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.

Simpson Pressure Washer

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Antonio Rios · Pressure Washers

Day
$90
Week
$299
28 days
$599

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $360. On the week rate it is $299.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,350. On the 28-day rate it is $599.

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 Simpson Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$90$90—day
2$180$180—day
3$270$270—day
4$360$299you save $61week
5$450$299you save $151week
6$540$299you save $241week
7$630$299you save $331week
8$720$389you save $331week
9$810$479you save $331week
10$900$569you save $331week
11$990$598you save $392week
12$1,080$598you save $482week
13$1,170$598you save $572week
14$1,260$598you save $662week
15$1,350$599you save $75128-day
16$1,440$599you save $84128-day
17$1,530$599you save $93128-day
18$1,620$599you save $1,02128-day
19$1,710$599you save $1,11128-day
20$1,800$599you save $1,20128-day
21$1,890$599you save $1,29128-day
22$1,980$599you save $1,38128-day
23$2,070$599you save $1,47128-day
24$2,160$599you save $1,56128-day
25$2,250$599you save $1,65128-day
26$2,340$599you save $1,74128-day
27$2,430$599you save $1,83128-day
28$2,520$599you save $1,92128-day
29$2,610$689you save $1,921day
30$2,700$779you save $1,921day
31$2,790$869you save $1,921day
32$2,880$898you save $1,982week
33$2,970$898you save $2,072week
34$3,060$898you save $2,162week
35$3,150$898you save $2,252week

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
$599
Rental protection (RPP)
$89.85
Service fee
$59.90
Estimated total
$748.75

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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.