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.

Ground heating mat power blanket

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Zachary Reichelt · Heaters - Hydronic

Day
$130
Week
$260
28 days
$750

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $390. On the week rate it is $260.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $2,080. On the 28-day rate it is $750.

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 Ground heating mat power blanket, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$130$130—day
2$260$260—day
3$390$260you save $130week
4$520$260you save $260week
5$650$260you save $390week
6$780$260you save $520week
7$910$260you save $650week
8$1,040$390you save $650week
9$1,170$520you save $650week
10$1,300$520you save $780week
11$1,430$520you save $910week
12$1,560$520you save $1,040week
13$1,690$520you save $1,170week
14$1,820$520you save $1,300week
15$1,950$650you save $1,300week
16$2,080$750you save $1,33028-day
17$2,210$750you save $1,46028-day
18$2,340$750you save $1,59028-day
19$2,470$750you save $1,72028-day
20$2,600$750you save $1,85028-day
21$2,730$750you save $1,98028-day
22$2,860$750you save $2,11028-day
23$2,990$750you save $2,24028-day
24$3,120$750you save $2,37028-day
25$3,250$750you save $2,50028-day
26$3,380$750you save $2,63028-day
27$3,510$750you save $2,76028-day
28$3,640$750you save $2,89028-day
29$3,770$880you save $2,890day
30$3,900$1,010you save $2,890day
31$4,030$1,010you save $3,020week
32$4,160$1,010you save $3,150week
33$4,290$1,010you save $3,280week
34$4,420$1,010you save $3,410week
35$4,550$1,010you save $3,540week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$750
Rental protection (RPP)
$112.50
Service fee
$75
Estimated total
$937.50

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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.