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

From day 3. 3 days at the $69 day rate would be $207, but the weekly rate caps it at $150.

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

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $550 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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Nsima Umana · Pressure Washers

Day: $69
Week: $150
28 days: $550

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $207. On the week rate it is $150.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $1,587. On the 28-day rate it is $550.

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	$69	$69	—	day
2	$138	$138	—	day
3	$207	$150	you save $57	week
4	$276	$150	you save $126	week
5	$345	$150	you save $195	week
6	$414	$150	you save $264	week
7	$483	$150	you save $333	week
8	$552	$219	you save $333	week
9	$621	$288	you save $333	week
10	$690	$300	you save $390	week
11	$759	$300	you save $459	week
12	$828	$300	you save $528	week
13	$897	$300	you save $597	week
14	$966	$300	you save $666	week
15	$1,035	$369	you save $666	week
16	$1,104	$438	you save $666	week
17	$1,173	$450	you save $723	week
18	$1,242	$450	you save $792	week
19	$1,311	$450	you save $861	week
20	$1,380	$450	you save $930	week
21	$1,449	$450	you save $999	week
22	$1,518	$519	you save $999	week
23	$1,587	$550	you save $1,037	28-day
24	$1,656	$550	you save $1,106	28-day
25	$1,725	$550	you save $1,175	28-day
26	$1,794	$550	you save $1,244	28-day
27	$1,863	$550	you save $1,313	28-day
28	$1,932	$550	you save $1,382	28-day
29	$2,001	$619	you save $1,382	day
30	$2,070	$688	you save $1,382	day
31	$2,139	$700	you save $1,439	week
32	$2,208	$700	you save $1,508	week
33	$2,277	$700	you save $1,577	week
34	$2,346	$700	you save $1,646	week
35	$2,415	$700	you save $1,715	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 · 23 days: $550
Rental protection (RPP): $82.50
Service fee: $55
Estimated total: $687.50

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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.