HP-67 versus TI-58

[John Garza (3665)]

Some here are interested in HP quality, so I'll tell you something interesting that happened recently.

I bought an HP-35 on the auction site. On delivery, instead of placing it on my doorstep in the shade, the package was just small enough to squeeze into the mailbox. It sat there all day baking in the Texas sun. The box was 157.6 degF as per a handheld temperature scanner.

In short, the battery was cooked, dead. So I put a fresh pack in and was greeted with the friendly red zero. Pretty amazing to hold a working machine in your hand and it's almost too hot to hold.

One of those moments when you say to yourself: "Yeah, it's an HP"

-J