When is it cheaper to rent a Makita 18V Lxt Cordless Jigsaw by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $28 day rate would be $140, but the weekly rate caps it at $112.

When is it cheaper to rent a Makita 18V Lxt Cordless Jigsaw on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $336 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.

Makita 18V Lxt Cordless Jigsaw

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Troy Frederick · Saws - Circular Saws

Day: $28
Week: $112
28 days: $336

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $140. On the week rate it is $112.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $504. On the 28-day rate it is $336.

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 Makita 18V Lxt Cordless Jigsaw, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$28	$28	—	day
2	$56	$56	—	day
3	$84	$84	—	day
4	$112	$112	—	day
5	$140	$112	you save $28	week
6	$168	$112	you save $56	week
7	$196	$112	you save $84	week
8	$224	$140	you save $84	week
9	$252	$168	you save $84	week
10	$280	$196	you save $84	week
11	$308	$224	you save $84	week
12	$336	$224	you save $112	week
13	$364	$224	you save $140	week
14	$392	$224	you save $168	week
15	$420	$252	you save $168	week
16	$448	$280	you save $168	week
17	$476	$308	you save $168	week
18	$504	$336	you save $168	28-day
19	$532	$336	you save $196	28-day
20	$560	$336	you save $224	28-day
21	$588	$336	you save $252	28-day
22	$616	$336	you save $280	28-day
23	$644	$336	you save $308	28-day
24	$672	$336	you save $336	28-day
25	$700	$336	you save $364	28-day
26	$728	$336	you save $392	28-day
27	$756	$336	you save $420	28-day
28	$784	$336	you save $448	28-day
29	$812	$364	you save $448	day
30	$840	$392	you save $448	day
31	$868	$420	you save $448	day
32	$896	$448	you save $448	day
33	$924	$448	you save $476	week
34	$952	$448	you save $504	week
35	$980	$448	you save $532	week

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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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.