When is it cheaper to rent a Soundcraft Signature 10 Mixer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $20 day rate would be $100, but the weekly rate caps it at $80.

When is it cheaper to rent a Soundcraft Signature 10 Mixer on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $240 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Soundcraft Signature 10 Mixer

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AV Event Rentals · PA / Audio

Day: $20
Week: $80
28 days: $240

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $100. On the week rate it is $80.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $360. On the 28-day rate it is $240.

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 Soundcraft Signature 10 Mixer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$20	$20	—	day
2	$40	$40	—	day
3	$60	$60	—	day
4	$80	$80	—	day
5	$100	$80	you save $20	week
6	$120	$80	you save $40	week
7	$140	$80	you save $60	week
8	$160	$100	you save $60	week
9	$180	$120	you save $60	week
10	$200	$140	you save $60	week
11	$220	$160	you save $60	week
12	$240	$160	you save $80	week
13	$260	$160	you save $100	week
14	$280	$160	you save $120	week
15	$300	$180	you save $120	week
16	$320	$200	you save $120	week
17	$340	$220	you save $120	week
18	$360	$240	you save $120	28-day
19	$380	$240	you save $140	28-day
20	$400	$240	you save $160	28-day
21	$420	$240	you save $180	28-day
22	$440	$240	you save $200	28-day
23	$460	$240	you save $220	28-day
24	$480	$240	you save $240	28-day
25	$500	$240	you save $260	28-day
26	$520	$240	you save $280	28-day
27	$540	$240	you save $300	28-day
28	$560	$240	you save $320	28-day
29	$580	$260	you save $320	day
30	$600	$280	you save $320	day
31	$620	$300	you save $320	day
32	$640	$320	you save $320	day
33	$660	$320	you save $340	week
34	$680	$320	you save $360	week
35	$700	$320	you save $380	week

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: $240
Rental protection (RPP): $36
Service fee: $24
Estimated total: $300

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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.