The Mead Instruments Telescope is a great gift item that anyone will cherish.  You will find that people will use it very much and learn a lot from it.  The price for this telescope is $139.99 at Sears.  It has a computer controller which makes it a breeze to use.  It has a white tripod to position it on and it is easy to care for and clean.Your loved one will be able to lea...

If there is such a thing, I am a pen snob. I've written with everything from bic round stics to the finest fountain pen, and let me tell you, anyone who doesn't see a difference between them is an ignorant fool. Basically, i've gotten so used to this pen, that when signing checks at restaurants, filling out deposit slips at the bank, and jotting notes down on post-it notes, I only u...

If you are a college student that is majoring in accounting, finance, or any other business major, then this is definitely the calculator for you. It is pretty inexpensive, but it has a lot of great features and functions. The Texas Instruments BA II Plus can perform many functions including time value of money calculations, cash flow calculations, and more. It has definitely made some of my fi...

We have been using small, inexpensive, solar powered calculators at our restaurant to add up our tickets.  I can't tell you how many different calculators we have bought, used and thrown away! Recently, while I was taking care of a busy lunch crowd, a customer noticed that I was pretty frustrated.  She asked what was wrong with me because I wasn't smiling. I said my calcu...

I bought this calculator while pursuing my engineering degree in college and I have to say "It rocks". It has so many functions that I can't even use most of it unless I am a full-time engineer. It performs some calculus calculation both numerically and symbolically which is useful at times. I also found that it is very useful to install new applications or transfer data through t...

As an engineering student, the TI-89 calculator is a necessity.  It is the standard to base other engineering and advanced mathematics calculators.  This calculator can do anything, even solving algebraic equations, derivatives, and antiderivatives.  However, with so much functionality you'll have a tough time remembering the commands for everything.  Each button can als...

This calculator has 2 lines of display.  The first line will hold up to 88 digits, the second line displays the answer.  This calculator is capable of doing some trigonometry functions, fractions, rectangular-polar conversions, probablility (combinations, statistics and notations.  It can be difficulty to use if you do not keep the book.  However inside the plastic cover the...

    This is not a calculator for the weak of heart.  This is not for business people; you're fine with your 4 functions and scientifics.  This is for the engineers, scientists, and mathematicians.  If you speak differential equations, fourier transforms, and fluid flows, you have to own this.      Most people will purchase this making the up...

The Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Silver Edition is a calculator that can be used throughout high school and even through most of college. Most high school math classes (algebra through calculus) will take advantage of this calculators functions and is required to do well. Most kids either have the TI-83 or TI-84 versions now. The TI-83 Silver edition is faster than the normal TI-83 and it has a...

The TI-30X IIS is a very solid scientific calculator made by Texas Instruments. The reason that I bought this version was that with all my experience with other scientific calculators, this was the most simple, efficient, and best looking calculator available. Also considering the cheap price, it was a good buy as well. Most classes throughout high school and definitely into college require a s...

I bought this solar powered scientific calculator initially for my schoolwork in junior high.  I have been using it constantly till my college years.  The solar powered battery amazingly still works.  The calculator boasts the same functions any other scientific calculator would have and remains useful throughout high school and college math and science courses.  It is porta...

Since junior high school a calculator was a big part of learning mathematics especially when it came to algebra related tasks or anything else for that matter past the point of basic math schools. It has always been my weakest subject as well so a calculator has always been like a life line to me in that sense. I started using Scientific calculators in high school and somehow managed to learn t...

The Master Key Pitch Pipe C to C is just what it sounds like- it is a circular pitch pipe, with thirteen chromatic notes falling in one octave of C.The Master Key is well-built.  I have owned mine for about three years, and it still seems to be well in tune.  Since the pitch pipe is just a metal circle with various holes, it is very durable.  It indicates notes on the pipe throug...

The calculator that not only do I own from years ago, but also provided to students in most cases (could be this one or the more comprehensive ones) as part of the mathematics courses on the high school level. It's durable alright, seeing as the one I have has been dropped about literally a little over 30 times, and right after each of those "drops" would see the calculator runnin...

    I've had this calculator for over three years now using it in Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Physics, and Chemistry. So far I haven't had any issues where it couldn't solve a problem or at least parts of the problem.    The problem is that it doesn't have some of the more advanced applications like the TI-84 does. You'll get basic apps ...

I have purchase this calculator about four years ago on ebay, because I struggled so much in math. This calculator even has usb connectivity for tranferring data and installing applications. This calculator is for the greater level of math or physics courses, this calculator is great use if you is currently taking a math class like calculus, actually this is absolutely essential for anyone taki...

This is a calculator I got for my algebra class. It is light yet efficient and it runs on solar power so you don't have to worry about it dying when you're in the middle of taking a test. It has all the simple functions of a calculator as well as the functions a scientific calculator has such as pi, square root, log, PRB, etc. It was very useful for anything I needed up until pre-calcul...

This is the calculator you want if you want something more technological than a scientific calculator but less technological than a super computer. I bought this for my pre-calculus class and I love it. It is bulky, but it is very useful. It uses 4 triple A batteries and I've been using this for a year, so I'm assuming it has a high battery life since it has yet to die on me, though it ...

I've had the TI-30Xa Texas Instruments calculator since college...and that's been quite some time. I purchased this calculator, because I signed up for a Statistics class. I was really worried about taking Statistics. It was my first class in it and I hated math...period. This calculator was my Statistics friend and helped me get through the class. I remember my first exam in Statistics...

I bought this great flashlight for my husband for Christmas 2008. It is made by Mag Instruments, which is a U.S. company based in Ontario, California.The construction on the Mag-Lite is top quality. It is 14.5 inches long so that it can hold the three D cell batteries that it takes to light up the LED. I can honestly say that I've never seen such a bright beam on a flashlight. And it lasts!...