Monroe 8130X Heavy Duty Printing Calculator for Accounting and Purchasing Professionals

I love this calculator. I don’t like the little handheld calculators. I worked as an accountant for 35 years and always had a nice calculator. This one is just for my personal at home use but it is just what I wanted.

This is my favorite calculator. My favorite feature is the red light that tells you that you have an active entry. I like that you you don't see the add roll and it stores another. I like that the total goes above the cut line making it easy to read and to tear off if I need to keep it. But that same feature also makes it annoying. You get a couple extra ker-chunks when it is forwarding the paper. It is very loud to begin with that extra paper advance makes it worse. There are 3 switches at the top. Mine only came with with one switch cover. The other 2 are missing the cover and are just nubs (not a problem, just an irritant after spending so much money on it).

If you added several numbers then try to multiple or divide the numbers lock up and you have to turn the machine off to clear. You cannot have a zero total at the start of the tape (it forwards the tape to remove). The first number of the tape has a C beside it. Disappointing.

Overall, very similar to the 2125 that the 8130x was replacing. The only issue is that the paper is more difficult to load than the previous one I had. Otherwise works as expected.

I am a CPA and purchased this machine primarily to do a lot of adding. It is well built and works fine, but the placement of the adding key is too far to the right and not where my finger expects it to be. There is a wider gap between the numbers and the add key than on most machines. It is because the decimal point key sticks out too far to the right. I scrapped this machine and purchased the cheaper Monroe 122PDX. It is better for someone who is doing mostly simple adding. One additional comment - when I was having issues with the add key placement I called Monroe and a person answered. Immediately. No going through 8 computer generated phone menus to get to a person. I told him my complaint, and he told me to try the 122PDX. So for customer service, they get an A+.

I bought my first Monroe 31 years ago and it has worked without problems for all these years. I just had to update with a new one for my office in another office location and the new one is black with great key "feel." The display is much easier to read on this much newer version. I hate to throw the older one out to pasture but this new one looks and feels so much better, and I rarely go a day without hitting the old three finger adding machine.

I've used Monroe calculators every day in my work for over 30 years, these calculators last for decades, they are that well built.

This is the best office business calculator I have ever used, so quiet, responsive and just works as it is supposed to, with all the commands in the correct place, love it. Great company to work with and send earlier than expected, thank you so much for a great transaction.