HP - Financial Calculator - Black

Good caluculator for work and personal use. Once you learn how to use the HP 12 c it's difficult to go back to using an ordinary calculator. However I question it's durability. I seem to be replacing this calculator every 2 to 3 years which is becoming very costly. I question it's duarability as the same thing keeps happening.....'it just stop working" even after replacing the battery, it doesn't work. If I didn't think the functions were so great, I would not keep replacing.

Battery life is excellent, numerals are clear, light weight, flat form factor! Perfect!

HP12C is the go-to financial calculator for a reason. This was cheaper at Best Buy than at an office supply store in the immediate area.

After using an HP 12C financial calculator for over 30 yrs, I bought an HP 10 to save money (half the price of the 12C). Cumbersome to use, I returned it the next day and purchased another 12C. It doesn't get easier to use than the 12C as long is you can get comfortable with the RPC (Reverse Polish Calc) keystroke sequence --> 12x2=24 --> is 12 ENTER, 2 x. The new 12C is a 1000x faster than the 25 yr old 12C I had. Try amortizing 10 yrs into a 25 yr mortgage to calculate interest paid, principle paid, and remaining balance and the answer takes less than a second. On my old 12C it would take 30 seconds! Gotta love the new chips!

This is a calculator I've used for over 30 yrs. My first bought in 1975. It died only recently. I love it. Does everything I need for financial planning, mortgages, loans. Great feel. Never dies.

I've owned 12C's since they debuted, and am now on my third one. They are compact, hardened workhorses with everything a finance professional needs in a calculator, short of a spreadsheet.

The 12C is an old classic, this is my third or fourth buy of this type of calculator. Not for those who are not used to the reverse polish notation, which is actually more efficient. These have a great key action and feel. These used to be made in the USA, then later on off shored to "low cost" regions, so the more recent ones do not last as long. Pricey for the functions, but if you are used to HP calculators, it is hard to settle for other types of calculators.

Lot of negative reviews about this product, but i have had no complaints whatsoever.