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.

Test- Fun on the Water

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Cha-Ching Rentals

Day
$2
Week
$10
28 days
$40

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $12. On the week rate it is $10.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $52. On the 28-day rate it is $40.

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 Test- Fun on the Water, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$2$2—day
2$4$4—day
3$6$6—day
4$8$8—day
5$10$10—day
6$12$10you save $2week
7$14$10you save $4week
8$16$12you save $4week
9$18$14you save $4week
10$20$16you save $4week
11$22$18you save $4week
12$24$20you save $4week
13$26$20you save $6week
14$28$20you save $8week
15$30$22you save $8week
16$32$24you save $8week
17$34$26you save $8week
18$36$28you save $8week
19$38$30you save $8week
20$40$30you save $10week
21$42$30you save $12week
22$44$32you save $12week
23$46$34you save $12week
24$48$36you save $12week
25$50$38you save $12week
26$52$40you save $1228-day
27$54$40you save $1428-day
28$56$40you save $1628-day
29$58$42you save $16day
30$60$44you save $16day
31$62$46you save $16day
32$64$48you save $16day
33$66$50you save $16day
34$68$50you save $18week
35$70$50you save $20week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$40
Rental protection (RPP)
$6
Service fee
$4
Estimated total
$50

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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.