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.

SkyView 360 Photo Booth

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Ross Distefano · Photo Booth

Day
$875
Week
$3,553
28 days
$6,563

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $4,375. On the week rate it is $3,553.

Weekly stops winning on

day 11

11 days at the day rate would be $9,625. On the 28-day rate it is $6,563.

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 SkyView 360 Photo Booth, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$875$875—day
2$1,750$1,750—day
3$2,625$2,625—day
4$3,500$3,500—day
5$4,375$3,553you save $822week
6$5,250$3,553you save $1,697week
7$6,125$3,553you save $2,572week
8$7,000$4,428you save $2,572week
9$7,875$5,303you save $2,572week
10$8,750$6,178you save $2,572week
11$9,625$6,563you save $3,06228-day
12$10,500$6,563you save $3,93728-day
13$11,375$6,563you save $4,81228-day
14$12,250$6,563you save $5,68728-day
15$13,125$6,563you save $6,56228-day
16$14,000$6,563you save $7,43728-day
17$14,875$6,563you save $8,31228-day
18$15,750$6,563you save $9,18728-day
19$16,625$6,563you save $10,06228-day
20$17,500$6,563you save $10,93728-day
21$18,375$6,563you save $11,81228-day
22$19,250$6,563you save $12,68728-day
23$20,125$6,563you save $13,56228-day
24$21,000$6,563you save $14,43728-day
25$21,875$6,563you save $15,31228-day
26$22,750$6,563you save $16,18728-day
27$23,625$6,563you save $17,06228-day
28$24,500$6,563you save $17,93728-day
29$25,375$7,438you save $17,937day
30$26,250$8,313you save $17,937day
31$27,125$9,188you save $17,937day
32$28,000$10,063you save $17,937day
33$28,875$10,116you save $18,759week
34$29,750$10,116you save $19,634week
35$30,625$10,116you save $20,509week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 11 days
$6,563
Rental protection (RPP)
$984.45
Service fee
$656.30
Estimated total
$8,203.75

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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.