When is it cheaper to rent a RUPES Random Orbital Polisher by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $48 day rate would be $288, but the weekly rate caps it at $286.

When is it cheaper to rent a RUPES Random Orbital Polisher on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $864 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.

RUPES Random Orbital Polisher

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Zane Reynolds · Sanders - Orbital

Day: $48
Week: $286
28 days: $864

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $288. On the week rate it is $286.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,056. On the 28-day rate it is $864.

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 RUPES Random Orbital Polisher, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$48	$48	—	day
2	$96	$96	—	day
3	$144	$144	—	day
4	$192	$192	—	day
5	$240	$240	—	day
6	$288	$286	you save $2	week
7	$336	$286	you save $50	week
8	$384	$334	you save $50	week
9	$432	$382	you save $50	week
10	$480	$430	you save $50	week
11	$528	$478	you save $50	week
12	$576	$526	you save $50	week
13	$624	$572	you save $52	week
14	$672	$572	you save $100	week
15	$720	$620	you save $100	week
16	$768	$668	you save $100	week
17	$816	$716	you save $100	week
18	$864	$764	you save $100	week
19	$912	$812	you save $100	week
20	$960	$858	you save $102	week
21	$1,008	$858	you save $150	week
22	$1,056	$864	you save $192	28-day
23	$1,104	$864	you save $240	28-day
24	$1,152	$864	you save $288	28-day
25	$1,200	$864	you save $336	28-day
26	$1,248	$864	you save $384	28-day
27	$1,296	$864	you save $432	28-day
28	$1,344	$864	you save $480	28-day
29	$1,392	$912	you save $480	day
30	$1,440	$960	you save $480	day
31	$1,488	$1,008	you save $480	day
32	$1,536	$1,056	you save $480	day
33	$1,584	$1,104	you save $480	day
34	$1,632	$1,150	you save $482	week
35	$1,680	$1,150	you save $530	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: $864
Rental protection (RPP): $129.60
Service fee: $86.40
Estimated total: $1,080

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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.