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.

Power Washer 3100 PSI

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Nate Sanden · Pressure Washers

Day
$80
Week
$225
28 days
$750

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $225.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,760. On the 28-day rate it is $750.

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 Power Washer 3100 PSI, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$80$80—day
2$160$160—day
3$240$225you save $15week
4$320$225you save $95week
5$400$225you save $175week
6$480$225you save $255week
7$560$225you save $335week
8$640$305you save $335week
9$720$385you save $335week
10$800$450you save $350week
11$880$450you save $430week
12$960$450you save $510week
13$1,040$450you save $590week
14$1,120$450you save $670week
15$1,200$530you save $670week
16$1,280$610you save $670week
17$1,360$675you save $685week
18$1,440$675you save $765week
19$1,520$675you save $845week
20$1,600$675you save $925week
21$1,680$675you save $1,005week
22$1,760$750you save $1,01028-day
23$1,840$750you save $1,09028-day
24$1,920$750you save $1,17028-day
25$2,000$750you save $1,25028-day
26$2,080$750you save $1,33028-day
27$2,160$750you save $1,41028-day
28$2,240$750you save $1,49028-day
29$2,320$830you save $1,490day
30$2,400$910you save $1,490day
31$2,480$975you save $1,505week
32$2,560$975you save $1,585week
33$2,640$975you save $1,665week
34$2,720$975you save $1,745week
35$2,800$975you save $1,825week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$750
Rental protection (RPP)
$112.50
Service fee
$75
Estimated total
$937.50

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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.