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.

Rug Doctor Commercial Carpet Cleaner

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AMIT BAJPAI · Vacuums

Day
$49.99
Week
$248
28 days
$750

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $249.95. On the week rate it is $248.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,099.78. On the 28-day rate it is $750.

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 Rug Doctor Commercial Carpet Cleaner, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$49.99$49.99—day
2$99.98$99.98—day
3$149.97$149.97—day
4$199.96$199.96—day
5$249.95$248you save $1.95week
6$299.94$248you save $51.94week
7$349.93$248you save $101.93week
8$399.92$297.99you save $101.93week
9$449.91$347.98you save $101.93week
10$499.90$397.97you save $101.93week
11$549.89$447.96you save $101.93week
12$599.88$496you save $103.88week
13$649.87$496you save $153.87week
14$699.86$496you save $203.86week
15$749.85$545.99you save $203.86week
16$799.84$595.98you save $203.86week
17$849.83$645.97you save $203.86week
18$899.82$695.96you save $203.86week
19$949.81$744you save $205.81week
20$999.80$744you save $255.80week
21$1,049.79$744you save $305.79week
22$1,099.78$750you save $349.7828-day
23$1,149.77$750you save $399.7728-day
24$1,199.76$750you save $449.7628-day
25$1,249.75$750you save $499.7528-day
26$1,299.74$750you save $549.7428-day
27$1,349.73$750you save $599.7328-day
28$1,399.72$750you save $649.7228-day
29$1,449.71$799.99you save $649.72day
30$1,499.70$849.98you save $649.72day
31$1,549.69$899.97you save $649.72day
32$1,599.68$949.96you save $649.72day
33$1,649.67$998you save $651.67week
34$1,699.66$998you save $701.66week
35$1,749.65$998you save $751.65week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$750
Rental protection (RPP)
$112.50
Service fee
$75
Estimated total
$937.50

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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.