Strikemaster Lithium

[Bowhunter_24]

K drills are garbage

 

[nxtgeneration]

Anyone checked out the Jiffy battery auger?

Wondering the same. I bought a wheel house this year so I'm in the market for a new electric auger. I'm always hesitant to buy a new product the first year it comes out but I'd like to get my hands on one before I pick a strikemaster/ion.

 

[Bacon]

Buy an Eskimo 8" hand auger for $50. Then get the Kovac drill adapter for $25. Use your existing drill or buy a good one. Can use that all year. Works like a charm. I'm not sold on those overpriced k-drill or ion strike master Chinese junk. Gas is always my go to when the ice gets thick.

 

[Enslow]

10 inch k-drill On an Eskimo 2 stroke works well. Kluge blades are made of tool steel and can take a hell of a beating and can be re-sharpened. I’m not a fan of electric drills as I drill to many holes.

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I have run kluge blades into a frozen lake bottom and was able to sharpen them.

 

[Captain Ahab]

The Strikemaster Lithium will cut ALOT of holes on a charge. I haven’t needed to use the extra battery on one outing yet. Shaver blades apparenty are horrible out west. Haven’t had a problem at LOW or Devils so far. Ruined a set on the Red though.

 

[nxtgeneration]

The Strikemaster Lithium will cut ALOT of holes on a charge. I haven’t needed to use the extra battery on one outing yet. Shaver blades apparenty are horrible out west. Haven’t had a problem at LOW or Devils so far. Ruined a set on the Red though.

Good info. The blades are my hesitation on the Strikemaster but LOW, DL and Stump are all I really fish.

 

[Bowhunter_24]

Strikemaster=happy

 

[Enslow]

In my world strikemaster means dull blades and terrible running motors that are slow.

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And throttles that break and are garbage

 

[Bowhunter_24]

Electric Enslow!! Drill baby drill. Super fast and super light weight. We can have a drill off this winter. After a bottle of fire water and a limit of fat pigs

 

[Enslow]

Well I’m game!

 

[Kentucky Windage]

The Strikemaster Lithium will cut ALOT of holes on a charge. I haven’t needed to use the extra battery on one outing yet. Shaver blades apparenty are horrible out west. Haven’t had a problem at LOW or Devils so far. Ruined a set on the Red though.

In Ahab’s world, ALOT means more than one (like 2). He’s used to pulling pig Walters out on the first punch.

 

[Fisherman25]

In my world strikemaster means dull blades and terrible running motors that are slow.

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And throttles that break and are garbage

Funny, I went through 3 Jiffy’s thinking the same thing. Junk augers that spin the wrong way and throw way too much damn ice.

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10 inch k-drill On an Eskimo 2 stroke works well. Kluge blades are made of tool steel and can take a hell of a beating and can be re-sharpened. I’m not a fan of electric drills as I drill to many holes.

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I have run kluge blades into a frozen lake bottom and was able to sharpen them.

Where in the world did you find a 10” k drill?

 

[Enslow]

I got the drills from the owner Doug kluge. He designs very specialized equipment for commercial use. He even has a 12 inch drill.

 

[Bfishn]

I got the drills from the owner Doug kluge. He designs very specialized equipment for commercial use. He even has a 12 inch drill.

Do they still make those older style drills, or did they just switch to the new 6-8" k-drill meant for the Milwaukee's? I know you used to be able to buy an actual gas auger from them, but even 10 years ago it was like $1200. I don't see anything online anymore other than the new k-drills.

 

[AaronJ]

I have a Tanaka powerhead with a K-Drill 8 inch. I love the combo. I had an Ion and felt it was barely OK. Love the current combo. Had to have a custom adaptor made which cost me about $20.

 

[gone_fishing]

I came to this conclusion after I was on set number 3 in the same day. Most amazing thing about that day was that I had 2 extra sets with.

Interesting. I'm still on my original set and they still cut pretty good (5-6 years). I don't ice fish that much though so it hasn't drilled a ton holes. Maybe the lakes I'm on don't have as much sand in the ice. I have taken the blades off and taken a little emery cloth to the back side. The edge will roll over a little and I very lightly use the emery cloth to remove the burr.