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 Electric 2600 psi

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Robert Cassese · Pressure Washers

Day
$80
Week
$175
28 days
$450

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $175.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,280. On the 28-day rate it is $450.

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 Electric 2600 psi, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$80$80—day
2$160$160—day
3$240$175you save $65week
4$320$175you save $145week
5$400$175you save $225week
6$480$175you save $305week
7$560$175you save $385week
8$640$255you save $385week
9$720$335you save $385week
10$800$350you save $450week
11$880$350you save $530week
12$960$350you save $610week
13$1,040$350you save $690week
14$1,120$350you save $770week
15$1,200$430you save $770week
16$1,280$450you save $83028-day
17$1,360$450you save $91028-day
18$1,440$450you save $99028-day
19$1,520$450you save $1,07028-day
20$1,600$450you save $1,15028-day
21$1,680$450you save $1,23028-day
22$1,760$450you save $1,31028-day
23$1,840$450you save $1,39028-day
24$1,920$450you save $1,47028-day
25$2,000$450you save $1,55028-day
26$2,080$450you save $1,63028-day
27$2,160$450you save $1,71028-day
28$2,240$450you save $1,79028-day
29$2,320$530you save $1,790day
30$2,400$610you save $1,790day
31$2,480$625you save $1,855week
32$2,560$625you save $1,935week
33$2,640$625you save $2,015week
34$2,720$625you save $2,095week
35$2,800$625you save $2,175week

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
$450
Rental protection (RPP)
$67.50
Service fee
$45
Estimated total
$562.50

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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.