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.

Pressure washer

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Alex Johnson · Pressure Washers

Day
$58
Week
$270
28 days
$750

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $290. On the week rate it is $270.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,044. On the 28-day rate it is $750.

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 Pressure washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$58$58—day
2$116$116—day
3$174$174—day
4$232$232—day
5$290$270you save $20week
6$348$270you save $78week
7$406$270you save $136week
8$464$328you save $136week
9$522$386you save $136week
10$580$444you save $136week
11$638$502you save $136week
12$696$540you save $156week
13$754$540you save $214week
14$812$540you save $272week
15$870$598you save $272week
16$928$656you save $272week
17$986$714you save $272week
18$1,044$750you save $29428-day
19$1,102$750you save $35228-day
20$1,160$750you save $41028-day
21$1,218$750you save $46828-day
22$1,276$750you save $52628-day
23$1,334$750you save $58428-day
24$1,392$750you save $64228-day
25$1,450$750you save $70028-day
26$1,508$750you save $75828-day
27$1,566$750you save $81628-day
28$1,624$750you save $87428-day
29$1,682$808you save $874day
30$1,740$866you save $874day
31$1,798$924you save $874day
32$1,856$982you save $874day
33$1,914$1,020you save $894week
34$1,972$1,020you save $952week
35$2,030$1,020you save $1,010week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$750
Rental protection (RPP)
$112.50
Service fee
$75
Estimated total
$937.50

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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.