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.

Ryobi 2,000 psi pressure washer

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Edgar mkrtchyan · Pressure Washers

Day
$22
Week
$110
28 days
$250

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $132. On the week rate it is $110.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $352. On the 28-day rate it is $250.

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 Ryobi 2,000 psi pressure washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$22$22—day
2$44$44—day
3$66$66—day
4$88$88—day
5$110$110—day
6$132$110you save $22week
7$154$110you save $44week
8$176$132you save $44week
9$198$154you save $44week
10$220$176you save $44week
11$242$198you save $44week
12$264$220you save $44week
13$286$220you save $66week
14$308$220you save $88week
15$330$242you save $88week
16$352$250you save $10228-day
17$374$250you save $12428-day
18$396$250you save $14628-day
19$418$250you save $16828-day
20$440$250you save $19028-day
21$462$250you save $21228-day
22$484$250you save $23428-day
23$506$250you save $25628-day
24$528$250you save $27828-day
25$550$250you save $30028-day
26$572$250you save $32228-day
27$594$250you save $34428-day
28$616$250you save $36628-day
29$638$272you save $366day
30$660$294you save $366day
31$682$316you save $366day
32$704$338you save $366day
33$726$360you save $366day
34$748$360you save $388week
35$770$360you save $410week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$250
Rental protection (RPP)
$37.50
Service fee
$25
Estimated total
$312.50

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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.