Last year, when I was first getting into ice fishing I went out and bought a bass pro brand ice auger, figuring the 8 inch was only a few bucks more I decide to go with that (oops). In my second year, the handles have been falling apart, last week I lost one of the screws holding the blades and have noiced its been off and on for cutting.
Today when picking up replacement blades I was looking at the fancy $100 finebore III lazer sharp 'cuts the hole for you and even catches the fish for you' ice auger and was wondering, is this all a ploy to get you to spend more money or is it really worth saving up my extra pennies and buying a top of the line manual auguer?
I'm not going to get a gas powered auger because I don't have the room to hold it or bring it out on the ice and to be honest, I kinda like the exercise. But has anyone noticed a difference in the manual ones?