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.

B-Air Air Mover VP-25

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LEEANN THELEN · Fans and Blowers - Carpet Dryer

Day
$20
Week
$70
28 days
$210

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $80. On the week rate it is $70.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $360. On the 28-day rate it is $210.

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 B-Air Air Mover VP-25, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$20$20—day
2$40$40—day
3$60$60—day
4$80$70you save $10week
5$100$70you save $30week
6$120$70you save $50week
7$140$70you save $70week
8$160$90you save $70week
9$180$110you save $70week
10$200$130you save $70week
11$220$140you save $80week
12$240$140you save $100week
13$260$140you save $120week
14$280$140you save $140week
15$300$160you save $140week
16$320$180you save $140week
17$340$200you save $140week
18$360$210you save $15028-day
19$380$210you save $17028-day
20$400$210you save $19028-day
21$420$210you save $21028-day
22$440$210you save $23028-day
23$460$210you save $25028-day
24$480$210you save $27028-day
25$500$210you save $29028-day
26$520$210you save $31028-day
27$540$210you save $33028-day
28$560$210you save $35028-day
29$580$230you save $350day
30$600$250you save $350day
31$620$270you save $350day
32$640$280you save $360week
33$660$280you save $380week
34$680$280you save $400week
35$700$280you save $420week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$210
Rental protection (RPP)
$31.50
Service fee
$21
Estimated total
$262.50

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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.