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.

5300 CFM Evaporative Cooler

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Ahmed Showman · Fans and Blowers - Evaporative Fan

Day
$45
Week
$135
28 days
$295

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $135.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $675. On the 28-day rate it is $295.

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 5300 CFM Evaporative Cooler, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$90—day
3$135$135—day
4$180$135you save $45week
5$225$135you save $90week
6$270$135you save $135week
7$315$135you save $180week
8$360$180you save $180week
9$405$225you save $180week
10$450$270you save $180week
11$495$270you save $225week
12$540$270you save $270week
13$585$270you save $315week
14$630$270you save $360week
15$675$295you save $38028-day
16$720$295you save $42528-day
17$765$295you save $47028-day
18$810$295you save $51528-day
19$855$295you save $56028-day
20$900$295you save $60528-day
21$945$295you save $65028-day
22$990$295you save $69528-day
23$1,035$295you save $74028-day
24$1,080$295you save $78528-day
25$1,125$295you save $83028-day
26$1,170$295you save $87528-day
27$1,215$295you save $92028-day
28$1,260$295you save $96528-day
29$1,305$340you save $965day
30$1,350$385you save $965day
31$1,395$430you save $965day
32$1,440$430you save $1,010week
33$1,485$430you save $1,055week
34$1,530$430you save $1,100week
35$1,575$430you save $1,145week

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.