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.

Craftsman 2500W Portable Inverter Generator

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Branden Hall · Generators - Gas

Day
$50
Week
$228
28 days
$450

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $250. On the week rate it is $228.

Weekly stops winning on

day 12

12 days at the day rate would be $600. On the 28-day rate it is $450.

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 Craftsman 2500W Portable Inverter Generator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$50$50—day
2$100$100—day
3$150$150—day
4$200$200—day
5$250$228you save $22week
6$300$228you save $72week
7$350$228you save $122week
8$400$278you save $122week
9$450$328you save $122week
10$500$378you save $122week
11$550$428you save $122week
12$600$450you save $15028-day
13$650$450you save $20028-day
14$700$450you save $25028-day
15$750$450you save $30028-day
16$800$450you save $35028-day
17$850$450you save $40028-day
18$900$450you save $45028-day
19$950$450you save $50028-day
20$1,000$450you save $55028-day
21$1,050$450you save $60028-day
22$1,100$450you save $65028-day
23$1,150$450you save $70028-day
24$1,200$450you save $75028-day
25$1,250$450you save $80028-day
26$1,300$450you save $85028-day
27$1,350$450you save $90028-day
28$1,400$450you save $95028-day
29$1,450$500you save $950day
30$1,500$550you save $950day
31$1,550$600you save $950day
32$1,600$650you save $950day
33$1,650$678you save $972week
34$1,700$678you save $1,022week
35$1,750$678you save $1,072week

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.