Ronald M. Chavin
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024
ADVANTAGES:(1)All 8 of the calculators that I received were provided with the exact same lithium button battery. One customer before me had complained in his comments that the 2 blue-green calculators that he received were provided with a different, larger battery type than the other 6 calculators, which were provided with lithium button batteries.(2)All of the function buttons press down adequately. Occasionally, if you fail to press down firmly, there will be no response but this is partly the user's fault for not pressing down firmly enough after getting too lazy.(3)The vast majority of the functions, including the "to the power of" button (^), reciprocal button (x-1), and the basic function buttons work fine.MINOR DISADVANTAGES:(1)The keys on the blue calculators are more difficult to read than the keys on the other 3 colors of calculators.(2)It's too difficult to pull the calculators out of their cases when fully inserted, although if only partially inserted, these calculators can be pulled out easily.(3)The LCD screen is the ancient, cheap type, where the angle of view matters greatly. These black LCD number digits can only be seen easily from one, specific angle.(4)There is no way to turn the calculator off, once it is turned on. You must simply wait until the calculator goes off automatically by itself.(5)The instructions are worthless. Although the instructions are in English, the words are way too small to read, even for near-sighted people like me. Even if the instructions were enlarged to facilitate easy reading, they would still be useless because they don't give any examples of how to use the 4 memory buttons or other key buttons.(6)Like with many other modern calculators, the negation button (-) works only for negating a number that you are entering to compute. The negation button (-) cannot be used to negate an already-displayed number or to negate the answer from a completed calculation.MAJOR DISADVANTAGE = MAJOR DEFECT:(1)The four memory function buttons on all 8 of the calculators that I received are defective. The (M+) button and the (M-) button can provide some limited functioning but for the most part, they are useless. The RCL button (memory recall) and the STO button (memory store) are totally defective and do not respond at all on all 8 of the calculators that I received.CONCLUSION:Do not buy this product as a gift. Do not buy this product for yourself, thinking that if one breaks, you would still have 7 backup calculators to use for yourself.
Cathy Carpenter
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2022
I bought these for my students to use. They are easy to operate and are a great value!
benjamin azmon
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022
The work ok. They have a great button layout. But they are supper cheaply made. If you press any of the upper button the screen flickers. The arrow button barely work and must be pressed multiple times (on all 32 i got).The green ones didn’t come with batteries and required different batteries then all the other ones.