New Lazer Synthetic Ultralite Hand Auger

[Bobb-o]

I dont know aboot you guys, but I am itching to get my hands on one of these for early ice:

New Lazer Synthetic Ultralite is lightest, most durable hand auger on the market

BIG LAKE, MN—September 12, 2011—Hand drill a hole in the ice and you are the motor, totally in control of the speed and power. To be an effective hand driller means having the best hand auger designed to make the most of every ounce of energy you exert. The Lazer Synthetic Ultralite from StrikeMaster does just that and is a hand driller’s dream come true.

Hand drillers are a unique brand of ice angler who demands an ice auger that is lightweight, durable and fast. It doesn’t matter if you are an Olympic athlete or a professional couch potato the new Lazer Synthetic Ultralite is going to maximize every pound of torque exerted. The lightest hand augers on the market anywhere, both the four-inch and six-inch model are a full pound lighter than the competition. Drill 50 holes with either the standard or offset handle and you just saved 50 pounds of torque on your body.

How did StrikeMaster knock a pound off while at the same time upping the ante on durability? The answer comes from five years of research, development and testing with a synthetic material that defines the advantage. “Creating a synthetic auger of the highest quality and the lightest ever wasn’t easy—it took four prototypes to get it up to our highest of standards,” said Randy Havel, co-owner of StrikeMaster.

Both the auger and blade carriage are made of a Dupont manufactured co-polymer that is the same material used in the door seal gasket of the Space Shuttle. Glock also uses it for the frame of their handguns. Hand drillers are tough, but StrikeMaster has yet to find one who can dish out more than the compressed combustion of a handgun or stress of lift-off and re-entry. “This hand auger was put through the ringer and surpassed our highest expectations—it’s everything we wanted it to be,” Havel said.

The co-polymer retains perfect flexibility to 20 degrees below zero and performs excellently at temperatures much colder. Hand augers are tremendously portable but when something falls on them the steel can bend and debilitate its performance. The Lazer Synthetic Ultralite withstood all the torture StrikeMaster gave it. It won’t rust, bend or chip paint no matter how hard you try. As for ice sticking to the auger, just give the auger a flex and the ice pops right off.

The Lazer Synthetic Ultralite is produced in the United States close to StrikeMaster headquarters in Big Lake, Minnesota. The lightweight blade carriage is a product of Sweden where the precision-engineered blades by Mora® are made.

[MN BassFisher]

Ooooh sounds very nice for early and late ice!!

[BartmanMN]

They had to do something with all the synthetic bits that we traded in from our Strike lites.

On a side note, they should work great for hand auger applications.

[WallyGader]

Sounds like a serious hand auger, cant wait to try it out! what do you think they will cost?

[tonkapat]

I would be willing to bet its still not as good as a nils Still playing around with plastic auger parts. But the plastic shafts and handles of years past are so durable.

[Mainehazmt]

wonder if it will hook up to the icegator! My old 8" lazer is looking for an upgrade!

[Evobassfish]

If this new auger is so tough and light,why doesn't strikemaster use it on their power heads?

[Steve Foss]

Same hype

different year

It all sounds

like noise in my ear.

Hey, I'm a poet, do ya know it?

Seriously, I'm sure it's a darn good hand auger. There are a few out there. Mine is one dang fine hand auger, and bolts right up to my powerhead when needed, so I only need one auger for hand or power applications. Color me: Keeping my money in my pocket in Ely.

Quote:

To be an effective hand driller means having the best hand auger designed to make the most of every ounce of energy you exert.

And that's simply not true. You don't need the best hand auger to be an effective hand driller. Sorry, not trying to rain on anyone's parade. As I said, I'm sure it's a great hand drill/product, and I'm well acquainted with the rules of the marketing game. I just get tired of all the hype after 40 years in the fishing game. "Shut up and fish" has a lot more meaning to me now than it did when I was a pup.

[fishwater]

The ability to flex off a little ice has got to be worth a couple of Euros don't you think?? Plus it's made right down the road.

[Northlander]

wonder if it will hook up to the icegator! My old 8" lazer is looking for an upgrade!

Just get a Nils auger for the ice gator and you will have the best of both worlds.

[mrpike1973]

any pics of this? how much do they cost sounds good

[Mainehazmt]

sorry wouldnt work out 1 hard to get 2 never seen one in northern maine 3 if the blade is damaged that fishing trip is shot as there is no dealers to get a new blade last minute so I stick to the strikemaster bit or go with the finbore as they use the same blades

[Jim Uran]

I'm sure this auger is great, Strikemaster always puts out great products. This isn't slapping a different color on the auger and calling it a new product. This is 5 years worth of trial and error putting out four different prototypes until the right one was found!

This one will be a hole cutting son of a gun!

[silverbulletguy]

What are they going to cost?

[Write-Outdoor]

Put that synthetic auger on a power auger and you'll be amazed...this thing is amazing and took a long time to do it right. StrikeMaster will shock even skeptical anglers like Steve. I just want to see him use it for the first time on the ice....what says you Mr. Foss?

[Pedro77]

Does anyone have any idea if these will be available this season? I do not see anything on Strikemaster's site regarding these new synthetic lazer hand augers.

[Esox_Magnum]

How many of you hand drill more than a couple weekends??? I run my powerhead on my Nils no matter the thickness.... not worth changing to the handle for 1 maybe 2 weeks.... As for a Nils, buy 1 extra head and send the dull one to Frank for resharpening, turn arounds about a week and alot cheaper than new blades, with care it will take 5-7 years befor it needs sharpened.... Plus you get both a hand and power auger in 1 so less stuff to drag along....

[MikeH55343]

When will we see these new Lazers? They are not even listed on the Strikemaster web site yet.