I’ve been looking at these options after struggling to open up holes with a hand auger in hard ice. This is the best video someone’s posted in regards to these products.
For the money required to drill these holes buy a gas powered auger... I've used handheld ones on hard ice takes forever. With that being said my buddy owns a 300-400$ gas auger and it blows holes like it's nothing. 100% the way to go run out of gas? Fill it up. Run out of battery you're screwed. Batteries aren't good In the cold either. Start the auger up before you leave the house run it as soon as you get to the ice and start it up every thirty minutes when it's severely cold but we just leave the auger in the tent with the heater keeping it warm and she starts up every time.
@@bfjoutdoors that sold me on it. I also wish I had seen this before I bought my auger but oh well. I got the red one. Lol. Anyway, much appreciated. I'm brand new to ice fishing and just trying to figure it all out.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I couldn’t get it in time for this video due to shortages etc I am trying to make a video with the largest batteries from the top 3 drills. The dcd999 the 2804 the 40v Makita and the 36v Metabo. Having trouble getting the batteries and the makita setup.
Yes. The DCD999 absolutely eats the ice here in North West Montana. The DCD999 paired with a 5-8AH battery with the 8" pistol Bit is all you need. I've drilled through 24+ inches of ice with this set up.
I agree, I was a little disappointed to not see the Dewalt 20v flex in the lineup. I also wanted to know which batteries were being used with the milwaukee drills as I have both and have nothing but problems trying to drill ice. Maybe I missed it idk, but overall a really great video! I bought a pistol bit and didn't like it, so I returned it and went with a LiteFlite and have made much more progress than the pistol bit. 👍
Awesome ice auger and drill comparison review video .Hands down one of the best comparison video's I've seen to date on UA-cam .Thanks for sharing that with us.Much appreciated,
Man! What a great comparison video, I’m so glad someone did this.. and not on 10” of ice. Had to pause and verify my excitement to find out that you were in Saskatchewan 😀 You got a subscriber from this video 👍
I bought a used hand auger off of craigslist for $20. Made an adapter for it and I use the rigid with 5 amp hr battery and drilled more holes than you could count with no issues. I even carry the small battery for back up and the 2 amp hr had no issues with drilling hole after hole. I have no idea what your issues are but, to everybody wondering, with sharp blades and a decent drill you'll have no problems.
Got myself the big milwaukee tool only for $100 because I already had batteries. The biggest thing for me and why I recommend it is because the cold doesn't affect the battery. I've had it out on contact with the ice all day in 5 degree weather and it still had full charge and drilled 24" immediately with no problem. Can't recommend them enough for the batteries.
Great video, I was just out on lake Manitoba today in very similar conditions. Love how you mentioned the hardness of cold ice, it really does make a difference, just ask anyone who skates on outdoor ice how much quicker it dulls blades. I used a 2804 with a drill adaptor and 12" extension on an 8" swede bore and it worked, but not quite as nice as that Light Flite. I got the 2804 with 2 5ah batteries and an impact for $499 at KMS tools in Calgary recently. Keep the videos coming, I'm looking forward to the next one!
After watching this video I bought a Metabo HPT drill and a strikemaster lite flite lazer auger bit. Thanks! You are dead on about that drill! Sure beats the old hand auger!
It was an amazing video and provided great information. If you don't already have one of the brig drills I would say it's a good option to have a dedicated tool but if you do happen to have a drill getting the lite flite bit is an exceptional offer for sure.
Great video. Thanks for posting. I've been running the pistol bit with a ryobi 18volt. Ive noticed that the batteries themselves are inconsistent. I have two 4 ah, one 3 ah and three small 1.5 or 2 ah. Ine of the oldest small batteries will last longer than one of my 4 ah batts. I think perhaps the 4 ah battery is just faulty. Age batteries makes a difference. I have also seen the 4 ah battery need to "warm up" before it cuts well. In other words first hole of the day isnt cut without it quitting a couple times but the third hole it bores through without stopping. Can't explain that.
