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.

10 ft Lifetime Tamarack Angler kayak

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Candy Joubert · Kayak

Day
$52
Week
$90
28 days
$230

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $104. On the week rate it is $90.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $780. On the 28-day rate it is $230.

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 10 ft Lifetime Tamarack Angler kayak, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$52$52—day
2$104$90you save $14week
3$156$90you save $66week
4$208$90you save $118week
5$260$90you save $170week
6$312$90you save $222week
7$364$90you save $274week
8$416$142you save $274week
9$468$180you save $288week
10$520$180you save $340week
11$572$180you save $392week
12$624$180you save $444week
13$676$180you save $496week
14$728$180you save $548week
15$780$230you save $55028-day
16$832$230you save $60228-day
17$884$230you save $65428-day
18$936$230you save $70628-day
19$988$230you save $75828-day
20$1,040$230you save $81028-day
21$1,092$230you save $86228-day
22$1,144$230you save $91428-day
23$1,196$230you save $96628-day
24$1,248$230you save $1,01828-day
25$1,300$230you save $1,07028-day
26$1,352$230you save $1,12228-day
27$1,404$230you save $1,17428-day
28$1,456$230you save $1,22628-day
29$1,508$282you save $1,226day
30$1,560$320you save $1,240week
31$1,612$320you save $1,292week
32$1,664$320you save $1,344week
33$1,716$320you save $1,396week
34$1,768$320you save $1,448week
35$1,820$320you save $1,500week

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
$230
Rental protection (RPP)
$34.50
Service fee
$23
Estimated total
$287.50

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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.