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.

Amazon Basics 24" High-Velocity Industrial Drum Fan

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tom Conforti · Fans and Blowers - High Velocity Fan

Day
$25
Week
$124
28 days
$323

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $125. On the week rate it is $124.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $425. On the 28-day rate it is $323.

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 Amazon Basics 24" High-Velocity Industrial Drum Fan, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$25$25—day
2$50$50—day
3$75$75—day
4$100$100—day
5$125$124you save $1week
6$150$124you save $26week
7$175$124you save $51week
8$200$149you save $51week
9$225$174you save $51week
10$250$199you save $51week
11$275$224you save $51week
12$300$248you save $52week
13$325$248you save $77week
14$350$248you save $102week
15$375$273you save $102week
16$400$298you save $102week
17$425$323you save $10228-day
18$450$323you save $12728-day
19$475$323you save $15228-day
20$500$323you save $17728-day
21$525$323you save $20228-day
22$550$323you save $22728-day
23$575$323you save $25228-day
24$600$323you save $27728-day
25$625$323you save $30228-day
26$650$323you save $32728-day
27$675$323you save $35228-day
28$700$323you save $37728-day
29$725$348you save $377day
30$750$373you save $377day
31$775$398you save $377day
32$800$423you save $377day
33$825$447you save $378week
34$850$447you save $403week
35$875$447you save $428week

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.