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.

Fluke Networks Cable Analyzer

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dilenia ortega · Electric Tools

Day
$150
Week
$693
28 days
$2,070

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $750. On the week rate it is $693.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $2,850. On the 28-day rate it is $2,070.

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 Fluke Networks Cable Analyzer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$150$150—day
2$300$300—day
3$450$450—day
4$600$600—day
5$750$693you save $57week
6$900$693you save $207week
7$1,050$693you save $357week
8$1,200$843you save $357week
9$1,350$993you save $357week
10$1,500$1,143you save $357week
11$1,650$1,293you save $357week
12$1,800$1,386you save $414week
13$1,950$1,386you save $564week
14$2,100$1,386you save $714week
15$2,250$1,536you save $714week
16$2,400$1,686you save $714week
17$2,550$1,836you save $714week
18$2,700$1,986you save $714week
19$2,850$2,070you save $78028-day
20$3,000$2,070you save $93028-day
21$3,150$2,070you save $1,08028-day
22$3,300$2,070you save $1,23028-day
23$3,450$2,070you save $1,38028-day
24$3,600$2,070you save $1,53028-day
25$3,750$2,070you save $1,68028-day
26$3,900$2,070you save $1,83028-day
27$4,050$2,070you save $1,98028-day
28$4,200$2,070you save $2,13028-day
29$4,350$2,220you save $2,130day
30$4,500$2,370you save $2,130day
31$4,650$2,520you save $2,130day
32$4,800$2,670you save $2,130day
33$4,950$2,763you save $2,187week
34$5,100$2,763you save $2,337week
35$5,250$2,763you save $2,487week

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
$2,070
Rental protection (RPP)
$310.50
Service fee
$207
Estimated total
$2,587.50

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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.