Electric auger vs gas auger

[huntnmachine]

What's your go to...
I was a gas auger guy for many years but switched to a cordless. I now have a Dewalt 5 amp with the clam plate and will never go back to a gas auger.
I still have my Rapala 43cc gas in the garage but am reluctant to sell it. Are folks still using a gas/propane auger or did you switch over to a cordless set up

[impact]

Gas auger with a manual as backup.

[Species8472]

What's your go to...
I was a gas auger guy for many years but switched to a cordless. I now have a Dewalt 5 amp with the clam plate and will never go back to a gas auger.
I still have my Rapala 43cc gas in the garage but am reluctant to sell it. Are folks still using a gas/propane auger or did you switch over to a cordless set up

Identical to you. 20V DeWalt, 2x 5 amp-hr batteries, 8 inch auger, Clam plate, manual backup handle. Never failed so far in fact never had a day yet where i needed to tap the second battery but always bring it just in case. One tip - get a heavy duty dry bag for the drill body and batteries and use it. Had one time 3 years ago with a lot of slush on the ice and the drill case let water in. Drill was destroyed. No longer use the case - just the dry bag for the body and batteries. Accessories are now stored in my on-ice tackle box.

[warningshot]

after my jiffy white lightning died I got I Milwaukee m18 brushless hammer drill with handle with 5.0 battery and k drill for punching thru old holes and also hand auger that I bring . I use the hand auger with the drill and early season I can drill 16 holes easy but as winter go by I drill less holes probably 8 -10 on a battery but always bring spares . I also keep my drill and battery in cooler bag to keep warmer and dry . hope this helps

[fishfood]

Never used as gas Auger always did the manual with fresh blade's.

The Milwaukee and clam plate are awesome I have seen so many switch over and not one regrets it. I've had mine for going on the 3rd season and will be upgrading the auger to a 8 inch fin bore 3
From the 6 I have been using.

A tip for the northern guys you will need an extension when the ice gets thick.



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[fishfood]

after my jiffy white lightning died I got I Milwaukee m18 brushless hammer drill with handle with 5.0 battery and k drill for punching thru old holes and also hand auger that I bring . I use the hand auger with the drill and early season I can drill 16 holes easy but as winter go by I drill less holes probably 8 -10 on a battery but always bring spares . I also keep my drill and battery in cooler bag to keep warmer and dry . hope this helps

What size Auger you have an 8 inch?

With the 6 inch I can drill close to 40 ft of ice on a battery.
Have done the cold test on same set up as you left it out in the cold and snow and never failed.

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[bester]

I swithed from a 10" gas jiffy to a 10" 18v Ion G2 last year. I'll never go back to gas and the Ion is rated for 1500 inches of ice on one battery.

[huntnmachine]

Another tip I use is an insulated bait bag for my extra battery. I put in two hand warmers to keep them warm.....works great

[m1k3_88]

I only started up last year, fortunately enough my uncle gave me a damn near new striker master gas auger with the Honda lite motor. Figured I saved enough cash right there, so I geared up on the rest. Looking to be that gas auger for the next few years for me.

[tom gobble]

Don't bother with the gas augers anymore. Cordless Milwaukee with and adaptor to my old hand auger