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.

12 in. Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw with Precision LED Shadow Guide

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Matt R · Saws - Mitre Saws

Day
$30
Week
$100
28 days
$350

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $120. On the week rate it is $100.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $690. On the 28-day rate it is $350.

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 12 in. Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw with Precision LED Shadow Guide, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$100you save $20week
5$150$100you save $50week
6$180$100you save $80week
7$210$100you save $110week
8$240$130you save $110week
9$270$160you save $110week
10$300$190you save $110week
11$330$200you save $130week
12$360$200you save $160week
13$390$200you save $190week
14$420$200you save $220week
15$450$230you save $220week
16$480$260you save $220week
17$510$290you save $220week
18$540$300you save $240week
19$570$300you save $270week
20$600$300you save $300week
21$630$300you save $330week
22$660$330you save $330week
23$690$350you save $34028-day
24$720$350you save $37028-day
25$750$350you save $40028-day
26$780$350you save $43028-day
27$810$350you save $46028-day
28$840$350you save $49028-day
29$870$380you save $490day
30$900$410you save $490day
31$930$440you save $490day
32$960$450you save $510week
33$990$450you save $540week
34$1,020$450you save $570week
35$1,050$450you save $600week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 23 days
$350
Rental protection (RPP)
$52.50
Service fee
$35
Estimated total
$437.50

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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.