When is it cheaper to rent a Bosch Laser Level by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $34 day rate would be $136, but the weekly rate caps it at $115.

When is it cheaper to rent a Bosch Laser Level on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $345 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.

Bosch Laser Level

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Tim Cayer · Lasers and Levels

Day: $34
Week: $115
28 days: $345

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $136. On the week rate it is $115.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $612. On the 28-day rate it is $345.

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 Bosch Laser Level, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$34	$34	—	day
2	$68	$68	—	day
3	$102	$102	—	day
4	$136	$115	you save $21	week
5	$170	$115	you save $55	week
6	$204	$115	you save $89	week
7	$238	$115	you save $123	week
8	$272	$149	you save $123	week
9	$306	$183	you save $123	week
10	$340	$217	you save $123	week
11	$374	$230	you save $144	week
12	$408	$230	you save $178	week
13	$442	$230	you save $212	week
14	$476	$230	you save $246	week
15	$510	$264	you save $246	week
16	$544	$298	you save $246	week
17	$578	$332	you save $246	week
18	$612	$345	you save $267	28-day
19	$646	$345	you save $301	28-day
20	$680	$345	you save $335	28-day
21	$714	$345	you save $369	28-day
22	$748	$345	you save $403	28-day
23	$782	$345	you save $437	28-day
24	$816	$345	you save $471	28-day
25	$850	$345	you save $505	28-day
26	$884	$345	you save $539	28-day
27	$918	$345	you save $573	28-day
28	$952	$345	you save $607	28-day
29	$986	$379	you save $607	day
30	$1,020	$413	you save $607	day
31	$1,054	$447	you save $607	day
32	$1,088	$460	you save $628	week
33	$1,122	$460	you save $662	week
34	$1,156	$460	you save $696	week
35	$1,190	$460	you save $730	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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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.