When is it cheaper to rent a Propane Smoker 18" by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $13 day rate would be $65, but the weekly rate caps it at $64.

When is it cheaper to rent a Propane Smoker 18" on the 28-day rate?

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $189 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.

Propane Smoker 18"

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Sherwin Lomboy · Tanks - Propane

Day: $13
Week: $64
28 days: $189

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $65. On the week rate it is $64.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $247. On the 28-day rate it is $189.

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 Propane Smoker 18", days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$13	$13	—	day
2	$26	$26	—	day
3	$39	$39	—	day
4	$52	$52	—	day
5	$65	$64	you save $1	week
6	$78	$64	you save $14	week
7	$91	$64	you save $27	week
8	$104	$77	you save $27	week
9	$117	$90	you save $27	week
10	$130	$103	you save $27	week
11	$143	$116	you save $27	week
12	$156	$128	you save $28	week
13	$169	$128	you save $41	week
14	$182	$128	you save $54	week
15	$195	$141	you save $54	week
16	$208	$154	you save $54	week
17	$221	$167	you save $54	week
18	$234	$180	you save $54	week
19	$247	$189	you save $58	28-day
20	$260	$189	you save $71	28-day
21	$273	$189	you save $84	28-day
22	$286	$189	you save $97	28-day
23	$299	$189	you save $110	28-day
24	$312	$189	you save $123	28-day
25	$325	$189	you save $136	28-day
26	$338	$189	you save $149	28-day
27	$351	$189	you save $162	28-day
28	$364	$189	you save $175	28-day
29	$377	$202	you save $175	day
30	$390	$215	you save $175	day
31	$403	$228	you save $175	day
32	$416	$241	you save $175	day
33	$429	$253	you save $176	week
34	$442	$253	you save $189	week
35	$455	$253	you save $202	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 · 19 days: $189
Rental protection (RPP): $28.35
Service fee: $18.90
Estimated total: $236.25

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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.