Idaho rewards a western origin: from Los Angeles it prices two zones better than from the East Coast, and the tables below show the gap in dollars.
Boise lane, benchmarked live 2026-07-27. What the carriers said is what got printed, dates and all.
Boise served as the test destination here: one 12 × 10 × 6 in parcel at 5 lb, packed household goods, quoted through the SMKlog calculator from Newark and from Los Angeles on the same day. The tables replicate the carrier output exactly. The price includes SMKlog's charge and is the entire amount at checkout.
| Carrier | Service | Price | Quoted transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| USPS | Ground Advantage | $17.30 | 6-7 business days |
| UPS | Ground Saver | $19.14 | 6 business days |
| UPS | Ground | $19.30 | 7-8 business days |
| FedEx | Ground Economy | $20.50 | 7-8 business days |
| UPS | 3 Day Select | $27.17 | 3-4 business days |
| Carrier | Service | Price | Quoted transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| USPS | Ground Advantage | $13.29 | 4-5 business days |
| UPS | Ground Saver | $13.52 | 5 business days |
| UPS | Ground | $14.05 | 3-4 business days |
| FedEx | Ground Economy | $14.31 | 3-4 business days |
| UPS | 3 Day Select | $19.94 | 3-4 business days |
Los Angeles had the edge to Boise on 2026-07-27, its $13.29 USPS floor beating Newark's $17.30, with a shorter 4-5 day window thrown in. Boise handles most of the state's parcel volume; panhandle addresses route through Spokane and can pick up an extra transit day. None of it is permanent. Carriers refile rates constantly, so these tables describe one dated run, and your live quote describes today.
A box on its second trip is fine by every carrier here, provided old barcodes are covered and the corners aren't crushed. What matters to the price is size: the smaller the box that safely fits the item, the smaller the number in the price column.
Think of zones as pricing rings radiating from the origin ZIP. Boise sits fewer rings from Los Angeles than from Newark, and the tables above quantify that: same box, same day, four dollars apart on the cheapest rows.
Give the calculator a plain description and SMKlog estimates the packed box; give it measurements and it uses those instead. Either way you get live USPS, UPS and FedEx pricing on one screen, guest checkout, and a label with tracking ready to print.
On 2026-07-27, our 12 × 10 × 6 in, 5 lb benchmark quoted $13.29 from Los Angeles and $17.30 from Newark, USPS Ground Advantage in both cases. Checkout charges exactly those figures, SMKlog's charge included. Your parcel will land somewhere else on the scale, so price it live.
West Coast origins quoted 3-5 business days across most tiers on 2026-07-27; Newark quotes ran 6-8 on ground services and 3-4 on UPS 3 Day Select. Each row above pairs its price with the carrier's own quoted window for the route.
USPS Ground Advantage, from either direction: $13.29 out of Los Angeles, $17.30 out of Newark on quote day, with UPS Ground Saver 23 cents behind on the western run. Cheapest is provisional by nature, so let a live comparison make the final call.
Nothing. No account, no profile, no saved card. Describe, compare, pay, print; tracking is on the label when it comes out.