This calculator is what students used in a college electronic technician learning programs and is the best to use in the work field as well. Often times these type of calculators are difficult to find in stores, so I purchased two. I lost my first TI86 calculator in a car accident while a student and had a difficult time finding a replacement in order to finish school. Now, I purchased two, just to have a extra around. These are excellent calculators to have if you work with binary systems at all.
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Plainly and simply, some of the characters colors were poorly tested/chosen, in a fairly well lighted environment specifically the blue colors are not the best choice for the user, who as in my case and classmates as well had without soliciting the information coincided in the same conclusion we all had troubles and had to make extra efforts to pinpoint the blue colors indicators and their ocular accuitiy "uncalled and unnecessarily challenging"
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I'm reviewing the 2004 revision of the Ti-36x Solar. I have always been fond of TI calculators and wanted to see if their "top of the line" scientific lived up to the quality and functionality I'm used to. Upon cursory inspection, I liked the fact that it had quite a few functions on the keys, enough for both a 2nd and 3rd shift key. Those functions are laid out in a way that is somewhat intuitive. I didn't have to refer to the manual much to do polar to rectangular conversions and other functions common to my studies. Now onto the improvements. The solar operation is a decent feature, but it has no battery to fall back on, making it less that totally reliable in low light. It has a clip-on hard case, but it's a bit akward to manipulate compared to the older slide cover used for years by TI. The buttons seem cheap and loose on the calc, but that's not unusual for a TI. I'm just spoiled by my HP calcs in that respect. They are generally built a bit sturdier than TIs. Overall I think the design is a step backward from the 1993 revision and from that of it's cousin, the TI-36X II. I think this calculator has a great place between the pricey (but well worth the money) HP 35s and the cheaper Casio FX-115ES which, despite all its bells and whistles, I find much less intuitive in function layout.Read full review
One of the most versatile scientific calculators ever sold, the Texas Instruments TI-36X runs on room light, has in its memory a large number of physics and math constants (like Pi, Avogadro's number, etc.), is quite durable, packs three memories and about ten closed parentheses regions, converts fahrenheit to centigrade and vice versa, degrees to rads to grads and vice versa, decimal, hexadecimal, binary and octal (& vice versa) and answers every requirement one could ask of a non-graphing computer. Price is around $10.00 + shipping on eBay. Only drawback is that the printing above the keys is unusually hard to read except in bright light (dark purple on dark gray). I have gotten around that by printing out thin strips of white paper with the codes on it and glued them to the frame above the rows of keys. Even with this problem, though, the Texas Instrument TI-36X is the best such instrument I have ever used. (I use the Texas Instruments TI-89 for my graphing and calculus needs, also from eBay at very much less than retail.)Read full review
i do believe this is my favorite of all the calculators that i have ever owned (like elevende billion of them). my other favorite is the hp 6c. very small and i carried three of them until death did us part, just not at the same time. overall the ti-36 solar is the favorite. due to the way it is set up i can see the buttons and their alt's on the case by the buttons. i bought this one because it has a y to the x power key, this enables me to use any base number and any exponent to raise it's magnatude. these units seem to be industrictable, they never die before i loose it or my kids take it to their school and loose them.
I purchased this unit to replace my worn out unit which no longer displayed readable digits. I have used it everyday since purchasing it over a year ago, and it performs perfectly even under low light conditions. Highly recommended!
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If you are in college or about to enter, this is the calculator you need for taking most tests. Anything more advanced than this will not be acceptable to use. I also have the newer TI non-solar version of this calculator also and I do not recommend it. It is extremely difficult to see where the decimal point is on that newer version. This one is easier to read the display and has all the same features, just solar. It is my understanding TI does not make this one any longer, so if you see it, buy it.
I purchased this slightly older version of the TI-36X Solar for the purposes of my upcoming Calculus and Trig classes. It took me a little while to get used to the button placement because I am used to using a TI-30X IIS. The arrangements are different. This calculator allows me to do more advanced calculations than the TI-30X IIS. Once I got the hang of the key placement and got used to the functions not on my other calculator, I realized this is a great calculator. I intentionally bought the older style with the black case and buttons because I liked the styling better than the current one on the market. They are functionally the same, however. Overall, I am happy with the purchase and I would definitely recommend this calculator for anyone in advanced math and Engineering classes like I am.Read full review
This calculator gets the job done, for sure. Learning about the specific functions is difficult, though. I need to use this for a test in a month or so, but I imagine it'd take years (like it did with my TI-84) to know most of the functions without thinking. Is it well designed? Eh, it's confusing and the organization (for ex. which options are the in the 2nd or 3rd tier) often doesn't make logical sense to me. Does it have a clear display? Not exactly. Nearly always you can see the faint outline of the default numbers on the display. It is especially difficult if you're not in direct, bright sunlight - as the numbers meant to be displayed will become more faint and blend in with the background digits.
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This calculator is not programmable but has all the usual scientific functions. It is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and has a cover to keep it from getting all scratched up. It is also solar powered so you don't need to worry about the battery going dead at some critical moment. The keys are hard plastic which I prefer to the soft ones. I own a couple of them and have never had a problem with either one.
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