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.

Magnum Airless Paint sprayer

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Michael Gilgen · Paint - Sprayers

Day
$55
Week
$210
28 days
$590

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $220. On the week rate it is $210.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $990. On the 28-day rate it is $590.

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 Magnum Airless Paint sprayer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$55$55—day
2$110$110—day
3$165$165—day
4$220$210you save $10week
5$275$210you save $65week
6$330$210you save $120week
7$385$210you save $175week
8$440$265you save $175week
9$495$320you save $175week
10$550$375you save $175week
11$605$420you save $185week
12$660$420you save $240week
13$715$420you save $295week
14$770$420you save $350week
15$825$475you save $350week
16$880$530you save $350week
17$935$585you save $350week
18$990$590you save $40028-day
19$1,045$590you save $45528-day
20$1,100$590you save $51028-day
21$1,155$590you save $56528-day
22$1,210$590you save $62028-day
23$1,265$590you save $67528-day
24$1,320$590you save $73028-day
25$1,375$590you save $78528-day
26$1,430$590you save $84028-day
27$1,485$590you save $89528-day
28$1,540$590you save $95028-day
29$1,595$645you save $950day
30$1,650$700you save $950day
31$1,705$755you save $950day
32$1,760$800you save $960week
33$1,815$800you save $1,015week
34$1,870$800you save $1,070week
35$1,925$800you save $1,125week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$590
Rental protection (RPP)
$88.50
Service fee
$59
Estimated total
$737.50

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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.