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.

12" Compound Miter Saw

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Saws - Mitre Saws

Day
$52
Week
$152
28 days
$454

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $156. On the week rate it is $152.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $884. On the 28-day rate it is $454.

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 12" Compound Miter Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$52$52—day
2$104$104—day
3$156$152you save $4week
4$208$152you save $56week
5$260$152you save $108week
6$312$152you save $160week
7$364$152you save $212week
8$416$204you save $212week
9$468$256you save $212week
10$520$304you save $216week
11$572$304you save $268week
12$624$304you save $320week
13$676$304you save $372week
14$728$304you save $424week
15$780$356you save $424week
16$832$408you save $424week
17$884$454you save $43028-day
18$936$454you save $48228-day
19$988$454you save $53428-day
20$1,040$454you save $58628-day
21$1,092$454you save $63828-day
22$1,144$454you save $69028-day
23$1,196$454you save $74228-day
24$1,248$454you save $79428-day
25$1,300$454you save $84628-day
26$1,352$454you save $89828-day
27$1,404$454you save $95028-day
28$1,456$454you save $1,00228-day
29$1,508$506you save $1,002day
30$1,560$558you save $1,002day
31$1,612$606you save $1,006week
32$1,664$606you save $1,058week
33$1,716$606you save $1,110week
34$1,768$606you save $1,162week
35$1,820$606you save $1,214week

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.