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.

air compressor

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kenton mook · Compressors - Air Compressors

Day
$134
Week
$267
28 days
$267

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $268. On the week rate it is $267.

Weekly stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $268. On the 28-day rate it is $267.

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 air compressor, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$134$134—day
2$268$267you save $128-day
3$402$267you save $13528-day
4$536$267you save $26928-day
5$670$267you save $40328-day
6$804$267you save $53728-day
7$938$267you save $67128-day
8$1,072$267you save $80528-day
9$1,206$267you save $93928-day
10$1,340$267you save $1,07328-day
11$1,474$267you save $1,20728-day
12$1,608$267you save $1,34128-day
13$1,742$267you save $1,47528-day
14$1,876$267you save $1,60928-day
15$2,010$267you save $1,74328-day
16$2,144$267you save $1,87728-day
17$2,278$267you save $2,01128-day
18$2,412$267you save $2,14528-day
19$2,546$267you save $2,27928-day
20$2,680$267you save $2,41328-day
21$2,814$267you save $2,54728-day
22$2,948$267you save $2,68128-day
23$3,082$267you save $2,81528-day
24$3,216$267you save $2,94928-day
25$3,350$267you save $3,08328-day
26$3,484$267you save $3,21728-day
27$3,618$267you save $3,35128-day
28$3,752$267you save $3,48528-day
29$3,886$401you save $3,485day
30$4,020$534you save $3,48628-day
31$4,154$534you save $3,62028-day
32$4,288$534you save $3,75428-day
33$4,422$534you save $3,88828-day
34$4,556$534you save $4,02228-day
35$4,690$534you save $4,15628-day

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.