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.

SIGMA 105MM F2.8 DG DN MACRO CAMERA LENS

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Row Pillage · Cameras

Day
$35
Week
$104
28 days
$312

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $105. On the week rate it is $104.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $595. On the 28-day rate it is $312.

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 SIGMA 105MM F2.8 DG DN MACRO CAMERA LENS, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$35$35—day
2$70$70—day
3$105$104you save $1week
4$140$104you save $36week
5$175$104you save $71week
6$210$104you save $106week
7$245$104you save $141week
8$280$139you save $141week
9$315$174you save $141week
10$350$208you save $142week
11$385$208you save $177week
12$420$208you save $212week
13$455$208you save $247week
14$490$208you save $282week
15$525$243you save $282week
16$560$278you save $282week
17$595$312you save $28328-day
18$630$312you save $31828-day
19$665$312you save $35328-day
20$700$312you save $38828-day
21$735$312you save $42328-day
22$770$312you save $45828-day
23$805$312you save $49328-day
24$840$312you save $52828-day
25$875$312you save $56328-day
26$910$312you save $59828-day
27$945$312you save $63328-day
28$980$312you save $66828-day
29$1,015$347you save $668day
30$1,050$382you save $668day
31$1,085$416you save $669week
32$1,120$416you save $704week
33$1,155$416you save $739week
34$1,190$416you save $774week
35$1,225$416you save $809week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$312
Rental protection (RPP)
$46.80
Service fee
$31.20
Estimated total
$390

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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.