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.

Husqvarna 350BT backpack blower

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Brian Wagner · Blowers - Handheld - Gasoline

Day
$52
Week
$150
28 days
$325

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $156. On the week rate it is $150.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $780. On the 28-day rate it is $325.

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 Husqvarna 350BT backpack blower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$52$52—day
2$104$104—day
3$156$150you save $6week
4$208$150you save $58week
5$260$150you save $110week
6$312$150you save $162week
7$364$150you save $214week
8$416$202you save $214week
9$468$254you save $214week
10$520$300you save $220week
11$572$300you save $272week
12$624$300you save $324week
13$676$300you save $376week
14$728$300you save $428week
15$780$325you save $45528-day
16$832$325you save $50728-day
17$884$325you save $55928-day
18$936$325you save $61128-day
19$988$325you save $66328-day
20$1,040$325you save $71528-day
21$1,092$325you save $76728-day
22$1,144$325you save $81928-day
23$1,196$325you save $87128-day
24$1,248$325you save $92328-day
25$1,300$325you save $97528-day
26$1,352$325you save $1,02728-day
27$1,404$325you save $1,07928-day
28$1,456$325you save $1,13128-day
29$1,508$377you save $1,131day
30$1,560$429you save $1,131day
31$1,612$475you save $1,137week
32$1,664$475you save $1,189week
33$1,716$475you save $1,241week
34$1,768$475you save $1,293week
35$1,820$475you save $1,345week

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.