When is it cheaper to rent a Hedge Trimmer by the week than by the day?

From day 2. 2 days at the $35 day rate would be $70, but the weekly rate caps it at $60.

When is it cheaper to rent a Hedge Trimmer on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $230 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Hedge Trimmer

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J. Howard · Trimmer - Hedge - Gasoline

Day: $35
Week: $60
28 days: $230

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $70. On the week rate it is $60.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $805. On the 28-day rate it is $230.

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 Hedge Trimmer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$35	$35	—	day
2	$70	$60	you save $10	week
3	$105	$60	you save $45	week
4	$140	$60	you save $80	week
5	$175	$60	you save $115	week
6	$210	$60	you save $150	week
7	$245	$60	you save $185	week
8	$280	$95	you save $185	week
9	$315	$120	you save $195	week
10	$350	$120	you save $230	week
11	$385	$120	you save $265	week
12	$420	$120	you save $300	week
13	$455	$120	you save $335	week
14	$490	$120	you save $370	week
15	$525	$155	you save $370	week
16	$560	$180	you save $380	week
17	$595	$180	you save $415	week
18	$630	$180	you save $450	week
19	$665	$180	you save $485	week
20	$700	$180	you save $520	week
21	$735	$180	you save $555	week
22	$770	$215	you save $555	week
23	$805	$230	you save $575	28-day
24	$840	$230	you save $610	28-day
25	$875	$230	you save $645	28-day
26	$910	$230	you save $680	28-day
27	$945	$230	you save $715	28-day
28	$980	$230	you save $750	28-day
29	$1,015	$265	you save $750	day
30	$1,050	$290	you save $760	week
31	$1,085	$290	you save $795	week
32	$1,120	$290	you save $830	week
33	$1,155	$290	you save $865	week
34	$1,190	$290	you save $900	week
35	$1,225	$290	you save $935	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 23 days: $230
Rental protection (RPP): $34.50
Service fee: $23
Estimated total: $287.50

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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.