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.

(2) QSC K12.2 speakers with stands and cables

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Christopher Erpelding · PA / Audio

Day
$70
Week
$210
28 days
$540

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $280. On the week rate it is $210.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,120. On the 28-day rate it is $540.

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 (2) QSC K12.2 speakers with stands and cables, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$70$70—day
2$140$140—day
3$210$210—day
4$280$210you save $70week
5$350$210you save $140week
6$420$210you save $210week
7$490$210you save $280week
8$560$280you save $280week
9$630$350you save $280week
10$700$420you save $280week
11$770$420you save $350week
12$840$420you save $420week
13$910$420you save $490week
14$980$420you save $560week
15$1,050$490you save $560week
16$1,120$540you save $58028-day
17$1,190$540you save $65028-day
18$1,260$540you save $72028-day
19$1,330$540you save $79028-day
20$1,400$540you save $86028-day
21$1,470$540you save $93028-day
22$1,540$540you save $1,00028-day
23$1,610$540you save $1,07028-day
24$1,680$540you save $1,14028-day
25$1,750$540you save $1,21028-day
26$1,820$540you save $1,28028-day
27$1,890$540you save $1,35028-day
28$1,960$540you save $1,42028-day
29$2,030$610you save $1,420day
30$2,100$680you save $1,420day
31$2,170$750you save $1,420day
32$2,240$750you save $1,490week
33$2,310$750you save $1,560week
34$2,380$750you save $1,630week
35$2,450$750you save $1,700week

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
$540
Rental protection (RPP)
$81
Service fee
$54
Estimated total
$675

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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.