DX Geniune New Wish 5mW Green Laser Module

[Sigi424]

Hi, I ordered this module DealExtreme: $15.95 Geniune New Wish 5mW Green Laser Module (5V) a while ago, but it's still back ordered and it seems that it has been this way for a long time. Does any of you here ordered this module recently? I would also like to know if somebody here knows about some alternative module that I can use instead of this one? (I am mostly looking for a free-shipping website)
Thank You

 

[lazerov]

Dealextreme offers similar green modules. For that price you can get a 50mW one.
http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.917~search.green%20laser%20module
There is a thread about these modules in the green lasers section.

 

[rangedunits]

Check with O-like.

 

[Sigi424]

Check with O-like.

I looked at O-like website but I didn't find any 5mW module. The one that they have is 5~10mW but I really need exactly 5mW because I want to build a yellow laser.

But thanks to everybody.

I just wonder, if I would buy a laser and it would be too strong, is it possible to pot mod it down to get lower power? Or if let's say its 5V laser and I would give it less juice will I get less power?
Thanks

 

[lazerov]

Can you please send me a link to that thread? I didn't find any.

http://laserpointerforums.com/f45/new-dx-green-modules-42299.html
Here is the link. I recommend reading the whole thread. These are 3V modules!

I just wonder, if I would buy a laser and it would be too strong, is it possible to pot mod it down to get lower power? Or if let's say its 5V laser and I would give it less juice will I get less power?

You can easily decrease the power to appropriate level by turning the potentiometer on the PCB. Turn clockwise to decrease the power (for DX modules).

 

[john_lawson]

ok you guys know for ten bucks that you get the true dx 5 mW and its basically the same you just need to solder on a red and black wire and they can be turned up from 10mw to 100mw usually 75mw though i have done it about 30+ times so far

 

[Sigi424]

Ok thanks.
I wonder why does the green module (DealExtreme: $7.29 5mW 532nm Green Laser Module (3V 11.9mm)) cost almost half the price of the DealExtreme: $15.95 Geniune New Wish 5mW Green Laser Module (5V) ?
I need a module that's gonna have its brightness as soon as I push the button, and I am not sure if the one here DealExtreme: $7.29 5mW 532nm Green Laser Module (3V 11.9mm) would satisfy my needs?

ok you guys know for ten bucks that you get the true dx 5 mW and its basically the same you just need to solder on a red and black wire and they can be turned up from 10mw to 100mw usually 75mw though i have done it about 30+ times so far

I also ordered one of these DealExtreme: $10.50 True Green Laser Pen 5mW.
Do you think that the module inside is the same one as this one DealExtreme: $15.95 Geniune New Wish 5mW Green Laser Module (5V) ? How hard is it to extract the module out of the pen?
Do I need to do something special? Or just solder two wires to it and I am ready to go?

 

[lazerov]

Ok thanks.
I wonder why does the green module (DealExtreme: $7.29 5mW 532nm Green Laser Module (3V 11.9mm)) cost almost half the price of the DealExtreme: $15.95 Geniune New Wish 5mW Green Laser Module (5V) ?
I need a module that's gonna have its brightness as soon as I push the button, and I am not sure if the one here DealExtreme: $7.29 5mW 532nm Green Laser Module (3V 11.9mm) would satisfy my needs?

Nobody can guarantee what you will receive. Some green modules need few seconds to stabilize their output. The one I have (100) doesn't have such issues but it's only one. It's better to ask somebody who has more of them.

I also ordered one of these DealExtreme: $10.50 True Green Laser Pen 5mW.
Do you think that the module inside is the same one as this one DealExtreme: $15.95 Geniune New Wish 5mW Green Laser Module (5V) ? How hard is it to extract the module out of the pen?
Do I need to do something special? Or just solder two wires to it and I am ready to go?

The modules in DX green laser pens appear to be the same as the ones DX sells separately. Check this thread on DX forum:
http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Default.dx/sku.91~threadid.402067
There is a thread about DX True 5 here:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f45/dx-true-5-a-42294.html

 

[Sigi424]

Thank you!