Reddit reviews Casio FX-991EX Engineering/Scientific Calculator, Black, 3" x 6.5" x 0.4"

As a working engineer, I disagree. In my opinion the TI-36X Pro is slightly harder to use and less suited for engineering that the fx-991EX (which also allows you to easily grab and use previous expressions and answers). Not that the TI is in any way bad, but I think the Casio is somewhat better.

$17.28 for the Casio

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZZ93346/

18.57 for the TI

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NBZB2Y/

Another good choice:

Sharp EL-W516TBSL at $20.49

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XS6V17P

None of these are bad choices, but I think the Casio is the best.

much better than ti36

https://www.amazon.com/Casio-FX-991EX-Engineering-Scientific-Calculator/dp/B00ZZ93346/ref=pd_sim_229_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00ZZ93346&pd_rd_r=BJB5CP8KRE5D12HMN3TS&pd_rd_w=gWOp4&pd_rd_wg=4BppW&psc=1&refRID=BJB5CP8KRE5D12HMN3TS

Casio FX-991EX Engineering/Scientific Calculator, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZZ93346/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_dBGYBbKC723D3

The newer version

Most of my professors so far only allow Calculators that are allowed on the FE. as /u/DrJamaican mentioned, get a good calculator that is allowed on the FE and learn how to use that as you would breathe. I usually recommend the Casio FX991EX, it does spreadsheets and 4X4 matrices and the display and overall functionality is amazing compared to it's only real competitor the TI-36x Pro. The only thing the TI does better is keep memory of operations between power cycles. If you are gonna graph any for a class it is gonna be using MATlab or some other software package. So save yourself the money on a graphing calc and buy two great scientific calculators (always need a backup).

i have an fx155es too, if i was buying a calculator today id get either this or this

Ah, that's pretty much the same then, we were just told to buy a scientific calculator. If anything influences what brand people get, it's probably what others already have, or what they've seen their older siblings use. I know one guy bought this one after he saw me use mine to automatically solve an equation, that was about the most complex we were allowed to have

Yup. It's an extremely powerful calculator that very few people know about because everyone would just go buy TI stuff. Honestly felt like cheating sometimes when I took exams with it.

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It looks like the FX-991EX ClassWiz is the newer model though.

https://www.amazon.com/Casio-FX-991EX-Engineering-Scientific-Calculator/dp/B00ZZ93346

Lab coats are provided by the department in 99% of cases in my experience. I wouldn't even be allowed to bring my own one. Safety glasses is not something biologists use the vast majority of times. Really most of the things biologists use on a daily basis are either too expensive or impractical to give as a gift to be honest. I personally love to have a proper calculator in all my labcoats (3x, this one) because there's nothing more annoying than these one-line calculators lying around everywhere. Maybe a nice new briefcase/bag with a good calculator? Hard to get more biology-themed and be useful at the same time I think.

I've got a HP-35s and the Casio FX-991EX amazon

 

I bought the Casio as I couldn't take a programmable calculator into exams, and the 991EX is probably the best scientific calculator around right now. It's a newer model than the ES with a better display and a couple of extra features such as spreadsheets. The only negative I have to say about it is you only get 5 columns in the spreadsheet. That's 5 more than most calculators and I've used it successfully for stability calculations in naval architecture exams.
 

If you can get something programmable but don't need graphs, get a HP 35 and learn RPL and stack memory; I can punch numbers out in half the time on that than i can on the casio.