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.

Portable Ventilation Fan 12"

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Micah Dee · Fans and Blowers - Drum Fan

Day
$60
Week
$298
28 days
$1,080

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $298.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $1,500. On the 28-day rate it is $1,080.

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 Portable Ventilation Fan 12", days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$240—day
5$300$298you save $2week
6$360$298you save $62week
7$420$298you save $122week
8$480$358you save $122week
9$540$418you save $122week
10$600$478you save $122week
11$660$538you save $122week
12$720$596you save $124week
13$780$596you save $184week
14$840$596you save $244week
15$900$656you save $244week
16$960$716you save $244week
17$1,020$776you save $244week
18$1,080$836you save $244week
19$1,140$894you save $246week
20$1,200$894you save $306week
21$1,260$894you save $366week
22$1,320$954you save $366week
23$1,380$1,014you save $366week
24$1,440$1,074you save $366week
25$1,500$1,080you save $42028-day
26$1,560$1,080you save $48028-day
27$1,620$1,080you save $54028-day
28$1,680$1,080you save $60028-day
29$1,740$1,140you save $600day
30$1,800$1,200you save $600day
31$1,860$1,260you save $600day
32$1,920$1,320you save $600day
33$1,980$1,378you save $602week
34$2,040$1,378you save $662week
35$2,100$1,378you save $722week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 25 days
$1,080
Rental protection (RPP)
$162
Service fee
$108
Estimated total
$1,350

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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.