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Calculated Industries 8025 Ultra Measure Master Measurement Conversion Calculator, Silver

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This is a nice calculator, but has some shortcomings. I use it for both useful and what I call useless information. For instance, I purchased a ten foot diameter pool that is four feet deep. I want to know how many gallons of water it takes to fill the pool. Press [5][Feet][x2] [X] [pi] [X] [4][Feet] to get the volume of 314.16 cubic feet. Next press [gal] to convert to 2,350 gallons. That's a lot of water to fill the pool. Now for the useless info, I wonder how much 2,350 gallons of water weighs? Press [lbs] to get the answer of 19,612 pounds. Now that's heavy! Or say you just bought a 150 gallon fish tank. Press [1][5][0][gal][lbs] to discover that the tank will hold 1251 pounds of water. You better have a sturdy stand for that tank. The calculator comes preprogrammed for the weight of water by volume. You can change the variable to the weight of gravel, sand, gas, diesel or anything else as long as you know their weight per unit beforehand. It would be nice if you could toggle through some pre-programmed values of common materials and then have a custom value that you could use for anything else.

Another nice feature is that this calculator doesn't only do US standard to metric or metric to US standard conversions like most calculators. It will also do US standard to US standard and metric to metric conversions. So you can convert from miles to yards to feet to inches and so on. It supports decimal or fractions with feet and inch measurements (in 1/64" increments). You can also perform math functions with mixed US standard and metric units. For example, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide 200 feet by 50 meters. When you store a number in memory, it also stores the measurement unit with it.

Some lacking features are that it doesn't support quarts, pints, cups, tbsp, or tsp for volume measurements. It only supports gallons, fluid oz, liters, and ml. I own their kitchencalc which does do these conversions. But this is the ultra measure master and I think it should do these conversions as well. While it supports gallons per minute it doesn't support gallons per hour (which is common for pumps). Sure you can multiply gpm by 60 to get gph, but the display will still show the measurement unit as gpm after you do the calculation. Because these are common measurements I took two stars off.

Some other units it doesn't support are imperial measurements, bushel, cord, nautical mile, knots, liters per minute or cubic foot per minute/second. While this is the best conversion calculator I've found so far, I still think there is plenty of room for improvement just by adding more measurement units along with some constant weight values for common materials. It would also be nice if it had a comma number seperator for thousands and millions.

It drove me crazy whenever I had to convert centimeters to inches, or grams to ounces, etc. This calculator does it all in an instant. Be cautioned that learning to use it will require studying the manual, which is conveniently located in a pouch attached to the calculator. But don't let that deter you. If you're a do-it-yourselfer, this gadget is for you.

There is no finer conversion calculator on the planet than this one! Even most of the Hewlett Packards and other high end calculators can't do conversions as quickly or easily as this model. It converts English to Metric regarding weights, volumes and distances and vice versa. Highly recommended!

Yes, 5 Stars. I had an older version of the Construction Master calculator by C.I. which stopped working (not it's fault). I tried buying a similar calculator by another company and after using it for 2 weeks I through it in the garbage and bought the Ultra Measure Master !! I won't use anything else. There is no equal.

As a plumber this calculator has become very handy above just figuring someones bill. I have used it to figure flow rates, volumes for fluids dirt concrete etc., and adding and subtracting measurements. I only wish I had several of them because I seem to leave it in my school bag when I need it at work and vice versa. It is a bit too big to fit comfortably in a pocket. The only thing I would complain about is no solar back up so make sure you have an extra battery

Need I say more, this is a great tool for converting units to and from english / metric for someone like me who does not need to perform these conversions regularly. Worth every penny spent!

Calculated Industries 8025 Ultra Measure Master Measurement Conversion Calculator, Silver
Fantastic calculator.
Truly easy to use for export markets.

I HIGHLY recommend this calculator for metric conversions. This is a huge help for science class.

Great product, used CI products for years now and will always go back to CI for more products. Excellant layout and ease of use. Recommend this and all CI products.

This makes the 2nd model 8025 calculators I have purchased. I'm not sure how long my first one lasted (at least 5 - 7 years). I used it so much I eventually broke the hinged cover on it. It finally gave out on me last week. This calculator does it all, from the paperless tape function (it remembers your past 20 entries or calculations) to the ease with averages, to the very easy way it allows you to convert various measurements.

I placed my order Tuesday 2/21/2012, they promised delivery around the 24th - the 25th, I received it today 2/23/2012, perfect timing.

This is the only calculator I will ever buy. Truly outstanding.