When is it cheaper to rent a Wallpaper steamer by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $45 day rate would be $270, but the weekly rate caps it at $225.

When is it cheaper to rent a Wallpaper steamer on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $700 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.

Wallpaper steamer

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J. Howard · Paint - Steamers

Day: $45
Week: $225
28 days: $700

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $270. On the week rate it is $225.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $990. On the 28-day rate it is $700.

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 Wallpaper steamer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$45	$45	—	day
2	$90	$90	—	day
3	$135	$135	—	day
4	$180	$180	—	day
5	$225	$225	—	day
6	$270	$225	you save $45	week
7	$315	$225	you save $90	week
8	$360	$270	you save $90	week
9	$405	$315	you save $90	week
10	$450	$360	you save $90	week
11	$495	$405	you save $90	week
12	$540	$450	you save $90	week
13	$585	$450	you save $135	week
14	$630	$450	you save $180	week
15	$675	$495	you save $180	week
16	$720	$540	you save $180	week
17	$765	$585	you save $180	week
18	$810	$630	you save $180	week
19	$855	$675	you save $180	week
20	$900	$675	you save $225	week
21	$945	$675	you save $270	week
22	$990	$700	you save $290	28-day
23	$1,035	$700	you save $335	28-day
24	$1,080	$700	you save $380	28-day
25	$1,125	$700	you save $425	28-day
26	$1,170	$700	you save $470	28-day
27	$1,215	$700	you save $515	28-day
28	$1,260	$700	you save $560	28-day
29	$1,305	$745	you save $560	day
30	$1,350	$790	you save $560	day
31	$1,395	$835	you save $560	day
32	$1,440	$880	you save $560	day
33	$1,485	$925	you save $560	day
34	$1,530	$925	you save $605	week
35	$1,575	$925	you save $650	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 · 22 days: $700
Rental protection (RPP): $105
Service fee: $70
Estimated total: $875

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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.