Debate: Is that fancy new vibrating concrete screed worth the $1,800 price tag? I bought one for a big patio job last month and I'm not convinced it saved me any real time.

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5 Comments

emmaclark1mo agoOG Member

Wait, you spent eighteen hundred dollars on a tool for one patio? That's wild to me. I rented a basic power screed for a weekend last summer for like a hundred bucks. It got the job done fine. Unless you're pouring slabs every single week, that price is just crazy.

linda1141mo ago

A hundred bucks for a weekend rental is exactly why I'd never do it that way. The last time I tried a rental, half my Saturday was gone just picking it up and returning it, and the thing was beat to death. For eighteen hundred, you own a tool that's ready when you are, and you know its history. It's not just about that one patio, it's about never dealing with rental hassle again.

cole_baker1mo ago

But what if you need it again next year?

tarabell3d ago

That half-day rental hassle Linda mentioned, how much is your own Saturday time actually worth?

jade_jenkins3d ago

Yeah but how many times is "next year" gonna happen? Like, are you really planning another big concrete project?