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.

Makita Blower

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Lucas Loggins · Air Tools - Blowers

Day
$20
Week
$100
28 days
$350

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $120. On the week rate it is $100.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $480. On the 28-day rate it is $350.

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 Makita Blower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$20$20—day
2$40$40—day
3$60$60—day
4$80$80—day
5$100$100—day
6$120$100you save $20week
7$140$100you save $40week
8$160$120you save $40week
9$180$140you save $40week
10$200$160you save $40week
11$220$180you save $40week
12$240$200you save $40week
13$260$200you save $60week
14$280$200you save $80week
15$300$220you save $80week
16$320$240you save $80week
17$340$260you save $80week
18$360$280you save $80week
19$380$300you save $80week
20$400$300you save $100week
21$420$300you save $120week
22$440$320you save $120week
23$460$340you save $120week
24$480$350you save $13028-day
25$500$350you save $15028-day
26$520$350you save $17028-day
27$540$350you save $19028-day
28$560$350you save $21028-day
29$580$370you save $210day
30$600$390you save $210day
31$620$410you save $210day
32$640$430you save $210day
33$660$450you save $210day
34$680$450you save $230week
35$700$450you save $250week

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.