When is it cheaper to rent a Predator 5000 Inverter Generator by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $75 day rate would be $375, but the weekly rate caps it at $300.

When is it cheaper to rent a Predator 5000 Inverter Generator on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $900 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.

Predator 5000 Inverter Generator

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charlie cummings · Generators - Hybrid

Day: $75
Week: $300
28 days: $900

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $375. On the week rate it is $300.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,350. On the 28-day rate it is $900.

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 Predator 5000 Inverter Generator, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$225	—	day
4	$300	$300	—	day
5	$375	$300	you save $75	week
6	$450	$300	you save $150	week
7	$525	$300	you save $225	week
8	$600	$375	you save $225	week
9	$675	$450	you save $225	week
10	$750	$525	you save $225	week
11	$825	$600	you save $225	week
12	$900	$600	you save $300	week
13	$975	$600	you save $375	week
14	$1,050	$600	you save $450	week
15	$1,125	$675	you save $450	week
16	$1,200	$750	you save $450	week
17	$1,275	$825	you save $450	week
18	$1,350	$900	you save $450	28-day
19	$1,425	$900	you save $525	28-day
20	$1,500	$900	you save $600	28-day
21	$1,575	$900	you save $675	28-day
22	$1,650	$900	you save $750	28-day
23	$1,725	$900	you save $825	28-day
24	$1,800	$900	you save $900	28-day
25	$1,875	$900	you save $975	28-day
26	$1,950	$900	you save $1,050	28-day
27	$2,025	$900	you save $1,125	28-day
28	$2,100	$900	you save $1,200	28-day
29	$2,175	$975	you save $1,200	day
30	$2,250	$1,050	you save $1,200	day
31	$2,325	$1,125	you save $1,200	day
32	$2,400	$1,200	you save $1,200	day
33	$2,475	$1,200	you save $1,275	week
34	$2,550	$1,200	you save $1,350	week
35	$2,625	$1,200	you save $1,425	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 · 18 days: $900
Rental protection (RPP): $135
Service fee: $90
Estimated total: $1,125

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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.