When is it cheaper to rent a Ryobi 1600 PSI Electric Power Washer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $18 day rate would be $90, but the weekly rate caps it at $72.

When is it cheaper to rent a Ryobi 1600 PSI Electric Power Washer on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $216 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.

Ryobi 1600 PSI Electric Power Washer

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Kevin Brown · Pressure Washers

Day: $18
Week: $72
28 days: $216

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $90. On the week rate it is $72.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $324. On the 28-day rate it is $216.

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 1600 PSI Electric Power Washer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$18	$18	—	day
2	$36	$36	—	day
3	$54	$54	—	day
4	$72	$72	—	day
5	$90	$72	you save $18	week
6	$108	$72	you save $36	week
7	$126	$72	you save $54	week
8	$144	$90	you save $54	week
9	$162	$108	you save $54	week
10	$180	$126	you save $54	week
11	$198	$144	you save $54	week
12	$216	$144	you save $72	week
13	$234	$144	you save $90	week
14	$252	$144	you save $108	week
15	$270	$162	you save $108	week
16	$288	$180	you save $108	week
17	$306	$198	you save $108	week
18	$324	$216	you save $108	28-day
19	$342	$216	you save $126	28-day
20	$360	$216	you save $144	28-day
21	$378	$216	you save $162	28-day
22	$396	$216	you save $180	28-day
23	$414	$216	you save $198	28-day
24	$432	$216	you save $216	28-day
25	$450	$216	you save $234	28-day
26	$468	$216	you save $252	28-day
27	$486	$216	you save $270	28-day
28	$504	$216	you save $288	28-day
29	$522	$234	you save $288	day
30	$540	$252	you save $288	day
31	$558	$270	you save $288	day
32	$576	$288	you save $288	day
33	$594	$288	you save $306	week
34	$612	$288	you save $324	week
35	$630	$288	you save $342	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 · 18 days: $216
Rental protection (RPP): $32.40
Service fee: $21.60
Estimated total: $270

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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.