When is it cheaper to rent a Graco Paint Sprayer by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $38.25 day rate would be $153, but the weekly rate caps it at $120.

When is it cheaper to rent a Graco Paint Sprayer on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $241 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Graco Paint Sprayer

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Clayton Swartzmiller · Paint - Sprayers

Day: $38.25
Week: $120
28 days: $241

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $153. On the week rate it is $120.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $573.75. On the 28-day rate it is $241.

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 Graco Paint Sprayer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$38.25	$38.25	—	day
2	$76.50	$76.50	—	day
3	$114.75	$114.75	—	day
4	$153	$120	you save $33	week
5	$191.25	$120	you save $71.25	week
6	$229.50	$120	you save $109.50	week
7	$267.75	$120	you save $147.75	week
8	$306	$158.25	you save $147.75	week
9	$344.25	$196.50	you save $147.75	week
10	$382.50	$234.75	you save $147.75	week
11	$420.75	$240	you save $180.75	week
12	$459	$240	you save $219	week
13	$497.25	$240	you save $257.25	week
14	$535.50	$240	you save $295.50	week
15	$573.75	$241	you save $332.75	28-day
16	$612	$241	you save $371	28-day
17	$650.25	$241	you save $409.25	28-day
18	$688.50	$241	you save $447.50	28-day
19	$726.75	$241	you save $485.75	28-day
20	$765	$241	you save $524	28-day
21	$803.25	$241	you save $562.25	28-day
22	$841.50	$241	you save $600.50	28-day
23	$879.75	$241	you save $638.75	28-day
24	$918	$241	you save $677	28-day
25	$956.25	$241	you save $715.25	28-day
26	$994.50	$241	you save $753.50	28-day
27	$1,032.75	$241	you save $791.75	28-day
28	$1,071	$241	you save $830	28-day
29	$1,109.25	$279.25	you save $830	day
30	$1,147.50	$317.50	you save $830	day
31	$1,185.75	$355.75	you save $830	day
32	$1,224	$361	you save $863	week
33	$1,262.25	$361	you save $901.25	week
34	$1,300.50	$361	you save $939.50	week
35	$1,338.75	$361	you save $977.75	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days: $241
Rental protection (RPP): $36.15
Service fee: $24.10
Estimated total: $301.25

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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.