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.

electric pressure washer

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Nate Petroski · Pressure Washers

Day
$15
Week
$30
28 days
$80

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $45. On the week rate it is $30.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $240. On the 28-day rate it is $80.

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 electric pressure washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$15$15—day
2$30$30—day
3$45$30you save $15week
4$60$30you save $30week
5$75$30you save $45week
6$90$30you save $60week
7$105$30you save $75week
8$120$45you save $75week
9$135$60you save $75week
10$150$60you save $90week
11$165$60you save $105week
12$180$60you save $120week
13$195$60you save $135week
14$210$60you save $150week
15$225$75you save $150week
16$240$80you save $16028-day
17$255$80you save $17528-day
18$270$80you save $19028-day
19$285$80you save $20528-day
20$300$80you save $22028-day
21$315$80you save $23528-day
22$330$80you save $25028-day
23$345$80you save $26528-day
24$360$80you save $28028-day
25$375$80you save $29528-day
26$390$80you save $31028-day
27$405$80you save $32528-day
28$420$80you save $34028-day
29$435$95you save $340day
30$450$110you save $340day
31$465$110you save $355week
32$480$110you save $370week
33$495$110you save $385week
34$510$110you save $400week
35$525$110you save $415week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.