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.

DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Drill Driver Kit

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igor Ganapolsky · Drills - Electric

Day
$15
Week
$52
28 days
$135

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $60. On the week rate it is $52.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $255. On the 28-day rate it is $135.

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 DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Drill Driver Kit, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$15$15—day
2$30$30—day
3$45$45—day
4$60$52you save $8week
5$75$52you save $23week
6$90$52you save $38week
7$105$52you save $53week
8$120$67you save $53week
9$135$82you save $53week
10$150$97you save $53week
11$165$104you save $61week
12$180$104you save $76week
13$195$104you save $91week
14$210$104you save $106week
15$225$119you save $106week
16$240$134you save $106week
17$255$135you save $12028-day
18$270$135you save $13528-day
19$285$135you save $15028-day
20$300$135you save $16528-day
21$315$135you save $18028-day
22$330$135you save $19528-day
23$345$135you save $21028-day
24$360$135you save $22528-day
25$375$135you save $24028-day
26$390$135you save $25528-day
27$405$135you save $27028-day
28$420$135you save $28528-day
29$435$150you save $285day
30$450$165you save $285day
31$465$180you save $285day
32$480$187you save $293week
33$495$187you save $308week
34$510$187you save $323week
35$525$187you save $338week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$135
Rental protection (RPP)
$20.25
Service fee
$13.50
Estimated total
$168.75

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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.