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.

Spectra Precision LL300N Laser Level

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Oscar Cordero · Lasers and Levels

Day
$40
Week
$160
28 days
$468

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $160.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $720. On the 28-day rate it is $468.

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 Spectra Precision LL300N Laser Level, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$40$40—day
2$80$80—day
3$120$120—day
4$160$160—day
5$200$160you save $40week
6$240$160you save $80week
7$280$160you save $120week
8$320$200you save $120week
9$360$240you save $120week
10$400$280you save $120week
11$440$320you save $120week
12$480$320you save $160week
13$520$320you save $200week
14$560$320you save $240week
15$600$360you save $240week
16$640$400you save $240week
17$680$440you save $240week
18$720$468you save $25228-day
19$760$468you save $29228-day
20$800$468you save $33228-day
21$840$468you save $37228-day
22$880$468you save $41228-day
23$920$468you save $45228-day
24$960$468you save $49228-day
25$1,000$468you save $53228-day
26$1,040$468you save $57228-day
27$1,080$468you save $61228-day
28$1,120$468you save $65228-day
29$1,160$508you save $652day
30$1,200$548you save $652day
31$1,240$588you save $652day
32$1,280$628you save $652day
33$1,320$628you save $692week
34$1,360$628you save $732week
35$1,400$628you save $772week

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
$468
Rental protection (RPP)
$70.20
Service fee
$46.80
Estimated total
$585

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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.