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.

WEN 10 Amp 8" Spiral Benchtop Jointer

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Evan OJack

Day
$23.80
Week
$142.80
28 days
$475.80

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $166.60. On the week rate it is $142.80.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $547.40. On the 28-day rate it is $475.80.

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 WEN 10 Amp 8" Spiral Benchtop Jointer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$23.80$23.80—day
2$47.60$47.60—day
3$71.40$71.40—day
4$95.20$95.20—day
5$119$119—day
6$142.80$142.80—day
7$166.60$142.80you save $23.80week
8$190.40$166.60you save $23.80week
9$214.20$190.40you save $23.80week
10$238$214.20you save $23.80week
11$261.80$238you save $23.80week
12$285.60$261.80you save $23.80week
13$309.40$285.60you save $23.80week
14$333.20$285.60you save $47.60week
15$357$309.40you save $47.60week
16$380.80$333.20you save $47.60week
17$404.60$357you save $47.60week
18$428.40$380.80you save $47.60week
19$452.20$404.60you save $47.60week
20$476$428.40you save $47.60week
21$499.80$428.40you save $71.40week
22$523.60$452.20you save $71.40week
23$547.40$475.80you save $71.6028-day
24$571.20$475.80you save $95.4028-day
25$595$475.80you save $119.2028-day
26$618.80$475.80you save $14328-day
27$642.60$475.80you save $166.8028-day
28$666.40$475.80you save $190.6028-day
29$690.20$499.60you save $190.60day
30$714$523.40you save $190.60day
31$737.80$547.20you save $190.60day
32$761.60$571you save $190.60day
33$785.40$594.80you save $190.60day
34$809.20$618.60you save $190.60day
35$833$618.60you save $214.40week

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.