MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
That said, the eskimo and a strike master laser are the same basically. You can use the eskimo blades on a lazer. If you already have a nimrod adapter for your drill and you want to be cost effective, buy laser. IF you don't have a nimrod and don't want to mess around with a plate and getting a adapter, buy eskimo.
Unless eskimo has a different auger than I have seen, they are the same as a Mora (blue), not a Lazer (black). The lazer is a much more aggressive shaver, so it cuts faster but also requires more drill torque.
they do it's called a silver tip looks like a laser
Remember though- a KDrill is a chipper and an Pistol is a shaver blade. Shavers cut much smoother with less draw on the battery. 3 ft is nothing for my Ion but never tried the drill setup yet. Also, if you fish in a permanent house you can reopen holed easily with either drill auger so you really aren't doing 3 ft all the time. If you are a hole hopper the Strikemaster or Ion will work but at the least I would be hesitant with a drill combo without a 5 gal pail of batteries along.
Nils by far is the fastest, smoothest auger on the market. If I was in the market, there are no other options that are as smooth and fast giving you more holes. That said, the eskimo and a strike master laser are the same basically. You can use the eskimo blades on a lazer. If you already have a nimrod adapter for your drill and you want to be cost effective, buy laser. IF you don't have a nimrod and don't want to mess around with a plate and getting a adapter, buy eskimo. If money is not an option, the Nils can't be beat. Kdrill really are over hyped, I don't understand why, I wouldn't own one. my personal opinion with the Ion is much the same as the Kdrill, they make very little sense to me. You can't bust out the Ion in the summer if you have some landscape timbers to punch holes in with a half inch bit. I don't know, maybe it's just me but I think the ion's are bottom of the list. If I won one, i'd sell it. same as the Kdril.That said, 3ft of ice is a lot for any auger. If it was a lake you never been to and are unsure if it will take 20 holes or 200, you better have an extra battery or two. Doesn't matter what brand of drill. Unless you have a milwaukee fuel 18 with the 12ah. I haven't seen that battery dead yet but that's with a 6 inch
Electric drills on 8" augers is starting to give me a head ache..multiple issues, multiple drills, multiple batteries, running out of ideasi like the idea of the eskimo pistol, but it being PLASTIC nope...plastic in the cold means CHA CHING for eskimo..anyone know how the plastic flights attach to the shaft of the auger?
I actually OWN a KDRILL 7.75 and love it...I also used my friends Nils and thought it worked well too... The Kdrill drills very fast with no downward pressure...Not sure what there is to not like?
Pazzo....I tried the 8" Mora, but didn't like how Strikemaster opted to hang 8" Mora blades on a 7" Mora auger bit. Is that the same way yours is that you bought? I'm not sure if Strikemaster has always done that, or it was a recent change?
Always been that way, until this year, the 8" auger has 8" flights..I actually prefer the 8" on 7" bit.. If one blade gets a nick in it, it will tend to wander to one side, with 7 inch flights, you don't have to worry about the bit binding against the side of the hole.A 8 on 7 is also the lightest (metal) 8 you're going to find..This is my 8 on seven, flights shortened, chopped and lengthened with an aluminum shaft. Lighter than a kdrill, with a true 8" hole..<°)))>{