Texas Instruments TI34II Calculator

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.

Product 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

Unfortunately, it has one fatal flaw. While it allows numbers to be entered in scientific notation, it doesn't have a feature to show the result of a calulation in scientific notation. With a 10 digit display, it can be hard to figure out if 100000000 is 1 billion or 100 million. Lack of comma's to group digits into 3's also hurts. I ended up buying a CASIO FX-115MS, which does have the scientific notation and comma's.

If the TI had the comma's and scientific notation, it would beat the CASIO hands down for ease of use, and also contruction. I also like the fact that it remembers prior calculations even after auto-powering down. The CASIO forgets after any power down.


Excellent calculator   March 5, 2005
Paul Morgan (Downingtown, PA USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

If you think this calculator is for elementary school kids, you're WRONG. I can't afford a fully flegged graphing calculator yet, so this is my only alternative. It's served me extrodinary through Honors Chemistry and Geometry (especially calculating moles and gas pressures). It's also the calculator that my school has for us in case we don't have a calculator. Overall, this is one of the best calculators you can get for your twenty bucks or so, buy it!


TI-34 II Is great for most needs.   August 25, 2000
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

The TI-34 II calculator is a great calculator for pretty much anything you might need to do on a scientific calculator. It is relatively cheap, has easy-to-understand instructions, and enough functions for whatever you might need to do.


very very useful   October 10, 2000
newton fisher (riverside, ca USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

To each and every one of my nieces and nephews I have given this calculator. One niece is in the 5th grade and `luvs' this thing. One nephew is in Jr High and in algebra and finds much better then the graphing calculators used by some. Some teachers will not allow graphing calculators on test but, he tells me, he has never had a teacher so `out of it' that they have forbidden scientifics. The instructions for use of this calculator can be easily understood and on the TI website there is even more information and teachers handbook with `how tos' and exercises. TI also publishes a wonderful workbook for this calculator...


Not just for 5th graders   August 30, 2004
Nightless Vision
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is a great calcualtor, some might say it's for fifth graders but you can easily use it through middle school as well. Even in 9th grade math you don't even start using the more complicated functions that this calculator provides. I kept mine inside my binder for years and it never broke, the solar pannel is very, very, extremely convenient since you don't have to buy batteries every six months. I never had any trouble using it and it has always worked. I'm looking forward to use it for quite a few more years.

This is a great buy, it's cheap but it certanly lasts a lifetime.