When is it cheaper to rent a Pressure washer (Gas) by the week than by the day?

From day 2. 2 days at the $480 day rate would be $960, but the weekly rate caps it at $575.

When is it cheaper to rent a Pressure washer (Gas) on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,375 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 (Gas)

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Janna Kitchens · Pressure Washers

Day: $480
Week: $575
28 days: $1,375

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $960. On the week rate it is $575.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $7,200. On the 28-day rate it is $1,375.

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 (Gas), days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$480	$480	—	day
2	$960	$575	you save $385	week
3	$1,440	$575	you save $865	week
4	$1,920	$575	you save $1,345	week
5	$2,400	$575	you save $1,825	week
6	$2,880	$575	you save $2,305	week
7	$3,360	$575	you save $2,785	week
8	$3,840	$1,055	you save $2,785	week
9	$4,320	$1,150	you save $3,170	week
10	$4,800	$1,150	you save $3,650	week
11	$5,280	$1,150	you save $4,130	week
12	$5,760	$1,150	you save $4,610	week
13	$6,240	$1,150	you save $5,090	week
14	$6,720	$1,150	you save $5,570	week
15	$7,200	$1,375	you save $5,825	28-day
16	$7,680	$1,375	you save $6,305	28-day
17	$8,160	$1,375	you save $6,785	28-day
18	$8,640	$1,375	you save $7,265	28-day
19	$9,120	$1,375	you save $7,745	28-day
20	$9,600	$1,375	you save $8,225	28-day
21	$10,080	$1,375	you save $8,705	28-day
22	$10,560	$1,375	you save $9,185	28-day
23	$11,040	$1,375	you save $9,665	28-day
24	$11,520	$1,375	you save $10,145	28-day
25	$12,000	$1,375	you save $10,625	28-day
26	$12,480	$1,375	you save $11,105	28-day
27	$12,960	$1,375	you save $11,585	28-day
28	$13,440	$1,375	you save $12,065	28-day
29	$13,920	$1,855	you save $12,065	day
30	$14,400	$1,950	you save $12,450	week
31	$14,880	$1,950	you save $12,930	week
32	$15,360	$1,950	you save $13,410	week
33	$15,840	$1,950	you save $13,890	week
34	$16,320	$1,950	you save $14,370	week
35	$16,800	$1,950	you save $14,850	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 · 15 days: $1,375
Rental protection (RPP): $206.25
Service fee: $137.50
Estimated total: $1,718.75

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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.