HP 35s

Pros: More traditional HP keyboard style; very legible keys, nice feel.

Cons: Display is shiny, less resistant to glare than other models. Minor bugs with trig functions.

The Bottom Line: This is a very welcome return to the design features that made HP calculators a mainstay for scientists and engineers. The keyboard is a great improvement over recent models.

Review: My history with HP calculators goes back to the HP65, back in the 1970s. As the product line changed over the years -- the small 41C, the "landscape" 11c and 15c, the alpha display 32SII -- HP managed to maintain a reasonably consistent and utilitarian ...

Pros: Traditional HP layout, decent programable memory, approved for PE Exam

Cons: Poor product quality, appathetic HP customer service

Review: I have used HP calculators since 1980 (HP-41C and HP-32SII). I was holding off purchasing the HP-33 for taking the PE Exam because of its untraditional layout. I was excited to hear of the new HP-35S and to hear that it was approved for the PE Exam. ...