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.

S26 Ermator Hepa Dust Extractor

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Mary Elizabeth Gable · Air Scrubbers

Day
$125
Week
$275
28 days
$495

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $375. On the week rate it is $275.

Weekly stops winning on

day 9

9 days at the day rate would be $1,125. On the 28-day rate it is $495.

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 S26 Ermator Hepa Dust Extractor, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$125$125—day
2$250$250—day
3$375$275you save $100week
4$500$275you save $225week
5$625$275you save $350week
6$750$275you save $475week
7$875$275you save $600week
8$1,000$400you save $600week
9$1,125$495you save $63028-day
10$1,250$495you save $75528-day
11$1,375$495you save $88028-day
12$1,500$495you save $1,00528-day
13$1,625$495you save $1,13028-day
14$1,750$495you save $1,25528-day
15$1,875$495you save $1,38028-day
16$2,000$495you save $1,50528-day
17$2,125$495you save $1,63028-day
18$2,250$495you save $1,75528-day
19$2,375$495you save $1,88028-day
20$2,500$495you save $2,00528-day
21$2,625$495you save $2,13028-day
22$2,750$495you save $2,25528-day
23$2,875$495you save $2,38028-day
24$3,000$495you save $2,50528-day
25$3,125$495you save $2,63028-day
26$3,250$495you save $2,75528-day
27$3,375$495you save $2,88028-day
28$3,500$495you save $3,00528-day
29$3,625$620you save $3,005day
30$3,750$745you save $3,005day
31$3,875$770you save $3,105week
32$4,000$770you save $3,230week
33$4,125$770you save $3,355week
34$4,250$770you save $3,480week
35$4,375$770you save $3,605week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 9 days
$495
Rental protection (RPP)
$74.25
Service fee
$49.50
Estimated total
$618.75

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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.