When is it cheaper to rent a Ryobi Battery weed eater by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $17 day rate would be $119, but the weekly rate caps it at $102.

When is it cheaper to rent a Ryobi Battery weed eater on the 28-day rate?

From day 27. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $408 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Ryobi Battery weed eater

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Steve Miller · Hedge Trimmers - Gasoline

Day: $17
Week: $102
28 days: $408

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $119. On the week rate it is $102.

Weekly stops winning on

day 27

27 days at the day rate would be $459. On the 28-day rate it is $408.

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 Ryobi Battery weed eater, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$17	$17	—	day
2	$34	$34	—	day
3	$51	$51	—	day
4	$68	$68	—	day
5	$85	$85	—	day
6	$102	$102	—	day
7	$119	$102	you save $17	week
8	$136	$119	you save $17	week
9	$153	$136	you save $17	week
10	$170	$153	you save $17	week
11	$187	$170	you save $17	week
12	$204	$187	you save $17	week
13	$221	$204	you save $17	week
14	$238	$204	you save $34	week
15	$255	$221	you save $34	week
16	$272	$238	you save $34	week
17	$289	$255	you save $34	week
18	$306	$272	you save $34	week
19	$323	$289	you save $34	week
20	$340	$306	you save $34	week
21	$357	$306	you save $51	week
22	$374	$323	you save $51	week
23	$391	$340	you save $51	week
24	$408	$357	you save $51	week
25	$425	$374	you save $51	week
26	$442	$391	you save $51	week
27	$459	$408	you save $51	28-day
28	$476	$408	you save $68	28-day
29	$493	$425	you save $68	day
30	$510	$442	you save $68	day
31	$527	$459	you save $68	day
32	$544	$476	you save $68	day
33	$561	$493	you save $68	day
34	$578	$510	you save $68	day
35	$595	$510	you save $85	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 27 days: $408
Rental protection (RPP): $61.20
Service fee: $40.80
Estimated total: $510

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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.