Thanks for comparing all of these. I have a Ridgid 18v NON-brushless gen 5 version of that drill which I have been using for 3 winters now with a 4ah battery. I attach it to an old manual swede-bore auger with the drill adaptor bit. I can get about 30 or so holes in about a foot of ice which is typical where I am. It is more then enough for my needs and definitely a cheap entry level setup which is lightyears better than manually drilling. One thing to note is that its recommended to be using 6ah and above for Ridgid cuz if you use a smaller battery like my 4ah the internal safety voltage drop thing shuts off your drill sometimes and its annoying. Watch videos of people using 9ah and they swiss cheese the whole lake. Either way the Metabo looks awesome as a future purchase but its about 4x more than my current setup which gets me by just fine.
@@joshuaireland5181 was it the R86116 model? or R86115? The 6 at the end stipulates the more higher torque drill. Also for sure the 2ah battery wont get you much. You need 4ah or higher so it won't cut out on you.
Thought you were gonna be biased at first lol. But by the end of the video I learned which auger to buy and learned I was no longer buying a Milwaukee drill. Thank you. What an awesome review.
Haha thank you so much for watching and commenting! Things have been crazy with work but I’m working on a version 2 of this test. Trying to be as impartial as possible. I don’t care what the brand is as long as it does what I need the best.
Great video, wow! Another interesting video would be comparing some "compatible" non-OEM batteries vs OEM batteries. Capacity and cold temp operation comes to mind. There are probably tons of room temp comparisons. Hopefully that may be a little less expensive than this first one, haha.
You may be on to something with that cold ice be much harder to drill. I just moved up to the 8" Eskimo pistol bit from the 6" and my Ridgid R86115 was binding the first couple times but last time was notably warmer at -17C and I did not experience any binding. I was thinking it was because the auger had worked in a bit and is drilling more efficiently but I hadn't even thought of the cold ice. 6" has been no issue for the ridgid or a dewalt dcb777 unless the batteries get cold. Great comparison video! Really appreciate the comparison and the work you put in.
I was wondering the same thing, because when he said he had trouble with his rigid drill I was a little surprised because I run a rigid drill (not sure which model#) with a lite flite (I have both the 8 and 6”) and it has worked fine, I also bought the jiffy bit designed for drills (torch? I don’t remember what it was called) for opening holes in ice that might be dirty because it has a chipper blade and my rigid drill has run that fine so far as well… but I am a bit of a fair weather fisherman, I usually don’t go on days where it’s colder than -20ish.
I bought my"Fuel" for$350 Canadian. Came with 2 5ah batteries. It worked great for two years. Last year I drilled it into a shoal and wreaked the drive gears. Milwaukee repaired it free of charge after nearly two years. Took two months unfortunately.. Still works great. I use it with a cheep 8" hand auger. Max 24" ice here though. I bought the clam adapter after the first year. Too hard on the wrists.
Thank you for this video!!! I just picked up a 40v auger and love it!! But it’s great to see these drills in action, with different bits. Very informational for folks looking to may the investment. Well done sir!!! And I personally would love to see a head to head with the HPT and strike king!!
And this is why I keep my 2 old gas auagers around.... early season on 12 inches or less of ice I use my drill auger... but once I can drive out on the ice and don't have to worry about keeping everything light weight...u bring one of the gas augers out
Probably the best comparison video out there. Even though I knew strikemaster would win. Been using them for 30 years and I think they know what they're doing. Good job and keep up the good work. Praying for you to do well.
I got the 8" Pistol bit w/Milwaukee Fuel drill and 5ah battery.the ice thickness here in New England is not quite like where you are.1-2ft thick at the most. Just waiting for the ice to thicken up to be safe. Cant wait to use this new auger setup. I also got the Clam drill adapter plate to keep the drill chucked to the auger bit and it has a Jiffy style throttle setup which makes it easy to use. Excellent video- keep up the good work!
