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.

Electric STIHL Pressure Washer

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Zachary Reichelt · Pressure Washers

Day
$40
Week
$150
28 days
$450

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $160. On the week rate it is $150.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $720. 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 Electric STIHL Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$40$40—day
2$80$80—day
3$120$120—day
4$160$150you save $10week
5$200$150you save $50week
6$240$150you save $90week
7$280$150you save $130week
8$320$190you save $130week
9$360$230you save $130week
10$400$270you save $130week
11$440$300you save $140week
12$480$300you save $180week
13$520$300you save $220week
14$560$300you save $260week
15$600$340you save $260week
16$640$380you save $260week
17$680$420you save $260week
18$720$450you save $27028-day
19$760$450you save $31028-day
20$800$450you save $35028-day
21$840$450you save $39028-day
22$880$450you save $43028-day
23$920$450you save $47028-day
24$960$450you save $51028-day
25$1,000$450you save $55028-day
26$1,040$450you save $59028-day
27$1,080$450you save $63028-day
28$1,120$450you save $67028-day
29$1,160$490you save $670day
30$1,200$530you save $670day
31$1,240$570you save $670day
32$1,280$600you save $680week
33$1,320$600you save $720week
34$1,360$600you save $760week
35$1,400$600you save $800week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 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.