When is it cheaper to rent a Carpet Fan by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $27 day rate would be $162, but the weekly rate caps it at $135.

When is it cheaper to rent a Carpet Fan on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $540 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.

Carpet Fan

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Chase Lauzon · Fans and Blowers - Carpet Dryer

Day: $27
Week: $135
28 days: $540

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $162. On the week rate it is $135.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $702. 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 Carpet Fan, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$27	$27	—	day
2	$54	$54	—	day
3	$81	$81	—	day
4	$108	$108	—	day
5	$135	$135	—	day
6	$162	$135	you save $27	week
7	$189	$135	you save $54	week
8	$216	$162	you save $54	week
9	$243	$189	you save $54	week
10	$270	$216	you save $54	week
11	$297	$243	you save $54	week
12	$324	$270	you save $54	week
13	$351	$270	you save $81	week
14	$378	$270	you save $108	week
15	$405	$297	you save $108	week
16	$432	$324	you save $108	week
17	$459	$351	you save $108	week
18	$486	$378	you save $108	week
19	$513	$405	you save $108	week
20	$540	$405	you save $135	week
21	$567	$405	you save $162	week
22	$594	$432	you save $162	week
23	$621	$459	you save $162	week
24	$648	$486	you save $162	week
25	$675	$513	you save $162	week
26	$702	$540	you save $162	28-day
27	$729	$540	you save $189	28-day
28	$756	$540	you save $216	28-day
29	$783	$567	you save $216	day
30	$810	$594	you save $216	day
31	$837	$621	you save $216	day
32	$864	$648	you save $216	day
33	$891	$675	you save $216	day
34	$918	$675	you save $243	week
35	$945	$675	you save $270	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 · 26 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.