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.

Bike Rack for 6 Bikes

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Kakhi Wakefield · Bike / Ski / Kayak Racks

Day
$35
Week
$165
28 days
$400

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $175. On the week rate it is $165.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $560. On the 28-day rate it is $400.

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 Bike Rack for 6 Bikes, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$35$35—day
2$70$70—day
3$105$105—day
4$140$140—day
5$175$165you save $10week
6$210$165you save $45week
7$245$165you save $80week
8$280$200you save $80week
9$315$235you save $80week
10$350$270you save $80week
11$385$305you save $80week
12$420$330you save $90week
13$455$330you save $125week
14$490$330you save $160week
15$525$365you save $160week
16$560$400you save $16028-day
17$595$400you save $19528-day
18$630$400you save $23028-day
19$665$400you save $26528-day
20$700$400you save $30028-day
21$735$400you save $33528-day
22$770$400you save $37028-day
23$805$400you save $40528-day
24$840$400you save $44028-day
25$875$400you save $47528-day
26$910$400you save $51028-day
27$945$400you save $54528-day
28$980$400you save $58028-day
29$1,015$435you save $580day
30$1,050$470you save $580day
31$1,085$505you save $580day
32$1,120$540you save $580day
33$1,155$565you save $590week
34$1,190$565you save $625week
35$1,225$565you save $660week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$400
Rental protection (RPP)
$60
Service fee
$40
Estimated total
$500

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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.