Uncle Troll boasted:

All this for $35 + tax.

Normy, you are a genius.

Drawbacks? Sure. No front panel display.

And on the plus side, it sends a message to all those profiteering
manufacturers, those cushy high-end salons where they gouge you just
for bringing you coffee and letting you sit in their comfy furniture,
those spendthrift consumers who give Scrooges a bad name, and those
dastardly engineers who build equipment to last.

Careful not to drop your pen on the Apex, Norm -- you could break the
case and void the warranty.