Im Sorry I realized that the Times Chart was messed up in the video and didnt play. something with the upload to youtube. I will try and post the times as a link to google docs. Thanks for watching!
Very awesome video man. Really enjoyed it. I would love to see you review more augers and more drills in the future. Like strikemaster 24v and dewalt drills. Liked the video
Great video! You sold me man we don't have that much ice here but I've been using a hand auger for years and moving around to find the fish and drilling all those holes kills me by the end of the day
Great information, thanks for doing a side by side comparison so we don't have to waste money.. I've already got a 2804 in my garage and I've been looking at getting a pistol bit, figured I'd upgrade from my propane Eskimo. I bought that because i have a good sized wheel house i fish out of and gas augers really stink it up in there and i quickly found out that propane augers really aren't much better but now I'm going start looking at the strikemaster instead.
The 2804 I bought was $179 (US) at northern. That’s the best price I’ve seen. The hammer-drill transmission is the most heavy-duty. Anything less than 750in-lb drill will end up overheating anyway. I’ve used mine with K-Drill and Lite-flite auger. No problems. The Metabo with 36v source needs 1/2 the current and therefore less heat generated (this is critical in battery operation). I don’t know anything about the transmission in the Metabo. In the short-term, it works well. The chuck is also critical. Milwaukee is probably the best of them.
Last year i picked up the CLAM drill adapter to use with an older dewalt brushless drill and bought a cheap eskimo hand auger to throw on it, all in it was about 150. A bit of messing around to get it set up, but I just leave the old drill in there.
I have the bosch gsr1330 w/8ah battery, with clam auger adapter plate and 8" mora ice swedebore hand auger flighting and it chews through 20" of ice effortlessly, i accidentally drilled my first hole in speed 2 with kickback control only kicking in on the breakthrough. Love this setup
Do you know that the way those chucks are designed is be tightened then "loosened" until it clicks. Then the chuck is locked. Should help with not loosing themm
Great video! This raw, unbiased, unsponsored video helps a simple guy with the huge decision process of what to buy.?I’d like to see a hole-count video as a followup to see what that entails👍👍
I have a 20v hyper tough drill but was wondering if u knew the pound per In. Thing u talked about In your video, for my drill it's not built for this im sure but all it says for it in the Instructions is 0-550rpm that's it,it doesn't show those specs ,so any idea what my pound per in. Torque would be,???
Bummer you didn’t have the Dewalt drill in your comparison. I’ve seen videos where it out performed the Milwaukee so I’d be curious to see how it faired.
Hey thanks for watching and commenting. I couldn’t get the Dewalt in time. Working on my next comparison just trying to track down the dewalt 12ah battery in Canada here..
Thanks for this! I am looking for a drill to use for ice fishing and never thought of Metabo which is currently on sale at Lowes! It would be interesting to see how many inches of ice the Matebo would cut per charge.
Thanks for the video, smoked my non-hammer drill makita last weekend so on the hunt for something new. I'm glad your video actually has some ice, I watch some of these other reviewers and they only have 6" of ice. 😄 I'm at about 20" of ice, so the other reviews have left me unsure if they are valid. I've got a clam plate adapter and I am going to pick up the gear reducer (3.6 to 1 reduction) so hopefully that helps no matter what drill I pick.
You did good man 👍 The fishing industry is based out of the northern USA states & a lot of these products are created for that huge market. Thinner ice, float suits ect.. Western Canada we get some ice 🧊, comes with the -30 C territory. A lot of people get hooked on advertising. You definitely just sold some strike master augers & flights.
I clicked on your video just to see how they compare, but mostly to confirm my belief that my choice of milwaukee 2804 with lite flite was best. And boom first thing I noticed is that I recognize exactly where you filmed this! That never happens! New sub here! Good content
I'm in construction so i have all the milwaukee drills all i bought was an adaptor for my hand auger with mora blades and was able to drill thru 30" of ice no problems
Hi, just wanted to say liked your video, good comparisons. What I was try to contact Dewalt to come out with a ice auger, that you could use their wide array of batteries. Do you know how a guy can contact the Dewalt people?
