HP35s lemon?

[ravwalia]

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?

[Kareem Mokdad]

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

[bill platt]

It is quite useful!

[Patrick Rendulic]

I hate it and don't use it!

It does not have the "real feeling".

[Namir]

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

Namir

[Howard Lazerson]

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

[Trent Moseley]

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

[Reth]

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

[Thomas Radtke]

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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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I'm really interested whether some kind of abrasion is responsible or if it is dirt from production. People concerned with the problem should try randys procedure for cleaning a calculator. With some luck, that might solve this wicked problem.

[Tom Mathes]

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.

[Seth Morabito]

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.