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.

M18 Force Logic Copper Press Tool Kit with 1/2"-2” copper

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Edgar Mendoza · Crimping Tools

Day
$64
Week
$255
28 days
$765

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $256. On the week rate it is $255.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,152. On the 28-day rate it is $765.

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 M18 Force Logic Copper Press Tool Kit with 1/2"-2” copper, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$64$64—day
2$128$128—day
3$192$192—day
4$256$255you save $1week
5$320$255you save $65week
6$384$255you save $129week
7$448$255you save $193week
8$512$319you save $193week
9$576$383you save $193week
10$640$447you save $193week
11$704$510you save $194week
12$768$510you save $258week
13$832$510you save $322week
14$896$510you save $386week
15$960$574you save $386week
16$1,024$638you save $386week
17$1,088$702you save $386week
18$1,152$765you save $38728-day
19$1,216$765you save $45128-day
20$1,280$765you save $51528-day
21$1,344$765you save $57928-day
22$1,408$765you save $64328-day
23$1,472$765you save $70728-day
24$1,536$765you save $77128-day
25$1,600$765you save $83528-day
26$1,664$765you save $89928-day
27$1,728$765you save $96328-day
28$1,792$765you save $1,02728-day
29$1,856$829you save $1,027day
30$1,920$893you save $1,027day
31$1,984$957you save $1,027day
32$2,048$1,020you save $1,028week
33$2,112$1,020you save $1,092week
34$2,176$1,020you save $1,156week
35$2,240$1,020you save $1,220week

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
$765
Rental protection (RPP)
$114.75
Service fee
$76.50
Estimated total
$956.25

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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.