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.

40V Cordless Battery Backpack Leaf Blower

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Stephen Williams · Blowers - Backpack - Gasoline

Day
$11
Week
$46
28 days
$132

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $55. On the week rate it is $46.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $198. On the 28-day rate it is $132.

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 40V Cordless Battery Backpack Leaf Blower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$11$11—day
2$22$22—day
3$33$33—day
4$44$44—day
5$55$46you save $9week
6$66$46you save $20week
7$77$46you save $31week
8$88$57you save $31week
9$99$68you save $31week
10$110$79you save $31week
11$121$90you save $31week
12$132$92you save $40week
13$143$92you save $51week
14$154$92you save $62week
15$165$103you save $62week
16$176$114you save $62week
17$187$125you save $62week
18$198$132you save $6628-day
19$209$132you save $7728-day
20$220$132you save $8828-day
21$231$132you save $9928-day
22$242$132you save $11028-day
23$253$132you save $12128-day
24$264$132you save $13228-day
25$275$132you save $14328-day
26$286$132you save $15428-day
27$297$132you save $16528-day
28$308$132you save $17628-day
29$319$143you save $176day
30$330$154you save $176day
31$341$165you save $176day
32$352$176you save $176day
33$363$178you save $185week
34$374$178you save $196week
35$385$178you save $207week

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
$132
Rental protection (RPP)
$19.80
Service fee
$13.20
Estimated total
$165

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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.