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.

Air Compressor - Electric 2.6 CFM

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Davey Cajka · Compressors - Air Compressors

Day
$28
Week
$110
28 days
$320

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $112. On the week rate it is $110.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $504. On the 28-day rate it is $320.

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 Air Compressor - Electric 2.6 CFM, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$28$28—day
2$56$56—day
3$84$84—day
4$112$110you save $2week
5$140$110you save $30week
6$168$110you save $58week
7$196$110you save $86week
8$224$138you save $86week
9$252$166you save $86week
10$280$194you save $86week
11$308$220you save $88week
12$336$220you save $116week
13$364$220you save $144week
14$392$220you save $172week
15$420$248you save $172week
16$448$276you save $172week
17$476$304you save $172week
18$504$320you save $18428-day
19$532$320you save $21228-day
20$560$320you save $24028-day
21$588$320you save $26828-day
22$616$320you save $29628-day
23$644$320you save $32428-day
24$672$320you save $35228-day
25$700$320you save $38028-day
26$728$320you save $40828-day
27$756$320you save $43628-day
28$784$320you save $46428-day
29$812$348you save $464day
30$840$376you save $464day
31$868$404you save $464day
32$896$430you save $466week
33$924$430you save $494week
34$952$430you save $522week
35$980$430you save $550week

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.