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.

Sunbeam 1200 Watt Classic Iron with Steam Option

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M Mercer · Heaters - Steam

Day
$5
Week
$17
28 days
$43

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $20. On the week rate it is $17.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $80. On the 28-day rate it is $43.

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 Sunbeam 1200 Watt Classic Iron with Steam Option, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$5$5—day
2$10$10—day
3$15$15—day
4$20$17you save $3week
5$25$17you save $8week
6$30$17you save $13week
7$35$17you save $18week
8$40$22you save $18week
9$45$27you save $18week
10$50$32you save $18week
11$55$34you save $21week
12$60$34you save $26week
13$65$34you save $31week
14$70$34you save $36week
15$75$39you save $36week
16$80$43you save $3728-day
17$85$43you save $4228-day
18$90$43you save $4728-day
19$95$43you save $5228-day
20$100$43you save $5728-day
21$105$43you save $6228-day
22$110$43you save $6728-day
23$115$43you save $7228-day
24$120$43you save $7728-day
25$125$43you save $8228-day
26$130$43you save $8728-day
27$135$43you save $9228-day
28$140$43you save $9728-day
29$145$48you save $97day
30$150$53you save $97day
31$155$58you save $97day
32$160$60you save $100week
33$165$60you save $105week
34$170$60you save $110week
35$175$60you save $115week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$43
Rental protection (RPP)
$6.45
Service fee
$4.30
Estimated total
$53.75

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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.