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, Electric, 2300psi 2.3GPM

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Jonah Vogel · Pressure Washers

Day
$31
Week
$125
28 days
$368

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $155. On the week rate it is $125.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $558. On the 28-day rate it is $368.

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, Electric, 2300psi 2.3GPM, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$31$31—day
2$62$62—day
3$93$93—day
4$124$124—day
5$155$125you save $30week
6$186$125you save $61week
7$217$125you save $92week
8$248$156you save $92week
9$279$187you save $92week
10$310$218you save $92week
11$341$249you save $92week
12$372$250you save $122week
13$403$250you save $153week
14$434$250you save $184week
15$465$281you save $184week
16$496$312you save $184week
17$527$343you save $184week
18$558$368you save $19028-day
19$589$368you save $22128-day
20$620$368you save $25228-day
21$651$368you save $28328-day
22$682$368you save $31428-day
23$713$368you save $34528-day
24$744$368you save $37628-day
25$775$368you save $40728-day
26$806$368you save $43828-day
27$837$368you save $46928-day
28$868$368you save $50028-day
29$899$399you save $500day
30$930$430you save $500day
31$961$461you save $500day
32$992$492you save $500day
33$1,023$493you save $530week
34$1,054$493you save $561week
35$1,085$493you save $592week

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
$368
Rental protection (RPP)
$55.20
Service fee
$36.80
Estimated total
$460

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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.