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

From day 5. 5 days at the $42.50 day rate would be $212.50, but the weekly rate caps it at $179.

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

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $497 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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Sam Roberto · Pressure Washers

Day: $42.50
Week: $179
28 days: $497

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $212.50. On the week rate it is $179.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $765. On the 28-day rate it is $497.

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	$42.50	$42.50	—	day
2	$85	$85	—	day
3	$127.50	$127.50	—	day
4	$170	$170	—	day
5	$212.50	$179	you save $33.50	week
6	$255	$179	you save $76	week
7	$297.50	$179	you save $118.50	week
8	$340	$221.50	you save $118.50	week
9	$382.50	$264	you save $118.50	week
10	$425	$306.50	you save $118.50	week
11	$467.50	$349	you save $118.50	week
12	$510	$358	you save $152	week
13	$552.50	$358	you save $194.50	week
14	$595	$358	you save $237	week
15	$637.50	$400.50	you save $237	week
16	$680	$443	you save $237	week
17	$722.50	$485.50	you save $237	week
18	$765	$497	you save $268	28-day
19	$807.50	$497	you save $310.50	28-day
20	$850	$497	you save $353	28-day
21	$892.50	$497	you save $395.50	28-day
22	$935	$497	you save $438	28-day
23	$977.50	$497	you save $480.50	28-day
24	$1,020	$497	you save $523	28-day
25	$1,062.50	$497	you save $565.50	28-day
26	$1,105	$497	you save $608	28-day
27	$1,147.50	$497	you save $650.50	28-day
28	$1,190	$497	you save $693	28-day
29	$1,232.50	$539.50	you save $693	day
30	$1,275	$582	you save $693	day
31	$1,317.50	$624.50	you save $693	day
32	$1,360	$667	you save $693	day
33	$1,402.50	$676	you save $726.50	week
34	$1,445	$676	you save $769	week
35	$1,487.50	$676	you save $811.50	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: $497
Rental protection (RPP): $74.55
Service fee: $49.70
Estimated total: $621.25

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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.