When is it cheaper to rent a Power Washer by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $32 day rate would be $192, but the weekly rate caps it at $160.

When is it cheaper to rent a Power Washer on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $640 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.

Power Washer

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Steve Vasher · Pressure Washers

Day: $32
Week: $160
28 days: $640

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $192. On the week rate it is $160.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $832. On the 28-day rate it is $640.

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 Power Washer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$32	$32	—	day
2	$64	$64	—	day
3	$96	$96	—	day
4	$128	$128	—	day
5	$160	$160	—	day
6	$192	$160	you save $32	week
7	$224	$160	you save $64	week
8	$256	$192	you save $64	week
9	$288	$224	you save $64	week
10	$320	$256	you save $64	week
11	$352	$288	you save $64	week
12	$384	$320	you save $64	week
13	$416	$320	you save $96	week
14	$448	$320	you save $128	week
15	$480	$352	you save $128	week
16	$512	$384	you save $128	week
17	$544	$416	you save $128	week
18	$576	$448	you save $128	week
19	$608	$480	you save $128	week
20	$640	$480	you save $160	week
21	$672	$480	you save $192	week
22	$704	$512	you save $192	week
23	$736	$544	you save $192	week
24	$768	$576	you save $192	week
25	$800	$608	you save $192	week
26	$832	$640	you save $192	28-day
27	$864	$640	you save $224	28-day
28	$896	$640	you save $256	28-day
29	$928	$672	you save $256	day
30	$960	$704	you save $256	day
31	$992	$736	you save $256	day
32	$1,024	$768	you save $256	day
33	$1,056	$800	you save $256	day
34	$1,088	$800	you save $288	week
35	$1,120	$800	you save $320	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.