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.

Kayaks

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SarasRayamajhi 7119 · Kayak

Day
$30
Week
$150
28 days
$600

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $150.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $780. On the 28-day rate it is $600.

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 Kayaks, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$120—day
5$150$150—day
6$180$150you save $30week
7$210$150you save $60week
8$240$180you save $60week
9$270$210you save $60week
10$300$240you save $60week
11$330$270you save $60week
12$360$300you save $60week
13$390$300you save $90week
14$420$300you save $120week
15$450$330you save $120week
16$480$360you save $120week
17$510$390you save $120week
18$540$420you save $120week
19$570$450you save $120week
20$600$450you save $150week
21$630$450you save $180week
22$660$480you save $180week
23$690$510you save $180week
24$720$540you save $180week
25$750$570you save $180week
26$780$600you save $18028-day
27$810$600you save $21028-day
28$840$600you save $24028-day
29$870$630you save $240day
30$900$660you save $240day
31$930$690you save $240day
32$960$720you save $240day
33$990$750you save $240day
34$1,020$750you save $270week
35$1,050$750you save $300week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$600
Rental protection (RPP)
$90
Service fee
$60
Estimated total
$750

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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.