Best 6 inch hand augar

[St_croix_icefishing]

What is the best hand augar on the market

[ChucknMel]

Nils

[bfish]

Never used a nils can't say good or bad about them. But I love my lazer

[mikerudy]

I have three, Nils, Mora and a strikemaster gas. When I first got my Nils, I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I had numerous problems with the cutting blades. Ordered two replacements and they don't cut anything like the original. Think the lazer is probably the best hand unit.

Mike

[THEiceman49]

The bass pro 6 inch cuts fast and you can get it for little more than a set of blades
With it I can drill 10 inches of hard black ice in as many cranks. Very happy with it for money spent
Only suggestion is that you locktite the screws for the blades. Think I got mine for 39.99 or 45

[Rat-Man]

Check the search area been lots of talk on this subject.

[kchamp]

i just got the bass pro auger for my clam cordless drill plate, wasn`t sure about going with bass pro auger but i cut 50 holes 9-10 inches of ice like butter cut awesome drill and cheap blades are cheap too 5 stars

[Huntyeraws]

Normark FIN BORE III!  Normark FIN BORE III! Normark FIN  BORE III! - Fast, Lightweight, About $110, Offset handles (like Nils) where you use both hands to drill rather than one to press down and other to turn drill, Swedish blades stay sharp (same as Strikemaster Lazer - on my 4th hard season with no resharpening and hundreds and hundreds of holes cut) and easily sharpened or replaced for about $30.    Just not that many people know what they are missing in the US!   Tough to find in the US, but some places do sell them, easily found just across the border in Canada at Canadian Tire. 

[Channel Z]

X 2 on Huntyeraws assessment.

[icedpapermouth]

Not trying to jack the thread, maybe this question will even help... what about drilling next to an open hole incase you hook moby dick and need to make a bigger hole? cna some hand augers do this better tahn others?

[quailman2]

Nils by far 6inch

[mikerudy]

Nils by far 6inch

Have you had to replace the original blade?

Mike

[Daddyrainbow]

lazer for the money!!! I love mine

[HybridHunter]

Love my Lazer. Sometimes I wish I had an 8" hole though. But so far couldn't be happier.

[fishmaster13184]

I have a 6" lazer and it cuts very good 3rd yr on original blades

[Rather-B-Fishin]

lazer , nils not worth the extra money, used both and the lazer is better bang for the $

[315stickbow]

Funny about the basspro comments up there. I thought I was the only cheapo that bought one :p but I agree. Great auger for cheap. Locktite the screws and you're good to go

[Gnatter]

Dynamite cuts a pretty big hole faster than any power auger! The entertainment value is pretty high too!

[rgfixit]

Fin Bore or Nils. Whichever you can afford. There's advantages to the Fin Bore in that you can readily find replacement blades on a trade in at a lot of shops. The Nils heads will last way longer and cut faster, but they're expensive to replace and have sharpened. Both make Lazer and Mora augers look like a waste of time. Never buy an auger without offset handles.

If you're not coordinated enough to use offset handles, buy a gas auger.

I've owned 2 Fin Bore augers and just bought a nils 6". My Fin Bore is a 4" which I use most of the time. Takes 10 seconds to cut 10" of ice with no effort at all.  I use the 6" for tip downs and tip ups. It's just silly how fast and effortlessly the Nils cuts.

RG

[rgfixit]

By the way, I have a 6" HT lazer style auger as well. Anyone need an anchor?

RG

[ship of fools]

No question whatsoever that the Nils cuts the best 

I ruined my shoulder cutting through 18 inches of ice with an 8 inch mora …. and it has hurt me ever since especially when using an auger.

The Nils requires NO downward pressure …..  literally none  …..  so for anyone with shoulder / rotator cuff issues there is no better auger.

Mine has the setup to use with an 18V drill ……   i have found it easier to use manually than screw around with the drill, batteries etc ….  i can literally drill a hole with two fingers from each hand on the handle.

[BudMan]

Received an 8" nills as a gift last year and could not believe how much easier it cut than my old 6" mora. Don't think I would ever need a gas auger for the thick stuff. It cuts that easy.

[Raquettedacker]

I love my   FIN BORE III.   

[trapper2000]

i use a  5 inch  lazer  in  i think it's  been 5 yers since i replaced  the blades  although i  carry a  gary  roach hand sharpler and  do the baldes  every trip ....  i have a  very old  mora 4 inch auger which  is  great except  you can't  get a good crappie threw the hole!  small  auger  uts  better  anyways ...i  have  very very old eskimo power  auger i  put a  6 inch  lazer  shaft on  .....my new toy  is  i ordered   from cabalus a  adaptor  for a  electric drill  .....  the  best  auger  is  the  one  in  someone  else's  hands  if  he's  drilling  community  holes

[Huntyeraws]

Just a quick comparison that I made up of engineering design and geometry in very popular ice augers and why some are more efficient than others.   This is something that most ice fisherman don't understand and have never compared as to how this correlates to efficiency in cutting through the ice.

My opinion, Fin Bore III wins when one considers overall design, weight, cost, efficiency, sharpness as well as ease and cost of sharpening or replacing blades.



 

[ship of fools]

I had a Fin Bore (for sale now  ) before i bought the Nils.

There is no comparison ......  the Fin Bore requires a great deal of downward pressure and the Nils requires none.

[FCH88]

Nils