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.

Craftsman 3300i Portable Inverter Generator

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Branden Hall · Generators - Gas

Day
$60
Week
$210
28 days
$450

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $210.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $900. On the 28-day rate it is $450.

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 Craftsman 3300i Portable Inverter Generator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$210you save $30week
5$300$210you save $90week
6$360$210you save $150week
7$420$210you save $210week
8$480$270you save $210week
9$540$330you save $210week
10$600$390you save $210week
11$660$420you save $240week
12$720$420you save $300week
13$780$420you save $360week
14$840$420you save $420week
15$900$450you save $45028-day
16$960$450you save $51028-day
17$1,020$450you save $57028-day
18$1,080$450you save $63028-day
19$1,140$450you save $69028-day
20$1,200$450you save $75028-day
21$1,260$450you save $81028-day
22$1,320$450you save $87028-day
23$1,380$450you save $93028-day
24$1,440$450you save $99028-day
25$1,500$450you save $1,05028-day
26$1,560$450you save $1,11028-day
27$1,620$450you save $1,17028-day
28$1,680$450you save $1,23028-day
29$1,740$510you save $1,230day
30$1,800$570you save $1,230day
31$1,860$630you save $1,230day
32$1,920$660you save $1,260week
33$1,980$660you save $1,320week
34$2,040$660you save $1,380week
35$2,100$660you save $1,440week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.