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.

Echo PW-3100 Gas Pressure Washer

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Holden Rhodes · Pressure Washers

Day
$65
Week
$150
28 days
$375

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $195. On the week rate it is $150.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,040. On the 28-day rate it is $375.

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 Echo PW-3100 Gas Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$65$65—day
2$130$130—day
3$195$150you save $45week
4$260$150you save $110week
5$325$150you save $175week
6$390$150you save $240week
7$455$150you save $305week
8$520$215you save $305week
9$585$280you save $305week
10$650$300you save $350week
11$715$300you save $415week
12$780$300you save $480week
13$845$300you save $545week
14$910$300you save $610week
15$975$365you save $610week
16$1,040$375you save $66528-day
17$1,105$375you save $73028-day
18$1,170$375you save $79528-day
19$1,235$375you save $86028-day
20$1,300$375you save $92528-day
21$1,365$375you save $99028-day
22$1,430$375you save $1,05528-day
23$1,495$375you save $1,12028-day
24$1,560$375you save $1,18528-day
25$1,625$375you save $1,25028-day
26$1,690$375you save $1,31528-day
27$1,755$375you save $1,38028-day
28$1,820$375you save $1,44528-day
29$1,885$440you save $1,445day
30$1,950$505you save $1,445day
31$2,015$525you save $1,490week
32$2,080$525you save $1,555week
33$2,145$525you save $1,620week
34$2,210$525you save $1,685week
35$2,275$525you save $1,750week

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
$375
Rental protection (RPP)
$56.25
Service fee
$37.50
Estimated total
$468.75

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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.