I would love for @Dewalt to Reach out to me and send me a 12ah flexvolt so I can do me next video including my dcd999 the metabo and the 2804 milwaukee against each other but alas it hasn't happened yet...
Was seriously thinking of getting the Eskimo pistol bit. I already have the Clam adapter plate with a Dewalt 20v 5ah(DCD991) 820 UWO(no torque listed). I've used it on my old Strikemaster Lazer hand auger drilling dozens of holes for the past 2 years w/o any issues. Gonna stay with my current setup, thanks for the comparisons!
I’ve been looking at these options after struggling to open up holes with a hand auger in hard ice. This is the best video someone’s posted in regards to these products.
For the money required to drill these holes buy a gas powered auger... I've used handheld ones on hard ice takes forever. With that being said my buddy owns a 300-400$ gas auger and it blows holes like it's nothing. 100% the way to go run out of gas? Fill it up. Run out of battery you're screwed. Batteries aren't good In the cold either. Start the auger up before you leave the house run it as soon as you get to the ice and start it up every thirty minutes when it's severely cold but we just leave the auger in the tent with the heater keeping it warm and she starts up every time.
Love watching canadian UA-camrs and local albertans. Keep on keeping on 🙌
Thanks. I'm new to ice fishing, still getting gear. I appreciate the examples. God bless you
Thank you for watching! I hope it helped in your decisions!
@@bfjoutdoors 👍
@@bfjoutdoors It did. I was going to get the Milwaukee at a bunch of people's suggestion but after your feedback I'm shifting gears.
@@seansoutdoors I think Milwaukee is a great drill also but the metabo has more power
@@bfjoutdoors that sold me on it. I also wish I had seen this before I bought my auger but oh well. I got the red one. Lol. Anyway, much appreciated. I'm brand new to ice fishing and just trying to figure it all out.
I think the Dewalt DCD999 Flex Volt really needs to be part of the conversation. Paired with the Strikemaster, it eats like crazy for days.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I couldn’t get it in time for this video due to shortages etc I am trying to make a video with the largest batteries from the top 3 drills. The dcd999 the 2804 the 40v Makita and the 36v Metabo. Having trouble getting the batteries and the makita setup.
Yes. The DCD999 absolutely eats the ice here in North West Montana. The DCD999 paired with a 5-8AH battery with the 8" pistol Bit is all you need. I've drilled through 24+ inches of ice with this set up.
I agree, I was a little disappointed to not see the Dewalt 20v flex in the lineup. I also wanted to know which batteries were being used with the milwaukee drills as I have both and have nothing but problems trying to drill ice. Maybe I missed it idk, but overall a really great video! I bought a pistol bit and didn't like it, so I returned it and went with a LiteFlite and have made much more progress than the pistol bit. 👍
Makita should also be there
Awesome ice auger and drill comparison review video .Hands down one of the best comparison video's I've seen to date on UA-cam .Thanks for sharing that with us.Much appreciated,
I always have issues with the cold killing my batteries. Have gone back to heavy gas augers
What a great first video! Solid. Looking forward to more.
I just bought the Metabo hpt 36v drill and the lite flite auger.
Awesome im not sponsored but it’s a great drill in everything I’ve tried with it!
@@bfjoutdoors me and my son went ice fishing this past weekend and boy that lite flite 6" paired with the Metabo cut like a knife through butter 🧈 👍
Nice job for a first video! I'll definitely be following part 2!
One of the best videos I've seen regardless of subject!!! Great review !!!!
Man! What a great comparison video, I’m so glad someone did this.. and not on 10” of ice. Had to pause and verify my excitement to find out that you were in Saskatchewan 😀 You got a subscriber from this video 👍
Haha figured it looked like there wasn't anything blocking the view
Great video. Very comprehensive. I'm trying to upgrade my auger system, and got some good ideas.
