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.

2900 PSI 2.5 GPM Gas Pressure Washer

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Will Jameson · Pressure Washers

Day
$86
Week
$344
28 days
$1,032

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $430. On the week rate it is $344.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,548. On the 28-day rate it is $1,032.

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 2900 PSI 2.5 GPM Gas Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$86$86—day
2$172$172—day
3$258$258—day
4$344$344—day
5$430$344you save $86week
6$516$344you save $172week
7$602$344you save $258week
8$688$430you save $258week
9$774$516you save $258week
10$860$602you save $258week
11$946$688you save $258week
12$1,032$688you save $344week
13$1,118$688you save $430week
14$1,204$688you save $516week
15$1,290$774you save $516week
16$1,376$860you save $516week
17$1,462$946you save $516week
18$1,548$1,032you save $51628-day
19$1,634$1,032you save $60228-day
20$1,720$1,032you save $68828-day
21$1,806$1,032you save $77428-day
22$1,892$1,032you save $86028-day
23$1,978$1,032you save $94628-day
24$2,064$1,032you save $1,03228-day
25$2,150$1,032you save $1,11828-day
26$2,236$1,032you save $1,20428-day
27$2,322$1,032you save $1,29028-day
28$2,408$1,032you save $1,37628-day
29$2,494$1,118you save $1,376day
30$2,580$1,204you save $1,376day
31$2,666$1,290you save $1,376day
32$2,752$1,376you save $1,376day
33$2,838$1,376you save $1,462week
34$2,924$1,376you save $1,548week
35$3,010$1,376you save $1,634week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.