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.

Hoover Carpet Cleaner

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Amrit Patra · Vacuums

Day
$15
Week
$75
28 days
$198

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $90. On the week rate it is $75.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $270. On the 28-day rate it is $198.

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 Hoover Carpet Cleaner, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$15$15—day
2$30$30—day
3$45$45—day
4$60$60—day
5$75$75—day
6$90$75you save $15week
7$105$75you save $30week
8$120$90you save $30week
9$135$105you save $30week
10$150$120you save $30week
11$165$135you save $30week
12$180$150you save $30week
13$195$150you save $45week
14$210$150you save $60week
15$225$165you save $60week
16$240$180you save $60week
17$255$195you save $60week
18$270$198you save $7228-day
19$285$198you save $8728-day
20$300$198you save $10228-day
21$315$198you save $11728-day
22$330$198you save $13228-day
23$345$198you save $14728-day
24$360$198you save $16228-day
25$375$198you save $17728-day
26$390$198you save $19228-day
27$405$198you save $20728-day
28$420$198you save $22228-day
29$435$213you save $222day
30$450$228you save $222day
31$465$243you save $222day
32$480$258you save $222day
33$495$273you save $222day
34$510$273you save $237week
35$525$273you save $252week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$198
Rental protection (RPP)
$29.70
Service fee
$19.80
Estimated total
$247.50

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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.