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.

Yamaha Electric Start Power Washer

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Adventure Storage and Rentals · Pressure Washers

Day
$30
Week
$149
28 days
$450

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $150. On the week rate it is $149.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $660. On the 28-day rate it is $450.

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 Yamaha Electric Start Power Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$120—day
5$150$149you save $1week
6$180$149you save $31week
7$210$149you save $61week
8$240$179you save $61week
9$270$209you save $61week
10$300$239you save $61week
11$330$269you save $61week
12$360$298you save $62week
13$390$298you save $92week
14$420$298you save $122week
15$450$328you save $122week
16$480$358you save $122week
17$510$388you save $122week
18$540$418you save $122week
19$570$447you save $123week
20$600$447you save $153week
21$630$447you save $183week
22$660$450you save $21028-day
23$690$450you save $24028-day
24$720$450you save $27028-day
25$750$450you save $30028-day
26$780$450you save $33028-day
27$810$450you save $36028-day
28$840$450you save $39028-day
29$870$480you save $390day
30$900$510you save $390day
31$930$540you save $390day
32$960$570you save $390day
33$990$599you save $391week
34$1,020$599you save $421week
35$1,050$599you save $451week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$450
Rental protection (RPP)
$67.50
Service fee
$45
Estimated total
$562.50

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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.