Great video this really helps people save some time and money trying to figure out which drills cut it! Thanks!
Thanks Great video here! for comparison for people shopping for the right/best Cordless Drill/Bit setup option....Keep the videos coming! 👍🏻
First video I have seen where they test on more that 3 inches of ice. I drill through 20+ inches so it was nice to see this review.
I've watched this one about 4 times, hands down the best review I've seen. Thanks!!
I live at the bottom of the ice belt and the drills do just fine. I used to use the Milwaukee 2804 but recently got their mud mixer and love it.
I bought a used hand auger off of craigslist for $20. Made an adapter for it and I use the rigid with 5 amp hr battery and drilled more holes than you could count with no issues. I even carry the small battery for back up and the 2 amp hr had no issues with drilling hole after hole. I have no idea what your issues are but, to everybody wondering, with sharp blades and a decent drill you'll have no problems.
Thank you for the great video. This video is helping me shop for next year.
Got myself the big milwaukee tool only for $100 because I already had batteries. The biggest thing for me and why I recommend it is because the cold doesn't affect the battery. I've had it out on contact with the ice all day in 5 degree weather and it still had full charge and drilled 24" immediately with no problem. Can't recommend them enough for the batteries.
We're you running the 4ah battery?
@@FREEDOM-bk4rv I use the standard xc 5.0 batteries
Great video, I was just out on lake Manitoba today in very similar conditions. Love how you mentioned the hardness of cold ice, it really does make a difference, just ask anyone who skates on outdoor ice how much quicker it dulls blades. I used a 2804 with a drill adaptor and 12" extension on an 8" swede bore and it worked, but not quite as nice as that Light Flite. I got the 2804 with 2 5ah batteries and an impact for $499 at KMS tools in Calgary recently. Keep the videos coming, I'm looking forward to the next one!
Thanks for the encouragement and watching the video! Happy fishing! Waiting on some drills and batteries to show up in stock for more videos!
After watching this video I bought a Metabo HPT drill and a strikemaster lite flite lazer auger bit. Thanks! You are dead on about that drill! Sure beats the old hand auger!
It was an amazing video and provided great information. If you don't already have one of the brig drills I would say it's a good option to have a dedicated tool but if you do happen to have a drill getting the lite flite bit is an exceptional offer for sure.
Great job! Keep doing videos like this and the subscribers will come.
Awesome comparison! Great job! Can't wait to see what you do next!
Great comparison. I am just getting into ice fishing and am looking to buy an auger. Lots of good info. Keep up the great videos...
finally a video in more than 16" of ice. well done. thanks.
Great video. Thanks for posting. I've been running the pistol bit with a ryobi 18volt. Ive noticed that the batteries themselves are inconsistent. I have two 4 ah, one 3 ah and three small 1.5 or 2 ah. Ine of the oldest small batteries will last longer than one of my 4 ah batts. I think perhaps the 4 ah battery is just faulty. Age batteries makes a difference. I have also seen the 4 ah battery need to "warm up" before it cuts well. In other words first hole of the day isnt cut without it quitting a couple times but the third hole it bores through without stopping. Can't explain that.
Thanks for doing this much needed and very helpful review! Great video!
Great video. Metabo is on my shopping list
I would just like to add that the bigger ridgid octane with 1,300 lbs per inch is a fantastic option. On my 3rd year with mine with a 9ah battery.
Thanks for comparing all of these. I have a Ridgid 18v NON-brushless gen 5 version of that drill which I have been using for 3 winters now with a 4ah battery. I attach it to an old manual swede-bore auger with the drill adaptor bit. I can get about 30 or so holes in about a foot of ice which is typical where I am. It is more then enough for my needs and definitely a cheap entry level setup which is lightyears better than manually drilling. One thing to note is that its recommended to be using 6ah and above for Ridgid cuz if you use a smaller battery like my 4ah the internal safety voltage drop thing shuts off your drill sometimes and its annoying. Watch videos of people using 9ah and they swiss cheese the whole lake. Either way the Metabo looks awesome as a future purchase but its about 4x more than my current setup which gets me by just fine.
