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.

Champion 5500 Watt Portable Gas Powered Generator 5.9 gallon

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Julien Mugara · Generators - Gas

Day
$34
Week
$170
28 days
$450

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $204. On the week rate it is $170.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $612. On the 28-day rate it is $450.

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 Champion 5500 Watt Portable Gas Powered Generator 5.9 gallon, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$34$34—day
2$68$68—day
3$102$102—day
4$136$136—day
5$170$170—day
6$204$170you save $34week
7$238$170you save $68week
8$272$204you save $68week
9$306$238you save $68week
10$340$272you save $68week
11$374$306you save $68week
12$408$340you save $68week
13$442$340you save $102week
14$476$340you save $136week
15$510$374you save $136week
16$544$408you save $136week
17$578$442you save $136week
18$612$450you save $16228-day
19$646$450you save $19628-day
20$680$450you save $23028-day
21$714$450you save $26428-day
22$748$450you save $29828-day
23$782$450you save $33228-day
24$816$450you save $36628-day
25$850$450you save $40028-day
26$884$450you save $43428-day
27$918$450you save $46828-day
28$952$450you save $50228-day
29$986$484you save $502day
30$1,020$518you save $502day
31$1,054$552you save $502day
32$1,088$586you save $502day
33$1,122$620you save $502day
34$1,156$620you save $536week
35$1,190$620you save $570week

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
$450
Rental protection (RPP)
$67.50
Service fee
$45
Estimated total
$562.50

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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.