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.

Greenworks 3000 PSI Electric Pressure Washer Combo Kit

See the listing →

Ibrahim Bangoura · Pressure Washers

Day
$29
Week
$116
28 days
$348

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $145. On the week rate it is $116.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $522. On the 28-day rate it is $348.

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 Greenworks 3000 PSI Electric Pressure Washer Combo Kit, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$29$29—day
2$58$58—day
3$87$87—day
4$116$116—day
5$145$116you save $29week
6$174$116you save $58week
7$203$116you save $87week
8$232$145you save $87week
9$261$174you save $87week
10$290$203you save $87week
11$319$232you save $87week
12$348$232you save $116week
13$377$232you save $145week
14$406$232you save $174week
15$435$261you save $174week
16$464$290you save $174week
17$493$319you save $174week
18$522$348you save $17428-day
19$551$348you save $20328-day
20$580$348you save $23228-day
21$609$348you save $26128-day
22$638$348you save $29028-day
23$667$348you save $31928-day
24$696$348you save $34828-day
25$725$348you save $37728-day
26$754$348you save $40628-day
27$783$348you save $43528-day
28$812$348you save $46428-day
29$841$377you save $464day
30$870$406you save $464day
31$899$435you save $464day
32$928$464you save $464day
33$957$464you save $493week
34$986$464you save $522week
35$1,015$464you save $551week

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
$348
Rental protection (RPP)
$52.20
Service fee
$34.80
Estimated total
$435

Pick a listing

The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.