I picked up a rigid 18v brushless and couldn't even drill 4 holes in about 18 inches on 1 2ah battery with an old swede-bore. Had new blades too.
@@joshuaireland5181 was it the R86116 model? or R86115? The 6 at the end stipulates the more higher torque drill. Also for sure the 2ah battery wont get you much. You need 4ah or higher so it won't cut out on you.
Great video. Thanks for putting this together, I'm on the fence on what direction to go for auger. This was very helpful! Subbed!
Thanks for the info, helped clear up a lot of questions I had
Great video. Well done! Just what I needed to make a decision. Keep it going
I bought the lite-flight last year to use with my dewalt 20 volt. On the 2Ah battery I can get about 30 holes.
Thought you were gonna be biased at first lol. But by the end of the video I learned which auger to buy and learned I was no longer buying a Milwaukee drill. Thank you. What an awesome review.
Haha thank you so much for watching and commenting! Things have been crazy with work but I’m working on a version 2 of this test. Trying to be as impartial as possible. I don’t care what the brand is as long as it does what I need the best.
Thanks for the great content! Very informative. I wonder how the drills would do connected to a Clam Plate.
Great video! 2y later and I still appreciate you making this!
Great vid man, look forward to some more content!!!
Great video, wow! Another interesting video would be comparing some "compatible" non-OEM batteries vs OEM batteries. Capacity and cold temp operation comes to mind. There are probably tons of room temp comparisons. Hopefully that may be a little less expensive than this first one, haha.
Great video. Hope you can continue. Merry Christmas.
When you tighten your chucks give a quarter turn back after and it will lock the chuck
Great video man. Very informative. I'm in the market for a new drill for my Cabelas EZE auger so this helped a lot.
Great video. I already have a 2804 and just need the auger. Looks like I’m shopping for the strike master.
I would love to see how many holes can be drilled with each. Great content.
You may be on to something with that cold ice be much harder to drill. I just moved up to the 8" Eskimo pistol bit from the 6" and my Ridgid R86115 was binding the first couple times but last time was notably warmer at -17C and I did not experience any binding. I was thinking it was because the auger had worked in a bit and is drilling more efficiently but I hadn't even thought of the cold ice. 6" has been no issue for the ridgid or a dewalt dcb777 unless the batteries get cold.
Great comparison video! Really appreciate the comparison and the work you put in.
I was wondering the same thing, because when he said he had trouble with his rigid drill I was a little surprised because I run a rigid drill (not sure which model#) with a lite flite (I have both the 8 and 6”) and it has worked fine, I also bought the jiffy bit designed for drills (torch? I don’t remember what it was called) for opening holes in ice that might be dirty because it has a chipper blade and my rigid drill has run that fine so far as well… but I am a bit of a fair weather fisherman, I usually don’t go on days where it’s colder than -20ish.
I bought my"Fuel" for$350 Canadian. Came with 2 5ah batteries.
It worked great for two years. Last year I drilled it into a shoal and wreaked the drive gears. Milwaukee repaired it free of charge after nearly two years. Took two months unfortunately..
Still works great. I use it with a cheep 8" hand auger. Max 24" ice here though.
I bought the clam adapter after the first year. Too hard on the wrists.
That’s awesome. I love Milwaukee they are a great brand!
Metabo 36v vs 40v Strikemaster!! Great video, I've been researching a new setup.
Solid video man! I subbed!
Thanks for video. I am trying to figure out what bit I am wanting to buy.
Get a six inch auger and all them drill will work. What I was told its recommended to use a 6 in when using a drill
Thank you for this video!!! I just picked up a 40v auger and love it!! But it’s great to see these drills in action, with different bits. Very informational for folks looking to may the investment. Well done sir!!! And I personally would love to see a head to head with the HPT and strike king!!
