When is it cheaper to rent a Pressure Washer by the week than by the day?

From day 2. 2 days at the $15 day rate would be $30, but the weekly rate caps it at $28.

When is it cheaper to rent a Pressure Washer on the 28-day rate?

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $83 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.

Pressure Washer

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Calvin Barendregt · Pressure Washers

Day: $15
Week: $28
28 days: $83

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $30. On the week rate it is $28.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $240. On the 28-day rate it is $83.

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 Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$15	$15	—	day
2	$30	$28	you save $2	week
3	$45	$28	you save $17	week
4	$60	$28	you save $32	week
5	$75	$28	you save $47	week
6	$90	$28	you save $62	week
7	$105	$28	you save $77	week
8	$120	$43	you save $77	week
9	$135	$56	you save $79	week
10	$150	$56	you save $94	week
11	$165	$56	you save $109	week
12	$180	$56	you save $124	week
13	$195	$56	you save $139	week
14	$210	$56	you save $154	week
15	$225	$71	you save $154	week
16	$240	$83	you save $157	28-day
17	$255	$83	you save $172	28-day
18	$270	$83	you save $187	28-day
19	$285	$83	you save $202	28-day
20	$300	$83	you save $217	28-day
21	$315	$83	you save $232	28-day
22	$330	$83	you save $247	28-day
23	$345	$83	you save $262	28-day
24	$360	$83	you save $277	28-day
25	$375	$83	you save $292	28-day
26	$390	$83	you save $307	28-day
27	$405	$83	you save $322	28-day
28	$420	$83	you save $337	28-day
29	$435	$98	you save $337	day
30	$450	$111	you save $339	week
31	$465	$111	you save $354	week
32	$480	$111	you save $369	week
33	$495	$111	you save $384	week
34	$510	$111	you save $399	week
35	$525	$111	you save $414	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 · 16 days: $83
Rental protection (RPP): $12.45
Service fee: $8.30
Estimated total: $103.75

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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.