Texas Instruments BA II Plus Financial Calculator by Texas Instruments
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Digital camera reviews of Texas Instruments BA II Plus Financial Calculator
Digital camera Review: Dated calculator, horrible keypad
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this calculator for a timed actuary exam and I needed to make quick, accurate calculations with it, but the poor-quality keypad made my calculations prone to error. I've never had any similar problems with any other calculators (I also own a TI-86 and TI-30XIIS). I've never tried the BA II Plus Professional, though.
Though it doesn't have financial functions, the TI-30XIIS is a much better calculator - it functions more like a graphing calculator where the display is like a command-line and the memory values are more clear and easily manipulated.
It's time for the BA II Plus to be upgraded.
Digital camera Review: Does what any financial calculator should do
Summary: 3 Stars
If you're used to scientific and graphing calculators, odds are you'll hate all financial calculators at first. After going through a few finance classes that don't allow graphing calculators (which can be loaded with financial software), these calculators are invaluable. In fact, after getting used to it for financial calculations, graphing calculators are bulky and unnecessary for most computations.
The BA-II Plus does pretty much everything any good financial calculator can do. There's not much to say about its capabilities, it does what it needs to do.
My issue comes with the design. I don't mind the lightweight design, but pair the weight with its smooth plastic feet and you could use this thing as a planchette on a ouija board. A flatter design with rubber feet should be their next logical design modification (similar to the TI-30XS, which I think is a stellar product). The feel of the buttons could use some tweaking too, bigger and flatter buttons should be employed, but it's not a big issue. I've also heard replacing the battery on this thing is a fight to the death.
The more expensive BA-II Plus Professional adds 3 or 4 extra calculations, has the flatter design, but I'm not a fan of a soft case for a calculator. And I'm not sure if it has rubber feet if you take the soft case off (or if the soft case comes off at all). Many exams such as the actuarial exams do not allow you to bring in the case covers, so depending the BA-II Plus Professional may still be a hockey puck on ice.
Digital camera Review: Dollar for Dollar
Summary: 5 Stars
Great bang for the buck. Buy it, and I promise you will not be disappointed.Digital camera Review: Earlier model than posted
Summary: 3 Stars
The model on the site did not match the one I received. I was told by a professor when I bought it that it was the "old" model, and all the settings had to be changed.Digital camera Review: Easy to make mistakes
Summary: 2 Stars
I got this calculator free on a financial course I am taking. It is easy to use but what others say about getting wrong answers seems to be down to the operator buttons on the right hand side being out of line with the main keypad. So you have to watch what you are doing. This and the fact it seems to take so many keypresses to get anything done makes it cumbersome. It is a reasonable calculator for starting out but I would not recommend it if you are in a hurry eg. sitting an exam.