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 electric power washer

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Zackery Rippentrop · Pressure Washers

Day
$50
Week
$75
28 days
$80

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $100. On the week rate it is $75.

Weekly stops winning on

day 8

8 days at the day rate would be $400. On the 28-day rate it is $80.

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 electric power washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$50$50—day
2$100$75you save $25week
3$150$75you save $75week
4$200$75you save $125week
5$250$75you save $175week
6$300$75you save $225week
7$350$75you save $275week
8$400$80you save $32028-day
9$450$80you save $37028-day
10$500$80you save $42028-day
11$550$80you save $47028-day
12$600$80you save $52028-day
13$650$80you save $57028-day
14$700$80you save $62028-day
15$750$80you save $67028-day
16$800$80you save $72028-day
17$850$80you save $77028-day
18$900$80you save $82028-day
19$950$80you save $87028-day
20$1,000$80you save $92028-day
21$1,050$80you save $97028-day
22$1,100$80you save $1,02028-day
23$1,150$80you save $1,07028-day
24$1,200$80you save $1,12028-day
25$1,250$80you save $1,17028-day
26$1,300$80you save $1,22028-day
27$1,350$80you save $1,27028-day
28$1,400$80you save $1,32028-day
29$1,450$130you save $1,320day
30$1,500$155you save $1,345week
31$1,550$155you save $1,395week
32$1,600$155you save $1,445week
33$1,650$155you save $1,495week
34$1,700$155you save $1,545week
35$1,750$155you save $1,595week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 8 days
$80
Rental protection (RPP)
$12
Service fee
$8
Estimated total
$100

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.