HP 10B Financial Calculator

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Product Details

Product Manual [5.17mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JBLB
• Item model number: HP10B
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

If you need to keep up with your fast-paced business courses while working and planning for your future career, invest in the HP10B business calculator. Featuring over 100 built-in functions for business, finance, mathematics, and statistics, the HP10B is an ideal calculator for business students who want to get ahead. Easily calculate loan payments, interest rates, amortization, discounted cash flow analyses, TVM (loans, savings, and leasing) and more. Statistical analysis is cumulative and you can figure standard deviation, mean, and weighted mean in addition to forecasting and the correlation coefficient. Cash flow analysis is register-based and has 15 functions.

The HP10B business calculator has an algebraic entry system and a logical and intuitive keyboard layout with easy-to-read labels. The LCD display screen features up to 12 characters on one line of text. Small and sturdy, this calculator is easy to slip into your backpack or briefcase and bring to class or your workplace. Hewlett-Packard offers a one-year warranty on the HP10B. --Dana Van Nest

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

88 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST Financial Calculator for the Money, September 27, 2000

By	Fritz-The-Cat (In The South, USA) - See all my reviews

I have used (and own) many of the available financial calculators on the market. I "recommend" the HP-10B to my university finance students, both graduate and undergraduate.

The HP 10B is a directly positioned competitor to the TI-BA-II+, but HP's entry is superior. The keys feel more solid, the machine itself "seems" better made. Having worn out more than one of each, my experience has been that the HP has more staying power. And, the TI-BA-II+ often requires more keystrokes to accomplish the same tasks (i.e., NPV calculations). ...

The HP 10B has a well written manual, including examples on using the function. HP has the manual available on-line on their website for the inevitable time that the user needs it and has lost the original.

While there are cheaper financial calculators, it seems that this particular level is the minimum I would recommend to professionals or students. Less expensive versions, while saving a few dollars, miss important features. As a general rule of thumb, if the calculator can perform the "IRR" function, as this can, it will be able to handle pretty much any calculation into which the finance student, professonal, or banker will run. Lesser machines do not have this function.

Ironically, even larger fancier calculators, such as the venerable HP-12C, are in my estimation inferior as well. The 12C uses RPN logic which, while saving even more keystrokes, is simply foreign to most students. More importantly, some functions, such as the Time Value of Money functions, on the 12C require interpretation. On the 12C, for example, solving for the number of periods in an annuity, the value gets rounded UP to the next integer.

Strongly recommended as the best value in inexpensive financial calculators.

58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value, December 12, 1999

By A Customer

I have owned all of Hewlett Packard's financial calculators. The HP-10B has several features that make it the calculator I like to use. It has a 1 line BOLD display, which makes it very easy to read. This feature is extremely important to me, as my eyes aren't as good as they once were. It has all of the standard financial functions, such as uneven cash flow analysis and TVM (time value of money). The only thing I miss on the 10B is RPN. It would be nice if that were an option, along with a built in cover, like the HP-19B. I solved the cover problem with an Astech plastic case, which, unfortunately, is no longer available. If your vision is less than perfect and you don't want to spend alot of money for a financial calculator, you will be very pleased with the 10B. Even if you have perfect vision, you won't go wrong with this calculator.

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value in a Mid Range Capability Business Calculator, November 5, 1999

By	Frank Knight Ph.D. (Birmingham, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This is a well designed calculator for quick TVM,cashflow and basic business as well as light statistical calculations. This specific model was required for an MBA Finance class I took recently, or I probably would not have purchased, as I already had a TI Business Scientific (now renamed to Business II or something like that.) A few classical basic scientific functions are included as well except for trig. The numerical range of the calculator (E+/-499 power) is impressive and consistant with the HP 20S mid-range scientific. The keyboard is well laid out, and the calculator helps maintain the high quality HP image. At recent prices like Amazon's it is a bargan, and occasionally has a $5 rebate which makes almost a gift. If you need something more powerful, look at the HP-17BII (quite a bit pricier if you don't need the power) or even higher end business models HP makes in the clamshell.