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 120 - LARGE

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Sherwin Lomboy · Coolers

Day
$7
Week
$28
28 days
$82

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $35. On the week rate it is $28.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $126. On the 28-day rate it is $82.

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 120 - LARGE, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$7$7—day
2$14$14—day
3$21$21—day
4$28$28—day
5$35$28you save $7week
6$42$28you save $14week
7$49$28you save $21week
8$56$35you save $21week
9$63$42you save $21week
10$70$49you save $21week
11$77$56you save $21week
12$84$56you save $28week
13$91$56you save $35week
14$98$56you save $42week
15$105$63you save $42week
16$112$70you save $42week
17$119$77you save $42week
18$126$82you save $4428-day
19$133$82you save $5128-day
20$140$82you save $5828-day
21$147$82you save $6528-day
22$154$82you save $7228-day
23$161$82you save $7928-day
24$168$82you save $8628-day
25$175$82you save $9328-day
26$182$82you save $10028-day
27$189$82you save $10728-day
28$196$82you save $11428-day
29$203$89you save $114day
30$210$96you save $114day
31$217$103you save $114day
32$224$110you save $114day
33$231$110you save $121week
34$238$110you save $128week
35$245$110you save $135week

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
$82
Rental protection (RPP)
$12.30
Service fee
$8.20
Estimated total
$102.50

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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.