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.

ALORAIR 180-Pint Industrial Dehumidifier

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Bryan Tanner · Dehumidifiers - Desiccant

Day
$45
Week
$271
28 days
$810

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $315. On the week rate it is $271.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $900. On the 28-day rate it is $810.

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 ALORAIR 180-Pint Industrial Dehumidifier, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$90—day
3$135$135—day
4$180$180—day
5$225$225—day
6$270$270—day
7$315$271you save $44week
8$360$316you save $44week
9$405$361you save $44week
10$450$406you save $44week
11$495$451you save $44week
12$540$496you save $44week
13$585$541you save $44week
14$630$542you save $88week
15$675$587you save $88week
16$720$632you save $88week
17$765$677you save $88week
18$810$722you save $88week
19$855$767you save $88week
20$900$810you save $9028-day
21$945$810you save $13528-day
22$990$810you save $18028-day
23$1,035$810you save $22528-day
24$1,080$810you save $27028-day
25$1,125$810you save $31528-day
26$1,170$810you save $36028-day
27$1,215$810you save $40528-day
28$1,260$810you save $45028-day
29$1,305$855you save $450day
30$1,350$900you save $450day
31$1,395$945you save $450day
32$1,440$990you save $450day
33$1,485$1,035you save $450day
34$1,530$1,080you save $450day
35$1,575$1,081you save $494week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 20 days
$810
Rental protection (RPP)
$121.50
Service fee
$81
Estimated total
$1,012.50

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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.