When is it cheaper to rent a Paddle Board 11'6" by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $40 day rate would be $200, but the weekly rate caps it at $188.

When is it cheaper to rent a Paddle Board 11'6" on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $500 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.

Paddle Board 11'6"

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Matthew Johnston · Stand-Up Paddleboard

Day: $40
Week: $188
28 days: $500

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $188.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $720. On the 28-day rate it is $500.

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 Paddle Board 11'6", days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$40	$40	—	day
2	$80	$80	—	day
3	$120	$120	—	day
4	$160	$160	—	day
5	$200	$188	you save $12	week
6	$240	$188	you save $52	week
7	$280	$188	you save $92	week
8	$320	$228	you save $92	week
9	$360	$268	you save $92	week
10	$400	$308	you save $92	week
11	$440	$348	you save $92	week
12	$480	$376	you save $104	week
13	$520	$376	you save $144	week
14	$560	$376	you save $184	week
15	$600	$416	you save $184	week
16	$640	$456	you save $184	week
17	$680	$496	you save $184	week
18	$720	$500	you save $220	28-day
19	$760	$500	you save $260	28-day
20	$800	$500	you save $300	28-day
21	$840	$500	you save $340	28-day
22	$880	$500	you save $380	28-day
23	$920	$500	you save $420	28-day
24	$960	$500	you save $460	28-day
25	$1,000	$500	you save $500	28-day
26	$1,040	$500	you save $540	28-day
27	$1,080	$500	you save $580	28-day
28	$1,120	$500	you save $620	28-day
29	$1,160	$540	you save $620	day
30	$1,200	$580	you save $620	day
31	$1,240	$620	you save $620	day
32	$1,280	$660	you save $620	day
33	$1,320	$688	you save $632	week
34	$1,360	$688	you save $672	week
35	$1,400	$688	you save $712	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 · 18 days: $500
Rental protection (RPP): $75
Service fee: $50
Estimated total: $625

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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.