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.

Telescoping Pole with 1/4-20 Mount

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Mark Andrews · Lasers and Levels

Day
$25
Week
$50
28 days
$100

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $75. On the week rate it is $50.

Weekly stops winning on

day 9

9 days at the day rate would be $225. On the 28-day rate it is $100.

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 Telescoping Pole with 1/4-20 Mount, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$25$25—day
2$50$50—day
3$75$50you save $25week
4$100$50you save $50week
5$125$50you save $75week
6$150$50you save $100week
7$175$50you save $125week
8$200$75you save $125week
9$225$100you save $12528-day
10$250$100you save $15028-day
11$275$100you save $17528-day
12$300$100you save $20028-day
13$325$100you save $22528-day
14$350$100you save $25028-day
15$375$100you save $27528-day
16$400$100you save $30028-day
17$425$100you save $32528-day
18$450$100you save $35028-day
19$475$100you save $37528-day
20$500$100you save $40028-day
21$525$100you save $42528-day
22$550$100you save $45028-day
23$575$100you save $47528-day
24$600$100you save $50028-day
25$625$100you save $52528-day
26$650$100you save $55028-day
27$675$100you save $57528-day
28$700$100you save $60028-day
29$725$125you save $600day
30$750$150you save $600day
31$775$150you save $625week
32$800$150you save $650week
33$825$150you save $675week
34$850$150you save $700week
35$875$150you save $725week

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
$100
Rental protection (RPP)
$15
Service fee
$10
Estimated total
$125

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.