what i hated is me and a buddy walked about a half a mile to a fishing spot that was suposed to be good the ice was a foot and a half thick and i had a hand held auger i drilled two holes for the shanny and then when we got the shanny over the wholes we could see bottem so we had to pack up and move deeper and drill more holes i would get a power auger but its is two late too maybe the bass pro will have one for cheap in the summer...