When is it cheaper to rent a Stihl Leaf Blower by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $20 day rate would be $60, but the weekly rate caps it at $50.

When is it cheaper to rent a Stihl Leaf Blower on the 28-day rate?

From day 24. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $200 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Stihl Leaf Blower

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White River Equipment · Blowers - Handheld - Gasoline

Day: $20
Week: $50
28 days: $200

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $60. On the week rate it is $50.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $480. On the 28-day rate it is $200.

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 Stihl Leaf Blower, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$20	$20	—	day
2	$40	$40	—	day
3	$60	$50	you save $10	week
4	$80	$50	you save $30	week
5	$100	$50	you save $50	week
6	$120	$50	you save $70	week
7	$140	$50	you save $90	week
8	$160	$70	you save $90	week
9	$180	$90	you save $90	week
10	$200	$100	you save $100	week
11	$220	$100	you save $120	week
12	$240	$100	you save $140	week
13	$260	$100	you save $160	week
14	$280	$100	you save $180	week
15	$300	$120	you save $180	week
16	$320	$140	you save $180	week
17	$340	$150	you save $190	week
18	$360	$150	you save $210	week
19	$380	$150	you save $230	week
20	$400	$150	you save $250	week
21	$420	$150	you save $270	week
22	$440	$170	you save $270	week
23	$460	$190	you save $270	week
24	$480	$200	you save $280	28-day
25	$500	$200	you save $300	28-day
26	$520	$200	you save $320	28-day
27	$540	$200	you save $340	28-day
28	$560	$200	you save $360	28-day
29	$580	$220	you save $360	day
30	$600	$240	you save $360	day
31	$620	$250	you save $370	week
32	$640	$250	you save $390	week
33	$660	$250	you save $410	week
34	$680	$250	you save $430	week
35	$700	$250	you save $450	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 24 days: $200
Rental protection (RPP): $30
Service fee: $20
Estimated total: $250

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.