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 Extension Wand

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Will Browning · Pressure Washers

Day
$10
Week
$35
28 days
$100

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $40. On the week rate it is $35.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $170. On the 28-day rate it is $100.

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 Extension Wand, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$10$10—day
2$20$20—day
3$30$30—day
4$40$35you save $5week
5$50$35you save $15week
6$60$35you save $25week
7$70$35you save $35week
8$80$45you save $35week
9$90$55you save $35week
10$100$65you save $35week
11$110$70you save $40week
12$120$70you save $50week
13$130$70you save $60week
14$140$70you save $70week
15$150$80you save $70week
16$160$90you save $70week
17$170$100you save $7028-day
18$180$100you save $8028-day
19$190$100you save $9028-day
20$200$100you save $10028-day
21$210$100you save $11028-day
22$220$100you save $12028-day
23$230$100you save $13028-day
24$240$100you save $14028-day
25$250$100you save $15028-day
26$260$100you save $16028-day
27$270$100you save $17028-day
28$280$100you save $18028-day
29$290$110you save $180day
30$300$120you save $180day
31$310$130you save $180day
32$320$135you save $185week
33$330$135you save $195week
34$340$135you save $205week
35$350$135you save $215week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$100
Rental protection (RPP)
$15
Service fee
$10
Estimated total
$125

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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.