When is it cheaper to rent a Greenlee Circuit Seeker by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $40 day rate would be $200, but the weekly rate caps it at $160.

When is it cheaper to rent a Greenlee Circuit Seeker on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $500 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.

Greenlee Circuit Seeker

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Christopher Pauzer · Plumbing and Electrical - Pipe Locators

Day: $40
Week: $160
28 days: $500

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $160.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $880. On the 28-day rate it is $500.

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 Greenlee Circuit Seeker, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$40	$40	—	day
2	$80	$80	—	day
3	$120	$120	—	day
4	$160	$160	—	day
5	$200	$160	you save $40	week
6	$240	$160	you save $80	week
7	$280	$160	you save $120	week
8	$320	$200	you save $120	week
9	$360	$240	you save $120	week
10	$400	$280	you save $120	week
11	$440	$320	you save $120	week
12	$480	$320	you save $160	week
13	$520	$320	you save $200	week
14	$560	$320	you save $240	week
15	$600	$360	you save $240	week
16	$640	$400	you save $240	week
17	$680	$440	you save $240	week
18	$720	$480	you save $240	week
19	$760	$480	you save $280	week
20	$800	$480	you save $320	week
21	$840	$480	you save $360	week
22	$880	$500	you save $380	28-day
23	$920	$500	you save $420	28-day
24	$960	$500	you save $460	28-day
25	$1,000	$500	you save $500	28-day
26	$1,040	$500	you save $540	28-day
27	$1,080	$500	you save $580	28-day
28	$1,120	$500	you save $620	28-day
29	$1,160	$540	you save $620	day
30	$1,200	$580	you save $620	day
31	$1,240	$620	you save $620	day
32	$1,280	$660	you save $620	day
33	$1,320	$660	you save $660	week
34	$1,360	$660	you save $700	week
35	$1,400	$660	you save $740	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: $500
Rental protection (RPP): $75
Service fee: $50
Estimated total: $625

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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.