When is it cheaper to rent a pressure washer-gas by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $69 day rate would be $345, but the weekly rate caps it at $291.

When is it cheaper to rent a pressure washer-gas on the 28-day rate?

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $870 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.

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Drew Jarrett · Pressure Washers

Day: $69
Week: $291
28 days: $870

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $345. On the week rate it is $291.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,311. On the 28-day rate it is $870.

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-gas, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$69	$69	—	day
2	$138	$138	—	day
3	$207	$207	—	day
4	$276	$276	—	day
5	$345	$291	you save $54	week
6	$414	$291	you save $123	week
7	$483	$291	you save $192	week
8	$552	$360	you save $192	week
9	$621	$429	you save $192	week
10	$690	$498	you save $192	week
11	$759	$567	you save $192	week
12	$828	$582	you save $246	week
13	$897	$582	you save $315	week
14	$966	$582	you save $384	week
15	$1,035	$651	you save $384	week
16	$1,104	$720	you save $384	week
17	$1,173	$789	you save $384	week
18	$1,242	$858	you save $384	week
19	$1,311	$870	you save $441	28-day
20	$1,380	$870	you save $510	28-day
21	$1,449	$870	you save $579	28-day
22	$1,518	$870	you save $648	28-day
23	$1,587	$870	you save $717	28-day
24	$1,656	$870	you save $786	28-day
25	$1,725	$870	you save $855	28-day
26	$1,794	$870	you save $924	28-day
27	$1,863	$870	you save $993	28-day
28	$1,932	$870	you save $1,062	28-day
29	$2,001	$939	you save $1,062	day
30	$2,070	$1,008	you save $1,062	day
31	$2,139	$1,077	you save $1,062	day
32	$2,208	$1,146	you save $1,062	day
33	$2,277	$1,161	you save $1,116	week
34	$2,346	$1,161	you save $1,185	week
35	$2,415	$1,161	you save $1,254	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 · 19 days: $870
Rental protection (RPP): $130.50
Service fee: $87
Estimated total: $1,087.50

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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.