Returning to the HP fold

[TASP]

The timer is fine. I have used it in the kitchen (kitchen timers typically count down, my brain is happier with a count up version) and it is accurate enough for timing the mixing of ingredients.

My big disappoint with the 55 is in regards to programming; it is so similar to my 25! Number of steps, what can be accomplished, NO continuous memory spring to mind.

Back then budget forced me to get a 25, and at the time it was fine. I even had it at work with a relay connected across the R/S switch to count machine cycles, worked great for that. Since I had no basis for comparison, the lack of continuous memory wasn't a big deal. Didn't even notice the lack of mass storage. Once I had tasted a 41 with a card reader, I never looked back.

A 41 with the Time module and mass storage of any stripe beats the socks off everything else.