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.

Professional Pressure Washer + Surface Cleaner + Foam Cannon (Driveways, Patios, Cars)

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Baja Trader · Pressure Washers

Day
$65
Week
$282
28 days
$839

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $325. On the week rate it is $282.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,235. On the 28-day rate it is $839.

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 Professional Pressure Washer + Surface Cleaner + Foam Cannon (Driveways, Patios, Cars), days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$65$65—day
2$130$130—day
3$195$195—day
4$260$260—day
5$325$282you save $43week
6$390$282you save $108week
7$455$282you save $173week
8$520$347you save $173week
9$585$412you save $173week
10$650$477you save $173week
11$715$542you save $173week
12$780$564you save $216week
13$845$564you save $281week
14$910$564you save $346week
15$975$629you save $346week
16$1,040$694you save $346week
17$1,105$759you save $346week
18$1,170$824you save $346week
19$1,235$839you save $39628-day
20$1,300$839you save $46128-day
21$1,365$839you save $52628-day
22$1,430$839you save $59128-day
23$1,495$839you save $65628-day
24$1,560$839you save $72128-day
25$1,625$839you save $78628-day
26$1,690$839you save $85128-day
27$1,755$839you save $91628-day
28$1,820$839you save $98128-day
29$1,885$904you save $981day
30$1,950$969you save $981day
31$2,015$1,034you save $981day
32$2,080$1,099you save $981day
33$2,145$1,121you save $1,024week
34$2,210$1,121you save $1,089week
35$2,275$1,121you save $1,154week

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
$839
Rental protection (RPP)
$125.85
Service fee
$83.90
Estimated total
$1,048.75

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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.