When is it cheaper to rent a 40kW Electric Heater by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $75 day rate would be $225, but the weekly rate caps it at $200.

When is it cheaper to rent a 40kW Electric Heater on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $425 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

40kW Electric Heater

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2Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · Heaters - Electric

Day: $75
Week: $200
28 days: $425

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $225. On the week rate it is $200.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,125. On the 28-day rate it is $425.

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 40kW Electric Heater, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$200	you save $25	week
4	$300	$200	you save $100	week
5	$375	$200	you save $175	week
6	$450	$200	you save $250	week
7	$525	$200	you save $325	week
8	$600	$275	you save $325	week
9	$675	$350	you save $325	week
10	$750	$400	you save $350	week
11	$825	$400	you save $425	week
12	$900	$400	you save $500	week
13	$975	$400	you save $575	week
14	$1,050	$400	you save $650	week
15	$1,125	$425	you save $700	28-day
16	$1,200	$425	you save $775	28-day
17	$1,275	$425	you save $850	28-day
18	$1,350	$425	you save $925	28-day
19	$1,425	$425	you save $1,000	28-day
20	$1,500	$425	you save $1,075	28-day
21	$1,575	$425	you save $1,150	28-day
22	$1,650	$425	you save $1,225	28-day
23	$1,725	$425	you save $1,300	28-day
24	$1,800	$425	you save $1,375	28-day
25	$1,875	$425	you save $1,450	28-day
26	$1,950	$425	you save $1,525	28-day
27	$2,025	$425	you save $1,600	28-day
28	$2,100	$425	you save $1,675	28-day
29	$2,175	$500	you save $1,675	day
30	$2,250	$575	you save $1,675	day
31	$2,325	$625	you save $1,700	week
32	$2,400	$625	you save $1,775	week
33	$2,475	$625	you save $1,850	week
34	$2,550	$625	you save $1,925	week
35	$2,625	$625	you save $2,000	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days: $425
Rental protection (RPP): $63.75
Estimated total: $488.75

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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.