Buy versus rent
Shopping & living
Buy versus rent
See how many uses make buying worthwhile
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Example calculation
Break-even uses: 28 items.
Break-even uses
28 items
At this many uses, buying costs no more than renting under the entered assumptions.
See formula and assumptions
Break-even uses = purchase / (rental − owned per-use cost), rounded up.
- Purchase price
- Use the chosen currency. Thousands separators are accepted.
- Rental per use
- Use the chosen currency. Thousands separators are accepted.
- Owned cost per use
- Use the chosen currency. Thousands separators are accepted.