17bii, 17bii+ and 30B, or "Why did the 30B die?"

[Gene]

IMO, the BAII Plus Professional is heads above the BAII Plus itself. Keys have good click, it has weight and heft that make it seem like a good machine.

Essentially the same function set between the Prof and the regular plus.


As to Casios and Sharps, the market share of both of these brands in the USA financial market is very small. You might be on your own if you have to figure something out. I also suspect there aren't going to be many books / training materials that use these brands keystrokes.

The TI models will win out there.


If you are considering HP's, then the 12c is hard to beat, although the 10bII+ is an awesome machine sans RPN. Nothing wrong with the 17bII either, but it is a "list" based machine as opposed to a keystroke machine, so that might take some getting used to.

Any of these will probably work for you, so choose what feels best and what you can solve problems reliably on.