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.

Champion Duel Fuel Generator

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karim ibrahim · Generators - Gas

Day
$23
Week
$145
28 days
$425

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $161. On the week rate it is $145.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $460. On the 28-day rate it is $425.

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 Champion Duel Fuel Generator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$23$23—day
2$46$46—day
3$69$69—day
4$92$92—day
5$115$115—day
6$138$138—day
7$161$145you save $16week
8$184$168you save $16week
9$207$191you save $16week
10$230$214you save $16week
11$253$237you save $16week
12$276$260you save $16week
13$299$283you save $16week
14$322$290you save $32week
15$345$313you save $32week
16$368$336you save $32week
17$391$359you save $32week
18$414$382you save $32week
19$437$405you save $32week
20$460$425you save $3528-day
21$483$425you save $5828-day
22$506$425you save $8128-day
23$529$425you save $10428-day
24$552$425you save $12728-day
25$575$425you save $15028-day
26$598$425you save $17328-day
27$621$425you save $19628-day
28$644$425you save $21928-day
29$667$448you save $219day
30$690$471you save $219day
31$713$494you save $219day
32$736$517you save $219day
33$759$540you save $219day
34$782$563you save $219day
35$805$570you save $235week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.