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.

Kirby Vacuum Cleaner

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Ivan Nunez · Vacuums

Day
$18
Week
$108
28 days
$362

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $126. On the week rate it is $108.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $432. On the 28-day rate it is $362.

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 Kirby Vacuum Cleaner, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$18$18—day
2$36$36—day
3$54$54—day
4$72$72—day
5$90$90—day
6$108$108—day
7$126$108you save $18week
8$144$126you save $18week
9$162$144you save $18week
10$180$162you save $18week
11$198$180you save $18week
12$216$198you save $18week
13$234$216you save $18week
14$252$216you save $36week
15$270$234you save $36week
16$288$252you save $36week
17$306$270you save $36week
18$324$288you save $36week
19$342$306you save $36week
20$360$324you save $36week
21$378$324you save $54week
22$396$342you save $54week
23$414$360you save $54week
24$432$362you save $7028-day
25$450$362you save $8828-day
26$468$362you save $10628-day
27$486$362you save $12428-day
28$504$362you save $14228-day
29$522$380you save $142day
30$540$398you save $142day
31$558$416you save $142day
32$576$434you save $142day
33$594$452you save $142day
34$612$470you save $142day
35$630$470you save $160week

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.