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.

SONY CAMARA LENS FE 13-35MM F2.8 GM

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Row Pillage · Cameras

Day
$50
Week
$228
28 days
$684

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 19

19 days at the day rate would be $950. On the 28-day rate it is $684.

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 SONY CAMARA LENS FE 13-35MM F2.8 GM, 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$456you save $144week
13$650$456you save $194week
14$700$456you save $244week
15$750$506you save $244week
16$800$556you save $244week
17$850$606you save $244week
18$900$656you save $244week
19$950$684you save $26628-day
20$1,000$684you save $31628-day
21$1,050$684you save $36628-day
22$1,100$684you save $41628-day
23$1,150$684you save $46628-day
24$1,200$684you save $51628-day
25$1,250$684you save $56628-day
26$1,300$684you save $61628-day
27$1,350$684you save $66628-day
28$1,400$684you save $71628-day
29$1,450$734you save $716day
30$1,500$784you save $716day
31$1,550$834you save $716day
32$1,600$884you save $716day
33$1,650$912you save $738week
34$1,700$912you save $788week
35$1,750$912you save $838week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days
$684
Rental protection (RPP)
$102.60
Service fee
$68.40
Estimated total
$855

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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.