How old is your auger?

[efgh]

I have a Tas, made in Japan. I aquired it at a auction sale of a neighbor. He bought it new in 1971 from my father in law who bought 3 and resold two, I still use it today and it will drill holes with the best of them. That makes it 40 years old and is the only power auger I own.

[BLACKJACK]

12 year old Strikemaster, starts on the third pull every time, its a hole cutting machine!!! All I do is run it empty every spring.

My next auger will be a Strikemaster.

[ishy]

19th year om my Jiffy 30. plugs and blades. A little sea foam each year. No repairs. Heavy but good......

[luckycrank]

13 year old strike master just got rid of it and bought a new sololazer

[robert aldrich]

less then one year with my new hand ice auger 6 inch and about 16 years on old my hand ice auger 8 inch

[Fredd]

Mine is a 97 or 98 lazer. Drill 20-50 holes once to twice a week. First set of blades and first tune up last year. Has never let me down.

[Rivernut]

I've got a 15yr. old Strikemaster. Never been in for any work, run gas out in spring. It is as reliable as the day is long.

[Gordie]

12 year old Strikemaster, starts on the third pull every time, its a hole cutting machine!!! All I do is run it empty every spring.

My next auger will be a Strikemaster.

+1

but mine is 14years old

[wayne123]

I have a Jiffy from the 1960's bought it for about $50 20 years ago. It has been a great auger. It always starts well. I converted it from the one arm bandit to a two handle. I did the work and Jiffy provided the parts at no charge. This year I had the carburator rebuilt. I doubt I would have had to do that if I drained the gas every year but I don't so over time it causes problems.

I bet if you look at people who are using augers over 20 years old 90% are Jiffy's.

Like people have stated there is no saying the new Jiffy's will last as long as the old ones but you can say that with any model.

[cavalierowner]

Maybe someone can tell me how old my Electra is. When I bought it, Electras were brand new on the market. That was LONG before anything had batteries. I remember hesitating because I never like buying anything new on the market. I went with electric because I was tired of drilling holes by hand, I had seen too many people at that time trying to start their gas augers, and I didn't want the exhause smell in my fishouse. But I did buy it and it has worked flawlessly every time I touch the button. The only down side is that it's slow compared to the gas augers. But I have time.

[tunrevir]

I got about 20 years on my Jiffy legend and it is in need of a new drill. The reason I bought it was for redrilling holes in the permy. I didn't know how well the others out there would hold up to the abuse of redrilling. After using a buddies Strikemaster I really like how light they are and will probably upgrade to one of those in the future and keep the old jiffy for reopening holes in the permy.

Tunrevir~