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.

Haan Professional Carpet/ Floor Steamer Scrubber

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Antonio Rios

Day
$79
Week
$199
28 days
$299

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $237. On the week rate it is $199.

Weekly stops winning on

day 9

9 days at the day rate would be $711. On the 28-day rate it is $299.

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 Haan Professional Carpet/ Floor Steamer Scrubber, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$79$79—day
2$158$158—day
3$237$199you save $38week
4$316$199you save $117week
5$395$199you save $196week
6$474$199you save $275week
7$553$199you save $354week
8$632$278you save $354week
9$711$299you save $41228-day
10$790$299you save $49128-day
11$869$299you save $57028-day
12$948$299you save $64928-day
13$1,027$299you save $72828-day
14$1,106$299you save $80728-day
15$1,185$299you save $88628-day
16$1,264$299you save $96528-day
17$1,343$299you save $1,04428-day
18$1,422$299you save $1,12328-day
19$1,501$299you save $1,20228-day
20$1,580$299you save $1,28128-day
21$1,659$299you save $1,36028-day
22$1,738$299you save $1,43928-day
23$1,817$299you save $1,51828-day
24$1,896$299you save $1,59728-day
25$1,975$299you save $1,67628-day
26$2,054$299you save $1,75528-day
27$2,133$299you save $1,83428-day
28$2,212$299you save $1,91328-day
29$2,291$378you save $1,913day
30$2,370$457you save $1,913day
31$2,449$498you save $1,951week
32$2,528$498you save $2,030week
33$2,607$498you save $2,109week
34$2,686$498you save $2,188week
35$2,765$498you save $2,267week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 9 days
$299
Rental protection (RPP)
$44.85
Service fee
$29.90
Estimated total
$373.75

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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.