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.

speaker

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Chase Lauzon · PA / Audio

Day
$3
Week
$15
28 days
$60

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $18. On the week rate it is $15.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $78. On the 28-day rate it is $60.

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 speaker, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$3$3—day
2$6$6—day
3$9$9—day
4$12$12—day
5$15$15—day
6$18$15you save $3week
7$21$15you save $6week
8$24$18you save $6week
9$27$21you save $6week
10$30$24you save $6week
11$33$27you save $6week
12$36$30you save $6week
13$39$30you save $9week
14$42$30you save $12week
15$45$33you save $12week
16$48$36you save $12week
17$51$39you save $12week
18$54$42you save $12week
19$57$45you save $12week
20$60$45you save $15week
21$63$45you save $18week
22$66$48you save $18week
23$69$51you save $18week
24$72$54you save $18week
25$75$57you save $18week
26$78$60you save $1828-day
27$81$60you save $2128-day
28$84$60you save $2428-day
29$87$63you save $24day
30$90$66you save $24day
31$93$69you save $24day
32$96$72you save $24day
33$99$75you save $24day
34$102$75you save $27week
35$105$75you save $30week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$60
Rental protection (RPP)
$9
Service fee
$6
Estimated total
$75

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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.