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HP - 35S Scientific Calculator
Average customer rating
4.3
(60 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 60 reviews
5 Stars
36
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
4
1 Star
3
82%of customers recommend this product.
(
49 out of
60)
Customer Reviews for HP - 35S Scientific Calculator
Customer Rating
1
What a disappointment
on January 11, 2012
Posted by: rjb99999
I have been an HP RPN calculator user for over 30 years, and had purchased a 35s about 15 years ago. One button was sticking so I ordered a new one. The build quality of the new 35s is extremely poor, and the display wouldn't work. I sent it back and asked for a refund. I am very disappointed. HP has lost a customer.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
1
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
5
Worthy successor to my original HP35 !
on May 5, 2017
Posted by: BrandyC
from Southeast Florida, USA
I got an HP35 for Christmas, 1973 (or was it 72?) and sadly, it won't power up anymore. I was delighted to find this one, and its functionality is awesome. I'm able to make good use of it for financials as well as my engineering calculations for circuits and antennas. VERY happy that HP still makes great RPN calculators.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
5
Great Calculator!
on April 25, 2017
Posted by: janczak4ever
I like using this calculator because it is faster using RPN in place of standard notation. It does take some learning and patience to become used to it but once you get used to it you'll never want to go back to a standard calculator.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Posted by: civiltech63
from Ventura County, CA, USA
Verified Purchase:Yes
After over 28 years with an HP32s, I finally had to replace my trusty calculator. (Which, by the way, should show the reliability and sturdiness of HP hardware.) And the 35s is just like my 32- almost. Some functions have moved on the keyboard, which is playing hob with "muscle memory" keyboard entries. (Example: I keep hitting the "5" key instead of the "8" key for "Hour-minute-second" conversion.) Irritating, but I can retrain my fingers. The keys feel firmer, with a more positive reaction. I really like this machine, and appreciate that RPN is not dead!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
5
finally
on May 22, 2009
Posted by: astronomer1729
Gender:Male
Finally HP has made a new calculator in the style of old. Aside from silly layout issues (like the traditional placement of the x^2 function as a shifted key, which HP got right on the HP45 but rarely since), this is an excellent calculator with good key feel, adequate functions, a big ENTER button, etc. Even the color scheme looks pleasing and comforting. The two-line display is a good plus as well. The HP35s is somewhat bulky, but maybe HP will resurrect the HP15 form next...
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
2
not a good survey tool
on May 19, 2009
Posted by: bestsurveyor
Gender:Male
I have just gotten the 35s and started playing with it. I am not impressed at all in comparison to the 33s due mainly to the fact that the key stroke is to long for some of the simple functions such as polar req.. I think this function has to many key strokes for my field hands to be productive and to keep them from getting comfussed and the display of the distance and the angle on the same line is to easy to misread in a high pressure fast paced work envirment. I also noticed that my programs will have to be modified from the way they are imput into the calculator whereas when the switch was made from the 32s to the 33s there were no changes needed to them. This calculator will do everything you need to do but it just isn't user friendly which means a lot when you have people working for you in a fast paced high end industrial construction work place.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
2
Performance
3
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Posted by: acowman
from Minnesota
Verified Purchase:Yes
Purchased to replace my 15C. Disappointed in the calculator as a RPN calculator. Appears HP tried to reach some of the algebraic users by including the ability to use it as an algebraic calculator. However, to do so they compromised key features of the RPN but making it more difficult to use functions and features that I use on a daily basis in my work. The key advantage of a RPN is the reduced number or key strokes needed for many calculations. This advantage is lost on the 35S.
Pros: Affordable
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
3
Performance
3
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Posted by: Peteye
from Minnesota
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have previously owned two HP's during my entire career as an engineer and while in college. Overall averaged about 16 years for each of the calculators. Both had been awesome. I am contemplating making a framed shadowbox featuring the old calculators as a way to honor them. I could not bear to just toss the calculators even though they had failed. I was so sad when each of them finally failed but happy to find the 35s. The new one sits on my desk ready for any calculation I need. I love them.
Pros: Affordable, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com