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.

controller Pioneer XDJ-R1

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connor mallory · PA / Audio

Day
$41
Week
$180
28 days
$540

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $205. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $779. 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 controller Pioneer XDJ-R1, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$41$41—day
2$82$82—day
3$123$123—day
4$164$164—day
5$205$180you save $25week
6$246$180you save $66week
7$287$180you save $107week
8$328$221you save $107week
9$369$262you save $107week
10$410$303you save $107week
11$451$344you save $107week
12$492$360you save $132week
13$533$360you save $173week
14$574$360you save $214week
15$615$401you save $214week
16$656$442you save $214week
17$697$483you save $214week
18$738$524you save $214week
19$779$540you save $23928-day
20$820$540you save $28028-day
21$861$540you save $32128-day
22$902$540you save $36228-day
23$943$540you save $40328-day
24$984$540you save $44428-day
25$1,025$540you save $48528-day
26$1,066$540you save $52628-day
27$1,107$540you save $56728-day
28$1,148$540you save $60828-day
29$1,189$581you save $608day
30$1,230$622you save $608day
31$1,271$663you save $608day
32$1,312$704you save $608day
33$1,353$720you save $633week
34$1,394$720you save $674week
35$1,435$720you save $715week

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
$540
Rental protection (RPP)
$81
Service fee
$54
Estimated total
$675

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.