laws against that.

Even if you were importing a completed laser, and even if it was really powerful, even if your country has laws against importing powerful lasers, you still wouldn't get in trouble for it, you'd just get a letter from customs saying your package has been destroyed. Since they can't prove you ordered it or wanted it sent to you, anyone could have shipped you that laser without your consent, so they can't hold you liable for it, they just destroy the laser.
 
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ok so finland has a 3mW limit of laser pointers...

so i would be able to buy a module whitout a custom issues

and you (pseudolobster) said that module is just metal shell...so could i use jsut a blank diode to use my laser if i glue it to something

i thougth that laser module is that component wich makes laser to dot shape...

please correct my mistakes

i would not want toorder a module cuz i can order all the other components from here finland :D
 
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Aixiz modules usually come with a 5mW laser inside, which we usually just throw out.. If you look around though, you can find people who sell empty aixiz modules with no laser inside, like here: Aixiz Diode Housing Module 2 Pack ! [Aixiz Diode Module Housing 2 Pac] - $10.49 : StoneTek Electronics, Your Laser Parts Store

I'm not sure about the laws in Finland, but most countries say it's illegal to import a laser pointer, meaning a complete laser with batteries and a button that you can press, whereas an aixiz module with a 5mW laser inside is not a complete laser, it's only a part of one, you still need to provide batteries etc before it becomes a pointer. Even in australia, you can import an aixiz module with a 500mW diode in it, so long as it's not an assembled laser, it's legal to import.

Anyways, I'd just order one anyway, the very worst thing that could happen is you'd lose $4. DealExtreme: $4.06 Red Laser Module - Focusable Dot (3.5V~4.5V 16mm 5mW)
 
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ok i think finland has same kinda law taht pointers are not allowed

so is module just case or are there lenses in it?

do aixiz modules come with drivers too or do i have to build (i prefer to building my owns) driver?

thx :D lasers rulz!
 
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lol 5$ per module... please tell me you dont really shop there...

Yeah, and when you add 15% off, and free worldwide shipping, it's cheaper than your store.. Lol, this coming from the guy selling a $13 aixiz module with a glass lens... The module was $2.50 and the lens was $3, do people actually pay $13?
 
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Yeah, and when you add 15% off, and free worldwide shipping, it's cheaper than your store.. Lol, this coming from the guy selling a $13 aixiz module with a glass lens... The module was $2.50 and the lens was $3, do people actually pay $13?

show me where you see a 2.50$ module for 13$...
 
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Yeah, and when you add 15% off, and free worldwide shipping, it's cheaper than your store.. Lol, this coming from the guy selling a $13 aixiz module with a glass lens... The module was $2.50 and the lens was $3, do people actually pay $13?

if your going to bad mouth my shop the least you could do is post a link to what your referring to. unless your lying..
 

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HIMNL9, could you give an example? I thought the strictest laser laws were in Australia, where it's illegal to import any completed laser pointer... An aixiz module is not a laser pointer, it's a loose electronic component. I'm not aware of a single country where's it's illegal to import aixiz modules, and if such a country did exist, you could still buy "blank" aixiz modules that have no laser inside, it's just a metal shell.. I'm pretty sure no country could possibly have laws against that.

Even if you were importing a completed laser, and even if it was really powerful, even if your country has laws against importing powerful lasers, you still wouldn't get in trouble for it, you'd just get a letter from customs saying your package has been destroyed. Since they can't prove you ordered it or wanted it sent to you, anyone could have shipped you that laser without your consent, so they can't hold you liable for it, they just destroy the laser.

Here (Italy) there's lots of usual mess about laws ..... til some years ago, no specific laws ..... then (1996) they classified lasers as dangerous, and started to think about laws ..... then (1998, yes, two years for decide a law, and for make it stupid as usual :p), they prohibited any laser over 5mW, without distinction, but (hear this), the prohibition was about the buyer, not the seller (practically, if you buy it, they can confiscate it, but say nothing to the seller that sold it to you :p ..... and here, is so right now also for some weapons *insert "istitutional idiocy" smile here* :p) ..... then now, are few years that the law prohibite the selling of any pointer over 1 mW (class 2 max), and prohibite specific tools (like emitters included in thermometers or collimators, as example) over 5 mW, but left you buy OEM modules of high power, for industrial use (but also this, if they confiscate your package, is left to the interpretation of the judge ..... that means, if 2 peoples buy 1 W green modules, and custom confiscate them, and the buyers ask them back in a court case, can freely happens that one judge say yes and one not, depending about how they woked up bad or good that morning :p)

Welcome in the land of the(ir) laws and the(ir) freedom :p

..... and the more funny part is that also the workers in laws fields cannot be sure about nothing, with Italian laws style ..... the part about the discretion of judice of single judges, i got it from a friend that is a lawyer (advocate), and that confirmed me that there's no way to know what the judge can decide, regardless the evidences that you can carry with you ..... :wtf:
 




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