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.

Shark Hard Floor Steam Mop

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M Mercer · Paint - Steamers

Day
$16
Week
$77
28 days
$230

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $80. On the week rate it is $77.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $304. 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 Shark Hard Floor Steam Mop, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$16$16—day
2$32$32—day
3$48$48—day
4$64$64—day
5$80$77you save $3week
6$96$77you save $19week
7$112$77you save $35week
8$128$93you save $35week
9$144$109you save $35week
10$160$125you save $35week
11$176$141you save $35week
12$192$154you save $38week
13$208$154you save $54week
14$224$154you save $70week
15$240$170you save $70week
16$256$186you save $70week
17$272$202you save $70week
18$288$218you save $70week
19$304$230you save $7428-day
20$320$230you save $9028-day
21$336$230you save $10628-day
22$352$230you save $12228-day
23$368$230you save $13828-day
24$384$230you save $15428-day
25$400$230you save $17028-day
26$416$230you save $18628-day
27$432$230you save $20228-day
28$448$230you save $21828-day
29$464$246you save $218day
30$480$262you save $218day
31$496$278you save $218day
32$512$294you save $218day
33$528$307you save $221week
34$544$307you save $237week
35$560$307you save $253week

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

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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.