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.

Klein Meghometer

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Electricology

Day
$29
Week
$152
28 days
$435

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $174. On the week rate it is $152.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $551. On the 28-day rate it is $435.

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 Klein Meghometer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$29$29—day
2$58$58—day
3$87$87—day
4$116$116—day
5$145$145—day
6$174$152you save $22week
7$203$152you save $51week
8$232$181you save $51week
9$261$210you save $51week
10$290$239you save $51week
11$319$268you save $51week
12$348$297you save $51week
13$377$304you save $73week
14$406$304you save $102week
15$435$333you save $102week
16$464$362you save $102week
17$493$391you save $102week
18$522$420you save $102week
19$551$435you save $11628-day
20$580$435you save $14528-day
21$609$435you save $17428-day
22$638$435you save $20328-day
23$667$435you save $23228-day
24$696$435you save $26128-day
25$725$435you save $29028-day
26$754$435you save $31928-day
27$783$435you save $34828-day
28$812$435you save $37728-day
29$841$464you save $377day
30$870$493you save $377day
31$899$522you save $377day
32$928$551you save $377day
33$957$580you save $377day
34$986$587you save $399week
35$1,015$587you save $428week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days
$435
Rental protection (RPP)
$65.25
Service fee
$43.50
Estimated total
$543.75

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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.