When is it cheaper to rent a Porter Cable Reciprocating Saw by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $15 day rate would be $75, but the weekly rate caps it at $65.

When is it cheaper to rent a Porter Cable Reciprocating Saw on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $200 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Porter Cable Reciprocating Saw

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Thad Bowman · Saws - Reciprocating Saws

Day: $15
Week: $65
28 days: $200

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $75. On the week rate it is $65.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $330. 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 Porter Cable Reciprocating Saw, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$15	$15	—	day
2	$30	$30	—	day
3	$45	$45	—	day
4	$60	$60	—	day
5	$75	$65	you save $10	week
6	$90	$65	you save $25	week
7	$105	$65	you save $40	week
8	$120	$80	you save $40	week
9	$135	$95	you save $40	week
10	$150	$110	you save $40	week
11	$165	$125	you save $40	week
12	$180	$130	you save $50	week
13	$195	$130	you save $65	week
14	$210	$130	you save $80	week
15	$225	$145	you save $80	week
16	$240	$160	you save $80	week
17	$255	$175	you save $80	week
18	$270	$190	you save $80	week
19	$285	$195	you save $90	week
20	$300	$195	you save $105	week
21	$315	$195	you save $120	week
22	$330	$200	you save $130	28-day
23	$345	$200	you save $145	28-day
24	$360	$200	you save $160	28-day
25	$375	$200	you save $175	28-day
26	$390	$200	you save $190	28-day
27	$405	$200	you save $205	28-day
28	$420	$200	you save $220	28-day
29	$435	$215	you save $220	day
30	$450	$230	you save $220	day
31	$465	$245	you save $220	day
32	$480	$260	you save $220	day
33	$495	$265	you save $230	week
34	$510	$265	you save $245	week
35	$525	$265	you save $260	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days: $200
Rental protection (RPP): $30
Service fee: $20
Estimated total: $250

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.