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.

Dehumidifier

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Laurie Corona · Dehumidifiers - Desiccant

Day
$45
Week
$180
28 days
$357

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $225. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 11

11 days at the day rate would be $495. On the 28-day rate it is $357.

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 Dehumidifier, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$90—day
3$135$135—day
4$180$180—day
5$225$180you save $45week
6$270$180you save $90week
7$315$180you save $135week
8$360$225you save $135week
9$405$270you save $135week
10$450$315you save $135week
11$495$357you save $13828-day
12$540$357you save $18328-day
13$585$357you save $22828-day
14$630$357you save $27328-day
15$675$357you save $31828-day
16$720$357you save $36328-day
17$765$357you save $40828-day
18$810$357you save $45328-day
19$855$357you save $49828-day
20$900$357you save $54328-day
21$945$357you save $58828-day
22$990$357you save $63328-day
23$1,035$357you save $67828-day
24$1,080$357you save $72328-day
25$1,125$357you save $76828-day
26$1,170$357you save $81328-day
27$1,215$357you save $85828-day
28$1,260$357you save $90328-day
29$1,305$402you save $903day
30$1,350$447you save $903day
31$1,395$492you save $903day
32$1,440$537you save $903day
33$1,485$537you save $948week
34$1,530$537you save $993week
35$1,575$537you save $1,038week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 11 days
$357
Rental protection (RPP)
$53.55
Service fee
$35.70
Estimated total
$446.25

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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.