Good video, thanks for your hard work. I’d like to see strike master vs the k drill
Milwaukee has a locking chuck, tighten it all the way then turn it back 1 click.. I've never had mine come loose after locking it
Thanks for putting this review together, best of luck on growing your channel. Cheers
great test,love the side by side comparison,makes it clear which one or two is the way to go
And this is why I keep my 2 old gas auagers around.... early season on 12 inches or less of ice I use my drill auger... but once I can drive out on the ice and don't have to worry about keeping everything light weight...u bring one of the gas augers out
I am with you! Once the ice gets thick where the ATV gets out the Jiffy propane is on the ATV, no worry about keeping batteries warm either!!
Probably the best comparison video out there. Even though I knew strikemaster would win. Been using them for 30 years and I think they know what they're doing. Good job and keep up the good work. Praying for you to do well.
After seeing this awesome video , I’ll definitely be sticking to my gas auger !
Thanks for the video, it was really nice to see a good comparison.
I got the 8" Pistol bit w/Milwaukee Fuel drill and 5ah battery.the ice thickness here in New England is not quite like where you are.1-2ft thick at the most. Just waiting for the ice to thicken up to be safe. Cant wait to use this new auger setup.
I also got the Clam drill adapter plate to keep the drill chucked to the auger bit and it has a Jiffy style throttle setup which makes it easy to use.
Excellent video- keep up the good work!
I would say you need to get a k drill we drilled holes with a dewalt non brushless drill it looks like it’s not kicking up the crushed ice very well
Check out the quick hookup from deep freeze ice fishing might help keeping the auger hooked to the drill.
Could you do an auger drilling trial on different soils?
Im Sorry I realized that the Times Chart was messed up in the video and didnt play. something with the upload to youtube. I will try and post the times as a link to google docs. Thanks for watching!
Very awesome video man. Really enjoyed it. I would love to see you review more augers and more drills in the future. Like strikemaster 24v and dewalt drills. Liked the video
Great video! You sold me man we don't have that much ice here but I've been using a hand auger for years and moving around to find the fish and drilling all those holes kills me by the end of the day
Thanks for the demo man! Keep on truckin 🙂🤘
Awesome video! This is the main reason I talked my buddy out of the pistol bit
Great video man. It has a lot of useful information. I hope you can keep on making videos
Great information, thanks for doing a side by side comparison so we don't have to waste money.. I've already got a 2804 in my garage and I've been looking at getting a pistol bit, figured I'd upgrade from my propane Eskimo. I bought that because i have a good sized wheel house i fish out of and gas augers really stink it up in there and i quickly found out that propane augers really aren't much better but now I'm going start looking at the strikemaster instead.
The 2804 I bought was $179 (US) at northern. That’s the best price I’ve seen. The hammer-drill transmission is the most heavy-duty. Anything less than 750in-lb drill will end up overheating anyway. I’ve used mine with K-Drill and Lite-flite auger. No problems. The Metabo with 36v source needs 1/2 the current and therefore less heat generated (this is critical in battery operation). I don’t know anything about the transmission in the Metabo. In the short-term, it works well. The chuck is also critical. Milwaukee is probably the best of them.
Awesome video. Love how you test in pretty much the most extreme condition.
I wouldn't mind any if I was running a hand drill point taken use whT you can afford
Last year i picked up the CLAM drill adapter to use with an older dewalt brushless drill and bought a cheap eskimo hand auger to throw on it, all in it was about 150. A bit of messing around to get it set up, but I just leave the old drill in there.
