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.

Air compressor

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Connor Orella · Compressors - Air Compressors

Day
$60
Week
$210
28 days
$500

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $210.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $960. On the 28-day rate it is $500.

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 Air compressor, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$210you save $30week
5$300$210you save $90week
6$360$210you save $150week
7$420$210you save $210week
8$480$270you save $210week
9$540$330you save $210week
10$600$390you save $210week
11$660$420you save $240week
12$720$420you save $300week
13$780$420you save $360week
14$840$420you save $420week
15$900$480you save $420week
16$960$500you save $46028-day
17$1,020$500you save $52028-day
18$1,080$500you save $58028-day
19$1,140$500you save $64028-day
20$1,200$500you save $70028-day
21$1,260$500you save $76028-day
22$1,320$500you save $82028-day
23$1,380$500you save $88028-day
24$1,440$500you save $94028-day
25$1,500$500you save $1,00028-day
26$1,560$500you save $1,06028-day
27$1,620$500you save $1,12028-day
28$1,680$500you save $1,18028-day
29$1,740$560you save $1,180day
30$1,800$620you save $1,180day
31$1,860$680you save $1,180day
32$1,920$710you save $1,210week
33$1,980$710you save $1,270week
34$2,040$710you save $1,330week
35$2,100$710you save $1,390week

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.