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

From day 7. 7 days at the $110 day rate would be $770, but the weekly rate caps it at $700.

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

From day 14. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,400 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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Kevin Lenehan · Saws - Table Saws

Day: $110
Week: $700
28 days: $1,400

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $770. On the week rate it is $700.

Weekly stops winning on

day 14

14 days at the day rate would be $1,540. On the 28-day rate it is $1,400.

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	$110	$110	—	day
2	$220	$220	—	day
3	$330	$330	—	day
4	$440	$440	—	day
5	$550	$550	—	day
6	$660	$660	—	day
7	$770	$700	you save $70	week
8	$880	$810	you save $70	week
9	$990	$920	you save $70	week
10	$1,100	$1,030	you save $70	week
11	$1,210	$1,140	you save $70	week
12	$1,320	$1,250	you save $70	week
13	$1,430	$1,360	you save $70	week
14	$1,540	$1,400	you save $140	28-day
15	$1,650	$1,400	you save $250	28-day
16	$1,760	$1,400	you save $360	28-day
17	$1,870	$1,400	you save $470	28-day
18	$1,980	$1,400	you save $580	28-day
19	$2,090	$1,400	you save $690	28-day
20	$2,200	$1,400	you save $800	28-day
21	$2,310	$1,400	you save $910	28-day
22	$2,420	$1,400	you save $1,020	28-day
23	$2,530	$1,400	you save $1,130	28-day
24	$2,640	$1,400	you save $1,240	28-day
25	$2,750	$1,400	you save $1,350	28-day
26	$2,860	$1,400	you save $1,460	28-day
27	$2,970	$1,400	you save $1,570	28-day
28	$3,080	$1,400	you save $1,680	28-day
29	$3,190	$1,510	you save $1,680	day
30	$3,300	$1,620	you save $1,680	day
31	$3,410	$1,730	you save $1,680	day
32	$3,520	$1,840	you save $1,680	day
33	$3,630	$1,950	you save $1,680	day
34	$3,740	$2,060	you save $1,680	day
35	$3,850	$2,100	you save $1,750	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 · 14 days: $1,400
Rental protection (RPP): $210
Service fee: $140
Estimated total: $1,750

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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.