Cordless drill power auger - anyone use?

[DetroitIron]

I am in the market for a power auger. I was cruising ebay and saw people claimining they drilled 22 holes through 24 inches of ice with a single charge on a 14.4 volt battery.

Has anyone used these? I cant' see a 14.4 volt battery competing with a 2.0 HP gas engine ? Does the battery power augers take a long time to drill? Do you have to be careful how much load you put on them, so as not to bog the motor down that much?

I'm a bit intrigued, as I have a 14.4 drill, and sure seems a much cheaper way to go. Maybe I'll have enough moneyleft over to get the Vexilar I want?

Any and all input appreciated. Thanks.

[MSUICEMAN]

are you talking about using an adapter to use your drill and hand auger to make a power auger or the electric power augers available on teh market?

As for drill augers.... if you do a search in this forum for this subject, there should be a lot of info as this topic was a hot one last year.

I haven't used it yet, as i do not think it would be good for anything over 6" holes, and my 4" perch hand auger goes through ice like butter.

steve

[DetroitIron]

yes, I was talking about the one with the adapter.

[chad 1]

Here is one tread and steve has a 12v.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=54106

hope it help you.

chad1

[higherpowered]

personally guarantee that you can NOT get 22 holes through 24" of ice on a 14.4 volt battery/drill with a 6" auger (MAYBE using a 4" StrikeMaster Lazer auger, but I doubt it). I can also say from personal experience that you CAN get 12 to 15 holes with a 6" Lazer using an 18 volt Ryobi. The speed is AMAZING. I was ripping through 20" of ice last year in appx. 12 seconds. I did try using my 8" Lazer with the adapter on the Sag. River and it was toooooo much load on the drill. Damn thing about melted so I went back to the 6" for the drill, and 'elbow grease' for the 8".

[Steve]

personally guarantee that you can NOT get 22 holes through 24" of ice on a 14.4 volt battery/drill with a 6" auger

I agree, not even close. I do get about 4-5 holes through 20" of ice with a 12v drill and 5" auger on a well charged and warm battery. Not a ton of holes but it sure beats cranking.

[Capt. Lucky]

last year i used a 5" mora with a 18 volt drill it worked great this year i'm going with a 4" laser I'll let you know how it works

[mike h]

Hopefully the next time we take to the ice I'll bring the gas 8inch and we'll make some swiss cheese.