(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best office calculators

>Agree that all three of those calculators are solid choices.

These are good times to be in the market for a scientific calculator. If the OP has $54 to spare he could buy all three. For $37 he could try your favorite and my favorite.

If his budget is really tight, he can still get a pretty good name brand calculator for under 10 bucks:

Texas Instruments TI-30Xa $8.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000JBNS/

Casio FX-260 SOLARII $8.47

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071R3H9WB/

Sharp EL-501XBGR $7.23

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004TS0GR6/

Of the above three I like the TI the best. Whoever designed the TI-30Xa really "gets it" when it comes to making the things you use a lot be unshifted.

Or he could try the cheapest scientific calculator on Amazon and learn the valuable lesson "you get what you pay for"...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GCBT5JN/

$3.50 with free shipping if you have Amazon Prime. Then another $3.50 in two weeks when the keys fall off and you wish you had bought the TI-30Xa (:

If you really need to write the fractions, my personal pick would be the TI 36x pro, but maybe a HP 300s or a Sharp EL-W535TGBBL might fufill your needs while being cheaper. But honestly if you want to go all out for a great calculator that will make you fall in love with RPN, get a HP 35s

It's partly because I'd like to be able to just pick one up from the store at a very inexpensive price that does everything my fx-115 es plus does. I have more-powerful graphing calculators, but would like a cheap one I can take everywhere without worrying about having it stolen or broken, as well as having a longer battery life than any graphing calculator has. The much faster (according to benchmarks) and aesthetically more-pleasing fx-991ex would have filled that need for me. The aesthetics matter in this case since I can easily see more information on the screen at once and have to scroll less often if at all in order to see a longer formula. However, the 991EX (US) lacks lots of functions that made its predecessors of 6 or 7 years here stand out. I know for certain that the Japanese version has even more functions (by a small margin) than the German version and can be switched to English, but it would be three times as expensive for me to acquire as well as requiring wait time for it to arrive. The whole point was to be able to find a calculator that can easily be replaced that I can take everywhere that is at least as good as the one I have with an updated processor for more-quickly making intensive calculations and that's even easier to use due to a display that can contain more information.

Note: Just to confirm that the ClassWiz series is significantly faster than what I have, I watched this video and performed the same calculation on my fx-115ES Plus. While my 115ES Plus, at 2 minutes 58 seconds, was 30 seconds faster than the 991ES, it was vastly outperformed by the 991DEX, which only took 36.8 seconds in total. The ClassWiz series, it seems, is about 5 times faster than what I have according to that example.

Hello! Thanks for the contest!!

On my list I have "Victor 940 Advanced Scientific Calculator" and here is a [link](Victor 940 Advanced Scientific Calculator https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FUT8JPS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_7hXsybC6R5H60)

I've been teaching myself math so that I can return to school. I've been using the website Kahn Academy to study all of math from elementary and up. I'm pretty far in my progress(feels so good to say that!!!)and soon I'll be needing a more scientific calculator.


Happy holidays and hats off to you!

I used a Texas Instruments BA II Plus.

It's quite a bit more expensive than a regular scientific calculator like the Casio, but I think it was nearer £27 when I got it.

Its advantage is that it'll handle cash flow calculations. The BA stands for Business Analyst, so it has some financial functions built in. Once you get your head around the procedure, it makes it easy to work out things like NPV and IRR.

Whether saving a few seconds on a couple of questions is worth the additional cost is up to you.

There is a Pro version that has more financial functions, but it's even more expensive. I've also read a few comments about the keys on the Pro model being harder to operate.

There's also the Fiamo ABA10, which is touted as a clone of the TI BA II Plus. It's a lot cheaper, and it certainly looks very similar to the TI. It might be worth doing some research on that one.

i recommend the drum calculator. basically all u need, great for all genres.

super great bargain too, get drums and sums

I'm only a student, but if I had to get a printing calculator for class, I'd get a portable one like this. Otherwise, I use an HP-17bII+ for that sweet, sweet RPN mode.

I think that's a great project to start with. I have done something similar. I bought this calculator and took it apart. I replaced the switches with Kailh Box Navies but I wouldn't recommend any box stem switches with this unless you're up for cutting your keycaps to fit. Also, you won't be able to put your own caps on this because the PCB doesn't have standard spacing. If those are all deal breakers for you, the ducky pocket is your best bet.

Oh, right. So what's with HAVING to have a certain calculator? Surely you have one maths class, and can use any one you want, seeing as any calculator will give you the right answer? What I have is http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-FX-85GTPLUS-S-UH-FX-85GTPLUS-Scientific-Calculator/dp/B00364NNU6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394058512&sr=8-1&keywords=Casio+calculator which seems nothing compared to some super expensive TI one.

In MATH 232 it meant a simple 4 function calculator like this. In MATH 152 it included any scientific calculator that doesn't do integrals. So yeah best to check with your prof or TA. You could bring a couple and let the TA decide which one you can use.

I don't know man, but you can get a pretty sweet TI-83 calculator for that much.

Can confirm, I used to use one similar to this - https://www.amazon.com/SHRQS2760H-QS-2760H-Two-Color-Printing-Calculator/dp/B01IPUZW04/ - at the restaurant I managed, super solid, it had mechanical key switches... I have never used a calculator I could be faster on until my Ducky one (https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2247) however, the ducky one needs to be plugged in via usb, but it can be used as a numpad as well which is nice.

I have one and I use it every day. At my old job I had this one: clicky

No tape, but works the same way. If I actually have to save something, I'll do it in Excel

I own an 84, and a NSpire CAS. I've never owned an 89 so I cant compare the two but I can say the CAS will blow you 84 away. I own this one and so far its served me well. I can do practically anything and its menu system is far superior to the 84 or 89. It also has the advantage of having more keys so more functions have their own keys rather then being stuck in a menu or 2nd key somewhere. However this is also one of the drawbacks, if you decide to get the older style ones with the raised keys, your fingers will run into the keys and as such typing will be slower than on the 84

Just a normal scientific calculator??

Casio FX-85 GTPLUS is a good calculator.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00364NNU6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_iqiKybN458YPN

Even better, a Casio FX-991ESPLUS, it's even silver!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0034BAQS8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_KqiKyb5W2A10F

I think that’s an fx gt85 Plus. Standard calculator that every school has

Not really. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00364NNU6/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_BU3Qwb7XXRKZT amazon sell the same calculator for the same price.

You won't find calculators like that in England. The only one you'll find is a Casio FX 85GT PLUS