Many of the pocket mini's that Tyler bought were the "hot option" (especially the earlier ones). The only Tyler solder joints in the lasers are the "wire to pin" solder. If they remain undisturbed, they will usually hold. I "beef up" any of them that cross my desk (and usually add shrink tubing), but they are mostly "adequate" for a "fixed" environment.
They often break with disassembly and re-assembly though so one needs to be careful. Some of his solder joints were so cold that any movement (even impact) would break them. This, of course, would result in a momentary disconnect which would blow the diode.
If you buy this, I recomend that you either beef up (and shrink tube) the joints or send it to someone to have it done.
All that being said, $80 for the components alone is a good deal here. If the laser is working, that is all bonus
Peace,
dave
though didn't tyler have questionable build quality? Might wanna check out what's underneath the hood there 
