Hello Guys,

Reading through some posts about the 35s it seems that it isn't that well loved and the only reason a lot of people is that it's a HP.

The main reason that I have one is that it handles complex numbers a lot better than my 33sII and I spend a lot of time fiddling around with smith charts.

So what do you say, loved or a lemon?

I love mine very much and not only because it's an HP !

It is quite useful!

I hate it and don't use it!

It does not have the "real feeling".

Pretty nice calculator. I liked it enough to develop a whole stat pac for it.

Namir

easy to pgrm, nice case, price is right and since I use it outside, I can keep my 42s safe at home!

Re: HP35S

As my grandmother said to me, "Just because you can't say anything good about something, does't mean you should say anything bad about it either".

tm

I classified it as "lemon" because of reports here about developing keyboard problems with time; I don't use it much so mine is still ok. Then given it's impossible to fix the bugs it may be fair to be called so ;)

Reth

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I classified it as "lemon" because of reports here about developing keyboard problems with time; I don't use it much so mine is still ok.

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A calc that's a few months old and not used in a dirty/dusty environment doesn't need cleaning. If the issue is production related that's HP's problem. The solution is to return the unit under the warranty.

Do I consider my 35S a lemon? From a basic design/ergonomics perspective no (the one caveat is I think putting the STO and RCL
functions on the same key was a mistake). The keyboard issue still gives me pause since I've had the unit replaced already for faulty "4" and "ENTER" keys, and the replacement seems to be developing a problem with the decimal key.

My 35s (the one I use as my daily calculator) has not had any problems. I like it, and I don't consider it a lemon.