I have the bosch gsr1330 w/8ah battery, with clam auger adapter plate and 8" mora ice swedebore hand auger flighting and it chews through 20" of ice effortlessly, i accidentally drilled my first hole in speed 2 with kickback control only kicking in on the breakthrough. Love this setup
Do you know that the way those chucks are designed is be tightened then "loosened" until it clicks. Then the chuck is locked. Should help with not loosing themm
Great video would love to see some more comparisons
Great video! This raw, unbiased, unsponsored video helps a simple guy with the huge decision process of what to buy.?I’d like to see a hole-count video as a followup to see what that entails👍👍
I’ve been using a craftsman 20v hammer drill with my Eskimo pistol bit I get 15ish holes per batterie in 8” thick ice
I have a 20v hyper tough drill but was wondering if u knew the pound per In. Thing u talked about In your video, for my drill it's not built for this im sure but all it says for it in the Instructions is 0-550rpm that's it,it doesn't show those specs ,so any idea what my pound per in. Torque would be,???
Bummer you didn’t have the Dewalt drill in your comparison. I’ve seen videos where it out performed the Milwaukee so I’d be curious to see how it faired.
Hey thanks for watching and commenting. I couldn’t get the Dewalt in time. Working on my next comparison just trying to track down the dewalt 12ah battery in Canada here..
Thanks for this! I am looking for a drill to use for ice fishing and never thought of Metabo which is currently on sale at Lowes!
It would be interesting to see how many inches of ice the Matebo would cut per charge.
Haven't used any of these but I like the drill setup because then I have a drill for year round use
Thanks for the video, smoked my non-hammer drill makita last weekend so on the hunt for something new. I'm glad your video actually has some ice, I watch some of these other reviewers and they only have 6" of ice. 😄 I'm at about 20" of ice, so the other reviews have left me unsure if they are valid. I've got a clam plate adapter and I am going to pick up the gear reducer (3.6 to 1 reduction) so hopefully that helps no matter what drill I pick.
That darn chuck on the metabo and superior warranty on the Milwaukee is reason enough to go with it!
The kobolt kicked ass I have the same drill just got a attachment for it and I love the pistol grip
You did good man 👍
The fishing industry is based out of the northern USA states & a lot of these products are created for that huge market. Thinner ice, float suits ect.. Western Canada we get some ice 🧊, comes with the -30 C territory. A lot of people get hooked on advertising.
You definitely just sold some strike master augers & flights.
Never had a issue with my fuel and pistol bit nor has anyone else I know that has the same set up.
I clicked on your video just to see how they compare, but mostly to confirm my belief that my choice of milwaukee 2804 with lite flite was best. And boom first thing I noticed is that I recognize exactly where you filmed this! That never happens! New sub here! Good content
Haha that’s awesome! Glad you liked the video! I do have more planned. messed up my ankle or I would have made more already.
I'm in construction so i have all the milwaukee drills all i bought was an adaptor for my hand auger with mora blades and was able to drill thru 30" of ice no problems
Cabelas Eze Drill $118.99 US 8 “ hole mine comes in Monday .
Awesome video man. Thanks for the content.
You had me at watching a million guys drilling other holes!
Luv that MHPT 36V
I need to see what drills the most holes!!! Great video by the way
Hi, just wanted to say liked your video, good comparisons. What I was try to contact Dewalt to come out with a ice auger, that you could use their wide array of batteries. Do you know how a guy can contact the Dewalt people?
I would love for @Dewalt to Reach out to me and send me a 12ah flexvolt so I can do me next video including my dcd999 the metabo and the 2804 milwaukee against each other but alas it hasn't happened yet...
Was seriously thinking of getting the Eskimo pistol bit. I already have the Clam adapter plate with a Dewalt 20v 5ah(DCD991) 820 UWO(no torque listed). I've used it on my old Strikemaster Lazer hand auger drilling dozens of holes for the past 2 years w/o any issues. Gonna stay with my current setup, thanks for the comparisons!
Love my 8" pistol bit with my dewalt used it in 18 plus inches of ice no problem
Get someone who can really compare he’s not clearing any holes for the bits besides the 40v will always be hard if you don’t
I run a gen4 ridgid drill on a clam plate adapter and have no issues with it dtopping even running 2AH batteries