When is it cheaper to rent a Pressure Washer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $90 day rate would be $450, but the weekly rate caps it at $375.

When is it cheaper to rent a Pressure Washer on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,000 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.

Pressure Washer

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melvin kallies · Pressure Washers

Day: $90
Week: $375
28 days: $1,000

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $450. On the week rate it is $375.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $1,530. On the 28-day rate it is $1,000.

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
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$90	$90	—	day
2	$180	$180	—	day
3	$270	$270	—	day
4	$360	$360	—	day
5	$450	$375	you save $75	week
6	$540	$375	you save $165	week
7	$630	$375	you save $255	week
8	$720	$465	you save $255	week
9	$810	$555	you save $255	week
10	$900	$645	you save $255	week
11	$990	$735	you save $255	week
12	$1,080	$750	you save $330	week
13	$1,170	$750	you save $420	week
14	$1,260	$750	you save $510	week
15	$1,350	$840	you save $510	week
16	$1,440	$930	you save $510	week
17	$1,530	$1,000	you save $530	28-day
18	$1,620	$1,000	you save $620	28-day
19	$1,710	$1,000	you save $710	28-day
20	$1,800	$1,000	you save $800	28-day
21	$1,890	$1,000	you save $890	28-day
22	$1,980	$1,000	you save $980	28-day
23	$2,070	$1,000	you save $1,070	28-day
24	$2,160	$1,000	you save $1,160	28-day
25	$2,250	$1,000	you save $1,250	28-day
26	$2,340	$1,000	you save $1,340	28-day
27	$2,430	$1,000	you save $1,430	28-day
28	$2,520	$1,000	you save $1,520	28-day
29	$2,610	$1,090	you save $1,520	day
30	$2,700	$1,180	you save $1,520	day
31	$2,790	$1,270	you save $1,520	day
32	$2,880	$1,360	you save $1,520	day
33	$2,970	$1,375	you save $1,595	week
34	$3,060	$1,375	you save $1,685	week
35	$3,150	$1,375	you save $1,775	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 · 17 days: $1,000
Rental protection (RPP): $150
Service fee: $100
Estimated total: $1,250

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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.