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.

9500 Watt Super Quiet Inverter Generator With CO SECURE™ Technology

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Jeff Munro · Generators - Gas

Day
$395
Week
$1,975
28 days
$7,900

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $2,370. On the week rate it is $1,975.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $10,270. On the 28-day rate it is $7,900.

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 9500 Watt Super Quiet Inverter Generator With CO SECURE™ Technology, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$395$395—day
2$790$790—day
3$1,185$1,185—day
4$1,580$1,580—day
5$1,975$1,975—day
6$2,370$1,975you save $395week
7$2,765$1,975you save $790week
8$3,160$2,370you save $790week
9$3,555$2,765you save $790week
10$3,950$3,160you save $790week
11$4,345$3,555you save $790week
12$4,740$3,950you save $790week
13$5,135$3,950you save $1,185week
14$5,530$3,950you save $1,580week
15$5,925$4,345you save $1,580week
16$6,320$4,740you save $1,580week
17$6,715$5,135you save $1,580week
18$7,110$5,530you save $1,580week
19$7,505$5,925you save $1,580week
20$7,900$5,925you save $1,975week
21$8,295$5,925you save $2,370week
22$8,690$6,320you save $2,370week
23$9,085$6,715you save $2,370week
24$9,480$7,110you save $2,370week
25$9,875$7,505you save $2,370week
26$10,270$7,900you save $2,37028-day
27$10,665$7,900you save $2,76528-day
28$11,060$7,900you save $3,16028-day
29$11,455$8,295you save $3,160day
30$11,850$8,690you save $3,160day
31$12,245$9,085you save $3,160day
32$12,640$9,480you save $3,160day
33$13,035$9,875you save $3,160day
34$13,430$9,875you save $3,555week
35$13,825$9,875you save $3,950week

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.