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.

50ft Cable drum electric drain cleaner

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Jinlin Huang · Plumbing and Electrical - Fish Tape

Day
$39.99
Week
$199.99
28 days
$499.99

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $239.94. On the week rate it is $199.99.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $679.83. On the 28-day rate it is $499.99.

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 50ft Cable drum electric drain cleaner, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$39.99$39.99—day
2$79.98$79.98—day
3$119.97$119.97—day
4$159.96$159.96—day
5$199.95$199.95—day
6$239.94$199.99you save $39.95week
7$279.93$199.99you save $79.94week
8$319.92$239.98you save $79.94week
9$359.91$279.97you save $79.94week
10$399.90$319.96you save $79.94week
11$439.89$359.95you save $79.94week
12$479.88$399.94you save $79.94week
13$519.87$399.98you save $119.89week
14$559.86$399.98you save $159.88week
15$599.85$439.97you save $159.88week
16$639.84$479.96you save $159.88week
17$679.83$499.99you save $179.8428-day
18$719.82$499.99you save $219.8328-day
19$759.81$499.99you save $259.8228-day
20$799.80$499.99you save $299.8128-day
21$839.79$499.99you save $339.8028-day
22$879.78$499.99you save $379.7928-day
23$919.77$499.99you save $419.7828-day
24$959.76$499.99you save $459.7728-day
25$999.75$499.99you save $499.7628-day
26$1,039.74$499.99you save $539.7528-day
27$1,079.73$499.99you save $579.7428-day
28$1,119.72$499.99you save $619.7328-day
29$1,159.71$539.98you save $619.73day
30$1,199.70$579.97you save $619.73day
31$1,239.69$619.96you save $619.73day
32$1,279.68$659.95you save $619.73day
33$1,319.67$699.94you save $619.73day
34$1,359.66$699.98you save $659.68week
35$1,399.65$699.98you save $699.67week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$499.99
Rental protection (RPP)
$75
Service fee
$50
Estimated total
$624.99

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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.