Editorial Product Review:Item Description:The Texas Instruments 34II Explorer Plus Scientific Calculator is designed to help high-school and entry-level college students do their best when doing scientific, statistcal and math computations. Can calculate whole-numbers and fractions Excellent for math, trig, science and simple statistical functions Includes batteries and protective slip-on case
Amazon.com Item Description:Combining excellent usability with powerful features, the Texas InstrumentsTI34 II calculator is ideal for students performing basicmathematic and scientific functions. Although it's compact and easy to slipin a pocket or desk drawer, the functions are solid and include a fractionfeature, which enables you to calculate with both fractions and mixednumbers. You can chose whether to simplify fractions automatically orstep by step, and the TI34 is programmed to switch easily betweenfractions, decimals, and percentages.
The two-line display lets you to see more of your work, the top entry lineholding up to 11 characters, with the option of scrolling left or right upto 88 characters. The bottom line shows answers up10 digits long with a two-digit exponent. The keyboard is relativelyfriendly, featuring an extra-large equals button and abackspace/correction key. The calculator runs on low-light solar power,working even inside, and includes a one-year warranty.
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Love tis! We have used Texas Instruments before and absolutely love them. I hope it will be used as much as the first one was!
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Very Nice Product
I was very happy with the calculator. It was brand new in the original package. Thanks
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I never got it!
I recieved a different item than I ordered, and in exchange for not complaining to Amazon, I was given my money back, except for shipping. I, instead, ended up with a TI-34, but NOT a TI-34II. The difference is quite a bit. The TI-34 is a horrible old calculator that reminded me of things they gave me in 3rd grade, and it broke soon after. The TI-84II was something I've wanted for a long time and have seen in action, and it is very good, so I do give it as good as review as I can without trying it out. I also want to let people know that it doesn't Graph so it's only useful for people who are too cheap for a graphing one or who go to a school that doens't allow graphing (or maybe someone out there prefers non-graphing for some reason).
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Durable, Efficient, Simple
This is one of the best, well only, calculators I've ever used.
I bought this back when I was in 6th grade and I've been using it since (Now I am a sophomore in college, 7 years, give or take a year). Lower version of this calculator such as TI-30s have too little features or obscure and those TI-8* giants have so many features that if you want to add you need to press 10 buttons (exaggerating of course, but you get the idea). I've looked at my friend who have owned TI-30s and the "giants" they seem to be contempt with it but the giants seemed bombastic to me.
Even in my advanced calculus class in High School, my teacher asked us to do the graphs without the use of a graphing calculator, its a little tedious but it helped me learn the concepts and I used TI-34 II for all the addition, subtraction, trig, and various other functions.
What I like about this calculator is the fact that it have a 2-line display, I can see my questions as well as my answer. I can also plug in a complex single variable equations in one single line and solve, unlike those 1-line display calculators where you can't see what you've put in and have to constantly keep going back.
I haven't realized the power of the STO-> (store) button until my freshman year in high school (wish I would have earlier), but it is one of the most powerful features that you can ever imaging. It will actually store up to 5 values of your calculations and keep it in the memory until you manually delete it (powering off does not erase the memory). I mostly use the ANS function if I want to use the previous answer, but if I wont be using the answer in the next equation, all I have to do is STO->. It saves me tons of time.
The only "flaw", if you even want to call it that, is the fact that it does not show the numbers in scientific notation which are below 10 digits. SOMETIMES, its annoying, but its nothing you cant handle, eh mate?
Another issue, not a big deal at all but thought thought you should know, is the fact that in the beginning it might be tricky to put the lid back on the calculator, you think I am bluffing eh? See it for yourself when you buy it. The trick to putting it back on is to keep the calculator 45 degree angle in reference to the cover plate and gradually decrease the angle as the calculator slides in the "groove" of the cover plate. You'll see what I mean, hard to describe in words. Or just do what I do, just put one side of the calculator on one side of the cover plate "groove" and press the other end in until you hear a CLICK sound, the plastic is flexible so dont be afraid of breaking it :).
Durability wise, I've dropped this calculator at least 500 times, literally, over the course of 7 years and not once has it broken, screen faded, pixels missing, or anything of that sorts. Sure, there are a few scratches, but other than that it works just as well as when it was new. Just to let you know, my friend bought a TI-30 and he dropped it after 5 months of using it, not I dont know if it because of the way it fell or what but, he dropped it and broke the screen and he could only see it partially, of course, that was no use. I recommended TI-34 II then but he went with CASIO because it could solve derivatives :|, he is so lazy, LOL.
Anyways, buy this calculator and you wont be disappointed :).