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SHREL243SB - EL243 Solar Pocket Calculator

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A GREAT LITTLE MACHINE AT A GREAT LITTLE PRICE! This calculator, the Sharp Elsi Mate EL-243S lies f-l-a-t in your hand or on the table. This means that it can be put in pocket or purse...and take up VERY little room. It is VERY light in weight...and even comes with a protective plastic cover, to make it extra-safe from breakage whilst travelling!

Many calculators I have tried do NOT have CE (clear entry) key working with division or multiplication. That means, if you want to multiply, say 3 x 4, but mistakenly put in 3 x 2, you can press the CE key, and not have to re-enter the 3! (This is VERY helpful in more complicated calculations!) Usually, the CE key works just fine with addition and subtraction....but here, it works with multiplication and divisiion, too!

The keys are a nice, soft, responsive rubber. They rise only the smallest fraction of an inch from the keyboard base, but are still extremely easy to use!

The protective, hard-plastic cover contrasts nicely with the soft rubber keys, It securely fastens over the calculator, but should be easy for most people to open and close. (For those with manual dexterity problems, please note: if you have any problems opening and closing the cover -- after getting someone else to open and close it several times, it should be easier to open and close yourself!

The numbers on this calculator are very LARGE, considering its size. They are also quite LONG and THIN! This might help me -- and anyone else who uses this calculator -- to help lose weight! Because, after using the Sharp Elsi Mate EL-243S for a week or so, when one goes back to most other calculators, the numbers on these others look stocky and stubby!
The elegant, long, large and thin numbers of the ElsiMate EL-2435 look almsot ARISTOCRATIC by comparison! A real weight-losing catalyst!

This calculator is also SO small, SO unobtrusive, SO handy, that I'd
also call it, 'my "007" calculator'. Because -- with everything else he must carry -- James Bond would hardly have room for any other calculator!
(Unless, of course, his would be specially outfitted to fire bullets and/or dispense poison!) In any event, the fold-over case can hide a secret message or two! (Or even a to-do list -- for James Bond, or anyone else!)

all in all, a fine, rugged, easy-to-use little basic calculator! With a fold-over case, which can be used as a. "secret compartment"!

I'm currently taking an Accounting class at my college, and this calculator gets the job done.

It's unbelievably sleek, and the cover is great. The cover can swing to the back on the calculator when using it, so that it doesn't get in the way. When you're done using it, just put the cover on and put it in your pocket- it's more small and thin than my wallet.

They only give you the buttons that simple arithmetic requires, and that's all that I need.

The buttons work great. The display is fine. There's nothing to complain about.

I find the cover a bit cumbersome and miss the feature of being able to correct a miss-entered number without having to start over again. I do like the large view screen which is well lit and easier to see than on my last calculator.