I tried the IR diode from 20x DVD burner. Ran it at 130 ma, was able to cut electric tape. I had it up to 170 ma for a fair while and it still lives. I left it in the heatsink it came in, put that in a short metal tube with the lens from a broken keychain red. Talk about a ghetto test setup, but it worked. Should be fine in Aixiz housing. I'll be putting my spare diode in one. Don't know the mw's of output, but there is enough to cut tape, garbage bags, light match (sharpied mine). Can be fun and worth trying. Do you have IR goggles ? 80 mw of IR, you want goggles. With IR you might not know you had a problem until your eye suddenly doesn't seem to work right. (Sorry I can go on about goggles, was born with bad eyesight)