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.

Coleman Cooler 150 - EXTRA LARGE

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Sherwin Lomboy · Coolers

Day
$9
Week
$43
28 days
$128

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $45. On the week rate it is $43.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $171. On the 28-day rate it is $128.

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 Coleman Cooler 150 - EXTRA LARGE, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$9$9—day
2$18$18—day
3$27$27—day
4$36$36—day
5$45$43you save $2week
6$54$43you save $11week
7$63$43you save $20week
8$72$52you save $20week
9$81$61you save $20week
10$90$70you save $20week
11$99$79you save $20week
12$108$86you save $22week
13$117$86you save $31week
14$126$86you save $40week
15$135$95you save $40week
16$144$104you save $40week
17$153$113you save $40week
18$162$122you save $40week
19$171$128you save $4328-day
20$180$128you save $5228-day
21$189$128you save $6128-day
22$198$128you save $7028-day
23$207$128you save $7928-day
24$216$128you save $8828-day
25$225$128you save $9728-day
26$234$128you save $10628-day
27$243$128you save $11528-day
28$252$128you save $12428-day
29$261$137you save $124day
30$270$146you save $124day
31$279$155you save $124day
32$288$164you save $124day
33$297$171you save $126week
34$306$171you save $135week
35$315$171you save $144week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.