[William H Bonney]

I've seen the "drill auger" in action and I'm VERY impressed. The one I saw was a 18V Ryobi. My question is this,,, what benefit is there to having a 24V rather than 18V?? Will you get more "torque" with a 24V or is it just more battery life?? I have a "cheap" 18V that I think just doesn't have the "strength". Has anyone used a 24V ?? Are there any pluses or minuses to the 24V?? Thanks in advance.

 

[Capt. Lucky]

Im using a 18v craftsman on a 5" mora and it works fine

 

[Chuck1]

I use the 24vlt bosch mostly but I also have an 18vlt Dewalt backup. The biggest thing to look at is the ft lbs of tourqe. The 24 will probably do more holes , but on the negative side the batteries will set you back further when they go bad.

 

[scottfree]

does anyone know how many holes will an 18v at a full charge do? vs. 24v?

 

[Steve]

I use a 12volt DeWalt. Obviously more power = good though.

 

[P Gottshall]

William,

Higher voltage does mean more torque, when the battery's fully charged. The size of the battery, as well as the effeciency of the motor generally determine battery charge-life, but it's a fair assumption that a 24V battery, in the same drill, will last longer than a lower-V.

A good rule-of-thumb is to buy higher-V as you can afford it.

Paul

 

[Burksee]

Originally posted by scottfree
does anyone know how many holes will an 18v at a full charge do? vs. 24v?

........ on the age and shape of your batteries, the ambient temp, the thickness of the ice, the hardness of that ice and how warm you can keep your batterys between uses. In most cases I've heard that a "good" 18V on a 25 to 30 degree day will do about 15-20 holes thru 12-18 inches of ice. You need to be able to keep the batterys warm between uses or they loose there power quickly.