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 Pressure Washer

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Emmanuel Vasquez · Pressure Washers

Day
$34
Week
$143
28 days
$408

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $170. On the week rate it is $143.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $612. On the 28-day rate it is $408.

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 Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$34$34—day
2$68$68—day
3$102$102—day
4$136$136—day
5$170$143you save $27week
6$204$143you save $61week
7$238$143you save $95week
8$272$177you save $95week
9$306$211you save $95week
10$340$245you save $95week
11$374$279you save $95week
12$408$286you save $122week
13$442$286you save $156week
14$476$286you save $190week
15$510$320you save $190week
16$544$354you save $190week
17$578$388you save $190week
18$612$408you save $20428-day
19$646$408you save $23828-day
20$680$408you save $27228-day
21$714$408you save $30628-day
22$748$408you save $34028-day
23$782$408you save $37428-day
24$816$408you save $40828-day
25$850$408you save $44228-day
26$884$408you save $47628-day
27$918$408you save $51028-day
28$952$408you save $54428-day
29$986$442you save $544day
30$1,020$476you save $544day
31$1,054$510you save $544day
32$1,088$544you save $544day
33$1,122$551you save $571week
34$1,156$551you save $605week
35$1,190$551you save $639week

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
$408
Rental protection (RPP)
$61.20
Service fee
$40.80
Estimated total
$510

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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.