MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
I was just wondering, because he cleanly states rigid octane.But no model for the dewalt.Thats poor comparison.
If you are thinking about purchasing a DeWalt or Ridgid Octane drill to use for an ice auger. You might want to take a look and see how they both did. &feature=youtu.be
The video shows the Ridgid drill's protection circuitry off quite well. It could be looked at as either a hinderance, or a great feature that's preventing you from frying your drill/battery, depending on which way you're looking at it.I would like to know if it was the over temperature protection or the over load protection shutting the drill off. Another possibility could be deep discharge of the battery, where too much change is being used too quickly. If he had the BT app enabled (looks like he did, it flashed blue at one point when he was showing the charge gage), a quick check of the alert history would show what's up.
Thanks guys. Yes I did say dcd996 several times throughout the video. I wish I would've had a 9ah battery to throw on the dewalt to compare. I still think the Ridgid is s great drill for the job and the overload/cutout will only affect a small portion of ice anglers. But at the same time can't be ignored. Don't take this video as a way of me saying "don't buy the Ridgid". Mostly just a head to head to see how it played out. Based on all the factors, I chose the DeWalt as the winner, not by much though.
DTro, please address the bolded part of my comment below:I look forward to hearing back from you!
@NateD: What size K-D you running? I got the "fake 8" and needed to clear chips in 18" plus last year. I did re-order the flights this year so they appear more progressive rather that stepped. Chips have been flyin' out of the hole now. We'll see how it goes later.I have read here that the 6" and 8" K-D had different flight arrangements. Don't know why that would be. The stock arrangement did not look "right" to me so I changed 'em. No biggie I figure it's easy enough to experiment.
Not really apples to apples though. 9Ah battery (Ridgid) vs. 5 Ah battery (DeWalt). Everything being equal I would have expected about 55% more holes with the Ridgid vs. the DeWalt.