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.

Thule Bike Rack for 2 Bikes

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Oscar Velasco · Bike / Ski / Kayak Racks

Day
$40
Week
$160
28 days
$396

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $160.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $640. On the 28-day rate it is $396.

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 Thule Bike Rack for 2 Bikes, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$40$40—day
2$80$80—day
3$120$120—day
4$160$160—day
5$200$160you save $40week
6$240$160you save $80week
7$280$160you save $120week
8$320$200you save $120week
9$360$240you save $120week
10$400$280you save $120week
11$440$320you save $120week
12$480$320you save $160week
13$520$320you save $200week
14$560$320you save $240week
15$600$360you save $240week
16$640$396you save $24428-day
17$680$396you save $28428-day
18$720$396you save $32428-day
19$760$396you save $36428-day
20$800$396you save $40428-day
21$840$396you save $44428-day
22$880$396you save $48428-day
23$920$396you save $52428-day
24$960$396you save $56428-day
25$1,000$396you save $60428-day
26$1,040$396you save $64428-day
27$1,080$396you save $68428-day
28$1,120$396you save $72428-day
29$1,160$436you save $724day
30$1,200$476you save $724day
31$1,240$516you save $724day
32$1,280$556you save $724day
33$1,320$556you save $764week
34$1,360$556you save $804week
35$1,400$556you save $844week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$396
Rental protection (RPP)
$59.40
Service fee
$39.60
Estimated total
$495

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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.