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.

Honda Self-Propelled Lawn Mower

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Janine Fedrick · Compressors - Air Manifolds

Day
$31.45
Week
$188.70
28 days
$628.50

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $220.15. On the week rate it is $188.70.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $723.35. On the 28-day rate it is $628.50.

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 Honda Self-Propelled Lawn Mower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$31.45$31.45—day
2$62.90$62.90—day
3$94.35$94.35—day
4$125.80$125.80—day
5$157.25$157.25—day
6$188.70$188.70—day
7$220.15$188.70you save $31.45week
8$251.60$220.15you save $31.45week
9$283.05$251.60you save $31.45week
10$314.50$283.05you save $31.45week
11$345.95$314.50you save $31.45week
12$377.40$345.95you save $31.45week
13$408.85$377.40you save $31.45week
14$440.30$377.40you save $62.90week
15$471.75$408.85you save $62.90week
16$503.20$440.30you save $62.90week
17$534.65$471.75you save $62.90week
18$566.10$503.20you save $62.90week
19$597.55$534.65you save $62.90week
20$629$566.10you save $62.90week
21$660.45$566.10you save $94.35week
22$691.90$597.55you save $94.35week
23$723.35$628.50you save $94.8528-day
24$754.80$628.50you save $126.3028-day
25$786.25$628.50you save $157.7528-day
26$817.70$628.50you save $189.2028-day
27$849.15$628.50you save $220.6528-day
28$880.60$628.50you save $252.1028-day
29$912.05$659.95you save $252.10day
30$943.50$691.40you save $252.10day
31$974.95$722.85you save $252.10day
32$1,006.40$754.30you save $252.10day
33$1,037.85$785.75you save $252.10day
34$1,069.30$817.20you save $252.10day
35$1,100.75$817.20you save $283.55week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 23 days
$628.50
Rental protection (RPP)
$94.28
Service fee
$62.85
Estimated total
$785.63

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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.