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The rules for using Productive Toolbox — what you may do, what we promise, what we don't, and the limits of our responsibility for the results our tools produce.
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Acceptance of these terms
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Productive Toolbox at https://productivetoolbox.com (the “Service”).
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must not use the Service.
Who may use the Service
The Service is available to anyone with a web browser and an internet connection. No registration or account is required.
The Service is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you should use the Service only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.
What the Service provides
The Service provides approximately 491 free online calculators and utilities spanning engineering, construction, land measurement, data analysis, writing, design and general computing.
Tools execute in your web browser. We provide them as a convenience and as a general-purpose aid to calculation, estimation and learning.
We may add, modify, suspend or remove any tool or feature at any time, with or without notice, and we are not obliged to maintain any particular tool.
No professional advice — important
Read this section carefully if you use the engineering or financial calculators.
The tools on this Service are calculation aids only. They do not constitute engineering, architectural, construction, electrical, structural, surveying, medical, financial, legal or any other form of professional advice, and they are not a substitute for the judgement of a qualified, licensed professional.
- Results are produced by general-purpose formulas and simplified models. They may not account for your local building codes, electrical regulations, safety factors, material specifications, environmental conditions or other project-specific requirements.
- You must independently verify every result before relying on it for any real design, construction, installation, purchase, medical, financial or safety-related decision.
- For any regulated, safety-critical or life-safety application, the output must be reviewed and approved by a licensed professional qualified in the relevant jurisdiction and discipline.
- Health-related tools do not provide medical advice or diagnosis. Consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical matters.
- Financial tools do not provide financial, investment or tax advice. Consult a qualified adviser before making financial decisions.
You assume full responsibility for how you use any result obtained from the Service, and for any consequence arising from that use.
Acceptable use
You may
- Use every tool free of charge, without registration, for as long as you like
- Use the tools for personal, educational, professional and commercial purposes
- Link to any page on this site from your own website, article or documentation
- Reference results in your own work, subject to the verification duty described above
You must not
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Service, its servers or related systems
- Interfere with, disrupt or place an unreasonable load on the Service, including through denial of service attacks or aggressive automated requests
- Scrape, harvest or bulk-download the Service's content in a way that burdens its operation
- Copy, mirror, rebrand or redistribute the Service or a substantial part of it as your own
- Use the Service to carry out or facilitate any unlawful activity
- Introduce malware, or attempt to exploit or probe the Service for vulnerabilities
- Interfere with, obscure, click fraudulently on, or artificially inflate interaction with any advertisement displayed on the Service
- Remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notice on the Service
Your content
You retain all rights to the content you enter into our tools. Because tools run inside your browser, we do not receive, store, access or claim any ownership over the text, numbers, images or files you use them with.
You are solely responsible for the content you process and for ensuring you have the right to process it. Do not use the Service with material you are not authorised to handle.
Intellectual property
The Service, including its name, design, layout, text, graphics, logos and underlying source code, is owned by Productive Toolbox and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.
Nothing in these Terms grants you a licence to reproduce, distribute or create derivative works from the Service beyond the normal use of the website in a browser.
Mathematical formulas, physical laws, engineering principles and standard methods implemented by the tools are not themselves claimed as our property.
Advertising and third-party links
The Service is free to use and is funded by advertising. Adverts are supplied by third-party networks, including Google AdSense, and their content is not selected, endorsed or verified by us.
The Service may also contain links to third-party websites. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, products, services, accuracy or privacy practices. Visiting them is at your own risk, and any dealing you have with a third party is solely between you and them.
How advertising cookies work on this site is described in our Privacy Policy.
Availability of the Service
We aim to keep the Service available at all times, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. The Service may become unavailable due to maintenance, technical failure, third-party provider outage or circumstances beyond our control.
We may modify, suspend or discontinue any part of the Service, or the Service as a whole, at any time without liability to you.
Disclaimer of warranties
The Service and all tools are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, reliability and availability.
We do not warrant that the Service will meet your requirements, that results obtained will be accurate or reliable, or that any defect will be corrected. No advice or information obtained from the Service creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.
No liability — you use these tools at your own risk
Productive Toolbox accepts no liability for any mistake, error or inaccuracy in any result.
This is a free calculation tool, not a professional service. It is your responsibility to check every result before you rely on it. If you act on a number from this site without verifying it, the consequences are yours alone.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Productive Toolbox, its operators and contributors accept no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, cost or injury of any kind arising out of, or in any way connected with, your use of the Service or your reliance on any result it produces.
This exclusion applies without limitation to:
- Any error, inaccuracy, omission, defect, outdated method or wrong assumption in any calculation, formula, result or output
- Any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive or exemplary loss or damage
- Loss of profit, revenue, contracts, data, goodwill or business opportunity
- The cost of rework, remedial work, wasted materials, project delay, failed inspection or a rejected design
- Any property damage, equipment failure, structural failure or personal injury
- Any decision made by you or by a third party on the basis of a result obtained from the Service
- Any unavailability, interruption, defect or error in the Service itself
The Service is a calculation aid. It is not a checking authority, a certifying body, an approval process, or a substitute for a qualified professional. We do not review, approve, certify or take responsibility for any work you produce using it.
We provide no guarantee that any result is correct, and we give no warranty, assurance or undertaking of any kind as to accuracy, suitability or fitness for your purpose. You accept the Service on that basis, and you agree that using it is entirely at your own risk.
Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain liabilities. Where the law does not allow an exclusion, our liability is limited to the minimum extent the law permits, and nothing in these Terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud, where such an exclusion is prohibited by law.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Productive Toolbox and its operators from any claim, demand, loss, liability, cost or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your breach of these Terms, your violation of any law, or your infringement of the rights of any third party.
Termination
We may restrict or terminate your access to the Service at any time, without notice, if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms or that your use harms the Service or other users. The sections on intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability and indemnification survive any termination.
Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws applicable in the jurisdiction in which the operator of Productive Toolbox is established, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
You may also have rights under the mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence, and nothing in these Terms removes those rights.
If a dispute arises, we ask that you contact us first at contact@productivetoolbox.com so we can try to resolve it informally.
Severability and entire agreement
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.
Changes to these terms
We may revise these Terms from time to time. The revised version takes effect when posted on this page, and we will update the “Last updated” date accordingly. Your continued use of the Service after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to: