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 Mechanics Tool Set

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Day
$5
Week
$23
28 days
$86

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $25. On the week rate it is $23.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $125. On the 28-day rate it is $86.

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 Mechanics Tool Set, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$5$5—day
2$10$10—day
3$15$15—day
4$20$20—day
5$25$23you save $2week
6$30$23you save $7week
7$35$23you save $12week
8$40$28you save $12week
9$45$33you save $12week
10$50$38you save $12week
11$55$43you save $12week
12$60$46you save $14week
13$65$46you save $19week
14$70$46you save $24week
15$75$51you save $24week
16$80$56you save $24week
17$85$61you save $24week
18$90$66you save $24week
19$95$69you save $26week
20$100$69you save $31week
21$105$69you save $36week
22$110$74you save $36week
23$115$79you save $36week
24$120$84you save $36week
25$125$86you save $3928-day
26$130$86you save $4428-day
27$135$86you save $4928-day
28$140$86you save $5428-day
29$145$91you save $54day
30$150$96you save $54day
31$155$101you save $54day
32$160$106you save $54day
33$165$109you save $56week
34$170$109you save $61week
35$175$109you save $66week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.