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.

Leaf blower

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Alex Fendler · Snow Blowers

Day
$20
Week
$70
28 days
$150

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $80. On the week rate it is $70.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $300. On the 28-day rate it is $150.

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 Leaf blower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$20$20—day
2$40$40—day
3$60$60—day
4$80$70you save $10week
5$100$70you save $30week
6$120$70you save $50week
7$140$70you save $70week
8$160$90you save $70week
9$180$110you save $70week
10$200$130you save $70week
11$220$140you save $80week
12$240$140you save $100week
13$260$140you save $120week
14$280$140you save $140week
15$300$150you save $15028-day
16$320$150you save $17028-day
17$340$150you save $19028-day
18$360$150you save $21028-day
19$380$150you save $23028-day
20$400$150you save $25028-day
21$420$150you save $27028-day
22$440$150you save $29028-day
23$460$150you save $31028-day
24$480$150you save $33028-day
25$500$150you save $35028-day
26$520$150you save $37028-day
27$540$150you save $39028-day
28$560$150you save $41028-day
29$580$170you save $410day
30$600$190you save $410day
31$620$210you save $410day
32$640$220you save $420week
33$660$220you save $440week
34$680$220you save $460week
35$700$220you save $480week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days
$150
Rental protection (RPP)
$22.50
Service fee
$15
Estimated total
$187.50

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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.