Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Ryobi Circular Saw

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David Pinewski · Saws - Circular Saws

Day
$10
Week
$50
28 days
$200

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $60. On the week rate it is $50.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $260. On the 28-day rate it is $200.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Ryobi Circular Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$10$10—day
2$20$20—day
3$30$30—day
4$40$40—day
5$50$50—day
6$60$50you save $10week
7$70$50you save $20week
8$80$60you save $20week
9$90$70you save $20week
10$100$80you save $20week
11$110$90you save $20week
12$120$100you save $20week
13$130$100you save $30week
14$140$100you save $40week
15$150$110you save $40week
16$160$120you save $40week
17$170$130you save $40week
18$180$140you save $40week
19$190$150you save $40week
20$200$150you save $50week
21$210$150you save $60week
22$220$160you save $60week
23$230$170you save $60week
24$240$180you save $60week
25$250$190you save $60week
26$260$200you save $6028-day
27$270$200you save $7028-day
28$280$200you save $8028-day
29$290$210you save $80day
30$300$220you save $80day
31$310$230you save $80day
32$320$240you save $80day
33$330$250you save $80day
34$340$250you save $90week
35$350$250you save $100week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.