What HP calculator should I buy

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

(01-23-2017 01:07 PM)setq Wrote:  I'm edging towards the 35s at the moment as 50g's RPL programming is significantly more complicated.

That would be my choice as well. Much quicker for doing a calculation here or there or program a short equation.

The Hp35s is known to have a few bugs and problems, apart from having no mass storage or connectivity. For me the two most annoying issues are short battery life - mine lasts about two months without ever touching it. Reading the posts in this forum, this is specific to certain production batches. Others seem to have rather normal battery lifes. The other is the occasional total hang-up which requires a reset. Both conditions, battery drain and hang-ups, make you lose the contents of the memory so I wouldn't use it to write longer programs or store more than just a few conversion factors.

And regarding the Hp50, my personal alternative - I know, this is heresy here - would be a Ti89 or Voyage 200. Instead of the awkward RPL (you either love it or you hate it...) they are programmed in Basic.

Regards
Max