Absolutely. I also have a LA bag that has been getting continuously used as a day pack and construction bag for the past few years, 17 years after my dad bought it to hike Kilimanjaro. Badass backpack for sure

Nope, I run a tight ship. I clean this thing often, it just spends a lot of time on dusty, muddy, or hazardous jobsites currently so keeping it clean is pretty low.priority

TI is functionally a tech company. There are plenty of companies out there that simply produce calculators with stagnant tech that do 90% of what people need a calculator for. The extra cost covers the last 10% and that's all R&D for batteries, software, and supporting platforms. Production of the device alone is likely much less than half the cost

Not particularly. Traded it for a standard TI-84 with another student bc their teacher wouldn't allow the Plus, ended up never trading back

Lmao no, I use it for a very messy kind of construction job

No worries! Didn’t mean to come off brusque, just wanted to clarify. Definitely a great piece of equipment

It functions fine, is 7-8 years old, and lives on a construction site. Might give her a once-over whenever I work in an office again but for now I don’t mind. It’s all dust and dried mud anyway, not greasy fingers

I don't know what Texas Instruments is doing, but they're killing it.

This calculator got me all the way through 2 years of high school, 4 years of engineering in college, and so far 2 years of construction management. It's therefore 7-8 years old, has been on numerous jobsites, has all the necessary tools to get through every math class I took - trig, algebra I and II, Pre-Calc, Calc I, Calc II, Calc III, and Differential Equations. Just last month it was in the muddiest excavation I've ever been in, under blaring Pacific heat, and I could dependably use it for weeks without a recharge. By the way - either the battery or power consumption is incredible - my biggest stressor with this calculator is that I practically never have to charge it so I might lose the charger. That's it. The color screen makes multiple graph functions easily navigable, its software is highly versatile, it fits conveniently into pockets (much slimmer than standard TI-84's), and overall has been an amazing implement to have in my education and work.

Ill probably buy another one when this one dies in 10+ years