Augers ?

[Steve Foss]

Nope, same old thing. It takes some finagling to figure out how to do it right. If you don't know better, you don't realize you have to take a mental snapshot of how the cover goes on when you get the auger new, so you know exactly how to put it on from then on.

A person shouldn't have to do that. Should be more simple, is all I'm saying.

[mrklean]

ive got a jiffy and love it, its a bit heavy but does the job well runs like a champ

[Fred_Bear]

A person shouldn't have to do that. Should be more simple, is all I'm saying.

Very true.

That's a cool mod dtro and I might try that once I get the time and ambition. How has it been holding up?

[BehindtheHead]

cool mod dtro might have to try something like that with the lazer.

the lazer is great till you hit some gravle off somebodys mud flaps, after a light dusting of snow on the pond. thats the only complaint i have.

i have a jiffy too, it also works well as a boat anchor in the summer.

[WalleyesWest]

Almost all augers are becoming plastic JUNK!! I was a huge fan of Jiffy for many years untill what I saw this last weekend. We bought 10 brand new Jiffys (2500 series) for a local tourney to drill all the hols (about 2000 or 200 a auger). Well they cut good ran OK but way to many problems. One recoil, one of the stupid chimineys for the muffler fell off and 2 of them the plastic melted around the muffler really bad. O yea why did they go with throtal cables, just something else to go wrong. I would like to see what was left of one after a year of bouncing around in the plow truck. But I guess for the average fisherman who drills a couple holes at a time and babies their equipment they are fine. Just not something a resort is gonna use because of durability issues.

[DTro]

I have since added a couple of magnets to the inside stack to keep it from rocking a little bit (like it did in the video), and the cover is rock solid now. In fact I tried on purpose to have it fall off on my sled. I was hitting all kinds of ruts and drifts and then I even went through a little brush and the cover stayed on, so I'm satisfied.

I'm sure you could do this to any auger cover, not just the Nils, and in fact there is a company that is marketing this mod.

[jerkbait]

I use a good all Strikemaster Mag III. I have had it since 1989 and still ticking.

[Notcho]

For what it's worth....

I'm on my 3rd auger in 4 years and finally found the best one for me! It's a Strikemaster Pro Lazer 8" with the Solo Engine.

Here's the deal, up until 4 years ago I never had a power auger. I tried every brand of power auger that people would let me "try" on the lake, (jiffy, strikemaster, eskimo, ect...) finnaly bought a strikemaster Lazer. It was nice, light and cut awesome but was a pain in the a$$ to start and keep running. BTW the plastic those plastic handles are indestructible and way better than metal. So someone talked me into getting a brand new Jiffy with the 3hp, 10" stealth, super duper XTS blades, ice D'armor whatever... The jiffy seemed twice as slow and twice as heavy. It threw ice and slush everywhere and soaked my boots every time I cut a hole. Not to mention that you have to be a gorilla to control that auger when cutting!

Liking my old strikemaster, I went out and got the new Pro Lazer with the Solo engine.

All I can say is that you need a special license or a 7 day waiting permit for that thing!

I took it out on the lake this weekend and wow, that thing ROCKS! Started 2nd pull for the first couple of times until I figured out on how it starts then 1st pull after that (no kidding). Cuts almost TWICE as fast as my old strikemaster and runs like its turing like 15K rpms! Guys actually came over to check it out asking "where did you get that and what is it?" "sounds like it's on nitrous or something"...

[hamms-scooter]

I like having my mag 2000 with the chipper blade at this time of the year cause people can drive anywhere and the chipper doesn't dull so quick like my lazer drill did this year. the sand from the road is all over the small lakes here.

[Northlander]

Im running a Nils. Best auger I ever have run and I have run almost all of them. DTRO do those magnets magnitize your blade after a while?

[auggie78]

I got a Jiffy Model 30 8" this winter and I love it so far

[Tyler23]

For what it's worth....

I'm on my 3rd auger in 4 years and finally found the best one for me! It's a Strikemaster Pro Lazer 8" with the Solo Engine.

Here's the deal, up until 4 years ago I never had a power auger. I tried every brand of power auger that people would let me "try" on the lake, (jiffy, strikemaster, eskimo, ect...) finnaly bought a strikemaster Lazer. It was nice, light and cut awesome but was a pain in the a$$ to start and keep running. BTW the plastic those plastic handles are indestructible and way better than metal. So someone talked me into getting a brand new Jiffy with the 3hp, 10" stealth, super duper XTS blades, ice D'armor whatever... The jiffy seemed twice as slow and twice as heavy. It threw ice and slush everywhere and soaked my boots every time I cut a hole. Not to mention that you have to be a gorilla to control that auger when cutting!

Liking my old strikemaster, I went out and got the new Pro Lazer with the Solo engine.

All I can say is that you need a special license or a 7 day waiting permit for that thing!

I took it out on the lake this weekend and wow, that thing ROCKS! Started 2nd pull for the first couple of times until I figured out on how it starts then 1st pull after that (no kidding). Cuts almost TWICE as fast as my old strikemaster and runs like its turing like 15K rpms! Guys actually came over to check it out asking "where did you get that and what is it?" "sounds like it's on nitrous or something"...

Notcho- i was in the exact same position with jiffy had the exact same model and i hated it also.. loud, heavy, cuts terrible, and it wants to sping you in a circle....so i sold it and got my money back and went and got a strikemaster lazer wow 10 times better i love it

[Esox_Magnum]

8" Nils here, best auger I have ever used. My grand kids should enjoy it when I'm done using it.

[MidCoast]

I will say it again, I love my Lazer Pro with the Solo engine. It is super fast at drilling.

[Mainehazmt]

I still am super happy with my icegator Im a lucky one