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.

Two-Burner Camping Stove with Full Gas Tank and Gas Meter

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Juan Ortiz · Camp Kitchen / Stoves

Day
$17
Week
$85
28 days
$230

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $102. On the week rate it is $85.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $306. On the 28-day rate it is $230.

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 Two-Burner Camping Stove with Full Gas Tank and Gas Meter, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$17$17—day
2$34$34—day
3$51$51—day
4$68$68—day
5$85$85—day
6$102$85you save $17week
7$119$85you save $34week
8$136$102you save $34week
9$153$119you save $34week
10$170$136you save $34week
11$187$153you save $34week
12$204$170you save $34week
13$221$170you save $51week
14$238$170you save $68week
15$255$187you save $68week
16$272$204you save $68week
17$289$221you save $68week
18$306$230you save $7628-day
19$323$230you save $9328-day
20$340$230you save $11028-day
21$357$230you save $12728-day
22$374$230you save $14428-day
23$391$230you save $16128-day
24$408$230you save $17828-day
25$425$230you save $19528-day
26$442$230you save $21228-day
27$459$230you save $22928-day
28$476$230you save $24628-day
29$493$247you save $246day
30$510$264you save $246day
31$527$281you save $246day
32$544$298you save $246day
33$561$315you save $246day
34$578$315you save $263week
35$595$315you save $280week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$230
Rental protection (RPP)
$34.50
Service fee
$23
Estimated total
$287.50

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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.