Hewlett Packard HP6S SLR Solar Scientific Calculator

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [252kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000JBMQ
• Item model number: HP6SSLR
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #41 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Calculators > Scientific
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Combining both battery and solar power, the Hewlett-Packard Solar Scientific calculator is ideal for students ranging from middle-school algebra all the way up to college-level trigonometry. Don't let the calculator's slim design fool you; although it's compact and easy to slip in a pocket or desk drawer, the functions are meaty. You can use the fraction and fraction-decimal conversion to work with irrational numbers and utilize sine, cosine, tangent, exponential, natural log, and antilog functions for scientific applications.

The calculator also allows you to convert minutes and seconds (sexagesimal figure) to decimal format, as well as perform conversions with hexadecimal, octal, and binary bases. Algebra students can enter data in algebraic notation, just like they would if they were writing on paper. And if the math lessons last until after dark, this solar-powered calculator will automatically switch over to battery-powered operation.

The calculator's instruction booklet is comprehensive and easy to read. Our only complaint with the HP6SSLR is its single-line display. While it is large and easy to read in most conditions, for those used to graphic or multiline calculators, it may be disappointing. --Ariel Meadow Stallings

Pros:

• Both solar and battery powered
• Slim design
• Large buttons
• Ideal for middle- or high-school students

Cons:

• Single-line display

Product Description

Combining both battery and solar power, the Hewlett-Packard Solar Scientific calculator is ideal for students ranging from middle-school algebra all the way up to college-level trigonometry. Don't let the calculator's slim design fool you; although it's compact and easy to slip in a pocket or desk drawer, the functions are meaty. You can use the fraction and fraction-decimal conversion to work with irrational numbers and utilize sine, cosine, tangent, exponential, natural log, and antilog functions for scientific applications. The calculator also allows you to convert minutes and seconds (sexagesimal figure) to decimal format, as well as perform conversions with hexadecimal, octal, and binary bases. Algebra students can enter data in algebraic notation, just like they would if they were writing on paper. And if the math lessons last until after dark, this solar-powered calculator will automatically switch over to battery-powered operation. The calculator's instruction booklet is comprehensive and easy to read. Our only complaint with the HP6SSLR is its single-line display. While it is large and easy to read in most conditions, for those used to graphic or multiline calculators, it may be disappointing. --Ariel Meadow Stallings Pros: Both solar and battery powered Slim design Large buttons Ideal for middle- or high-school students Cons: Single-line displaySolar poweredEssential scientific and mathematical functions for middle-school useEssential trig and math functions for scientific applicationsBase conversions and arithmeticEasy-to-use algebraic entry system

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars almost but not quite, September 2, 2001

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newton fisher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard HP6S SLR Solar Scientific Calculator (Office Product)

This calculator could be one of the very best scientifics sold by ... but it is not. In fact, it is not best for the price, even.
The best scietific is the Hewlett Packard 32Sii but it costs near to 60$ U.S. which means they are not a `give to the kid to take to school' item. Being the `nerdly grand unki' I get to help all the school-agers with their math homework. I agree with the math teacher, here, that this is an `O.K.' calculator but given the present shipping-cost addition to this calculator I suggest one would be better off buying the algebraic entry Hewett Packard 30S or [even] the Texas Instruments 34 II.
Somehow the `RPN' or postfix entry system is thought of a `hard to learn'. The kids here all use it, there are several Java based RPN calculators on the WWW but this calculator doesn't have RPN. If it did I would buy several. Without RPN I cannot even highly recommend this well built fairly easy to use [but no kid likes the siff rubber keys, calculator.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars annoying, July 15, 2000

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ltp1 "ltp1" (Manchester, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard HP6S SLR Solar Scientific Calculator (Office Product)

It works, it has lots of functions, it's inexpensive. But it feels cheap. I bought this on short notice when I misplaced my beloved HP11C. I suppose I shouldn't expect much, but I am disappointed in

1. the shallow rubber keys. Hard to be sure if you've really pressed them. Too close together. Unsatisfying feel. (Harder plastic keys as on HP11C or 12C make operations much quicker.)

2. its solar power, which only works well under direct light. The calculator dims out two feet from my desk lamp. There's a button that's supposed to switch it between solar and battery, but it only seems to work half the time.

3. the flimsy cheap vinyl case/sleeve.

It works in standard order of operations, as opposed to reverse polish (e.g. the 11C).

I haven't tried comparably-priced calculators so can't recommend an alternative except that if you're going to use a calculator routinely it's worth investing in something that feels more substantial.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dreadful feel, greadful reliability, December 5, 2010

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Dr. M. John Matthewson "mjohnm" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard HP6S SLR Solar Scientific Calculator (Office Product)

I bought 25 of these for my classes to use during exams. About 6 years later only 5 work. The displays of the rest have some non-functioning segments, ranging from 2 segments to all of them! It looks like they perform the calculation correctly but do not display the results properly. Changing the internal battery had no effect. They will have to tbe trashed.

Also, the buttons have to be pushed hard and rock while being pressed so the tactile feedback is variable and overdone. Worst calculator I have ever encountered for the feel of the keys.

Don't even consider buying this very old model.