When is it cheaper to rent a table saw by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $35 day rate would be $210, but the weekly rate caps it at $200.

When is it cheaper to rent a table saw on the 28-day rate?

From day 24. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $680 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.

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lindsay oakes · Saws - Table Saws

Day: $35
Week: $200
28 days: $680

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $210. On the week rate it is $200.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $840. On the 28-day rate it is $680.

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 table saw, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$35	$35	—	day
2	$70	$70	—	day
3	$105	$105	—	day
4	$140	$140	—	day
5	$175	$175	—	day
6	$210	$200	you save $10	week
7	$245	$200	you save $45	week
8	$280	$235	you save $45	week
9	$315	$270	you save $45	week
10	$350	$305	you save $45	week
11	$385	$340	you save $45	week
12	$420	$375	you save $45	week
13	$455	$400	you save $55	week
14	$490	$400	you save $90	week
15	$525	$435	you save $90	week
16	$560	$470	you save $90	week
17	$595	$505	you save $90	week
18	$630	$540	you save $90	week
19	$665	$575	you save $90	week
20	$700	$600	you save $100	week
21	$735	$600	you save $135	week
22	$770	$635	you save $135	week
23	$805	$670	you save $135	week
24	$840	$680	you save $160	28-day
25	$875	$680	you save $195	28-day
26	$910	$680	you save $230	28-day
27	$945	$680	you save $265	28-day
28	$980	$680	you save $300	28-day
29	$1,015	$715	you save $300	day
30	$1,050	$750	you save $300	day
31	$1,085	$785	you save $300	day
32	$1,120	$820	you save $300	day
33	$1,155	$855	you save $300	day
34	$1,190	$880	you save $310	week
35	$1,225	$880	you save $345	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 · 24 days: $680
Rental protection (RPP): $102
Service fee: $68
Estimated total: $850

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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.