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Suggestions on scientific calculator, solar, one line - like TI-36X Solar in EU?

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r0tati0n:
Might sound strange, but does anybody have suggestions on calculators?

I used a TI-36X Solar for a long time but I lost it :(

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I liked the 1 line display and the many functions with 2nd and 3rd button. It is solar only.
Unfortunately, this is not made anymore, the successor is available in US only, it appears, shipping to EU is costly.

Does anybody have a suggestion for a scientific calculator, preferrably one line, preferrably solar only - or solar+battery.
It should have a lot of functions including unit conversion, can be programmable or not.
I would like to have a good feel on the buttons, as well as a good feedback when pressing a button.
A lot of the calculators do not have that, are there still clicky calculators out there - or at least button press with a lot of feedback and no bouncy buttons?

€dit:
Preferrably no RPN or switchable

TimFox:
I like the Swiss Micros line (made in Switzerland) based on the classic -hp- RPN calculators, but they don't have solar.  On the other hand, with the modern lithium batteries, the battery life is very long.
(If you give a fair try to RPN, you may find you prefer it to algebraic, unless you are transcribing the equation from a textbook.)
https://www.swissmicros.com/

r0tati0n:
Nice suggestion, but I do not like RPN.
Can it be deactivated?

TimFox:
I think not, but I suggest you give RPN a fair trial.  I find that it tracks my thought process better than does algebraic operation.
Many years ago, in a logic class, I learned "forward Polish notation" for symbolic logic, which avoids special characters (only requires upper- and lower-case Roman letters). 
Jan Łukasiewicz invented Polish notation in 1924 for logic, and RPN was invented ca. 1954.  (It is difficult to pronounce "Łukasiewicz" backwards.) Traditional adding machines used RPN without telling anyone.
When I had this discussion with co-workers before retirement, I watched them using the parentheses on algebraic calculators, and found their usage to be clumsy, using the storage registers or even writing down intermediate answers.
My DM41X from Swiss Micros displays the full stack (four lines high), while others have the single-line readout.
Personally, I gave up using the programming functions on handheld calculators when I shifted to Excel, but I keep a pocket-sized RPN calculator handy at the workbench to calculate resonant frequencies, etc.

SiliconWizard:
There are a few scientific solar calculators on the market these days. Apart fom the TI-36X which is pretty popular, you'll find some from CASIO, in the fx-ES series for instance. We can mention the
fx-991ES PLUS-2 and the fx-85ES PLUS-2, for instance. They are current in CASIO's catalog. Dunno how easy they are to buy right now, though.


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