Rematch! Ridgid Octane VS Dewalt Hammerdrill Ice Auger KDrill 

Thanks Rick I appreciate that.

Awesome. Thanks

Great to know. I'm going to run the drill with my 7" Strikemaster Laser hand auger and the Kovac Icemaster adaptor. I assume that's the same adaptor you have. I'm just waiting for ordered new blades to get here.

@@aladent Yep, I got the Kovac as well. Love it

@@TylerHolm Good to know.

Thanks!

Spot on

Thanks again Bob

I agree

Both great drills for the average joe. In the workplace these will not keep up.

Not a fair rematch 5amp against a 9 amp

I agree. I don't see many on the ice anymore around here.

Charles Sausman I will be doing this this weekend!

Will be same result

Thanks Sam. Here is an interesting video showing how bigger is better. I was suprised by the results. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6LaB7kGP4Vo.html

Yes you do. It will also void the warranty.

I would hope their buying choice isn't based on my video. It's just one piece of the puzzle. :) I'll be sure to put a link to this video in that video too.

And if you have ever seen tournament guys on the ice they regularly drill 100s of holes a day with these elec augers.

There are exceptions to everything! As I said above at “one time”. Would I recommend either of the drills you tested to drill 100's of holes in ice in one day? Never! What most folks are forgetting is that none of the cordless drills or mixers that "I'm" aware of were designed to run a ice auger of any size! Why are some of the drills cutting out after 15 ish holes, to protect the motor and battery. Go to a larger physically sized tool and there is more cooling because of the mass of the tool. Same holds true for corded tools. Ya can buy a pistol grip style 1/2" drill with an 8 amp motor or a "large frame" 1/2"-7 amp drill which has a smaller (amperage) motor but larger physically sized motor which will run cooler and last longer. The dilemma? One is bigger and more expensive than the other! The nearest cordless tool that I'm aware of designed to run a large "bit" is one the mixer style or "Hole Hawg" style tools, but most folks don't want to spend the money for that style tool. Then if one gets the right tool for the right job ya start to hear the complaining of the sucker was soo powerful it hurt me. It threw me to the ground and stomped on me I'll never buy one of those again. I read it all the time, I bought an X, Y, Z brand tool will it work with my A, B, C drill? Personally if "I" was going to drill hundreds of holes in one day it would be with what I use, a Milwaukee Mud-MIxer with a number (?) of either 9 or 12 amphr batteries! Buy the right tool for the right job! :)

Hi Ryan, is this the drill with 650 lbs of torch. What size auger did you use 7inch? Thanks Ross

Any good sports store for new ones. OR, Check Craigslist or eBay for used ones. Craigslist is your best bet. They usually have several of them for sale. I picked up 4in and 7in Strikemaster Lazer hand augers there.

yep you will be happy with those new batteries!

Your biggest limiting factor is the battery size. If you had a 6ah or 9ah you would see a BIG difference. Thanks for the comment.

I have that dewalt drill and a 9amh with pistol bit and I can get 40 + holes 20” ice no prob !

I would base it on value. If similar price I'd go with Milwaukee or DeWalt. When I bought the Ridgid it was $169 for drill and 9ah battery.

Does this auger have a 1/4 threaded hole in the middle. If so you can sharpen a piece of threaded rod use a jam not to keep it in place. Thread it in and lock it. I think it needs to be 3 inches long.

One other thing to note, the Dewalt has a 3 speed gearbox (compared to Ridgids 2 speed), which lowers rpm's quite a bit. That is benificial for ice augering. (even though the Dewalt is only 820 uwo) it draws less amperage because its geared down.

Thanks, yeah I tried to do a real world test, left out in the cold, etc. Just about everyone is going to charge up their battery every time they get home, so this is sort of an extreme thing.

@@deansikorski6596 actually they are both 0-450rpm in 1st gear

Got mine for the 169 man could not pass this up its like 250 for the dewalt

@@denvercolorado8927 yes that was a great deal.

It will last awhile i would imagine but the xr is brushless which is why they recommend them

Your battery might be failing

What size battery?

I noticed it on the 4ahr battery..

@@Whitetail414 yes I wouldnt go with anything less than 5ah. 6ah is recommend and 9ah preferred.

Hey Joe. I have the same Eskimo 8” pistol bit. Last winter I used the Ryobi brushless hammer drill which only met the minimum specs for the Pistol bit. Near the end of the season the Ryobi drill died. That was only using it on thinner ice in the Whiteshell. This year I changed to the Ridgid brushless hammer drill which has lots of power. I use my gas auger (with multiple extensions) on Big Windy. The Pistol would probably be ok on Lake Winnipeg but I like the 10” hole when I fish there.

Model #R8611506B I used mine with the KDrill on Sat. 15 holes though 18" of ice. No issues.

@@3RiversFishingAdventures Thank you. I had model R86116. Must be a newer model with faulty circuit board or switch from production. 5 of 6 at the store did the same thing. Only 1 floor model worked properly... Very upset with Ridgid right now. They are telling me that it is a user issue.

@@williamjohnson5777 that's the gen5x not the Octane what size battery were you using?

@@travisevans7502 Brand new fully charged 18v. 4 amp hr. According to Ridgid, this is how the drill is supposed to work. It makes the hammer drill useless in many applications unless you can pull the trigger without hesitation and not have to start slow. Very disappointed. When using with a Mora 6" auger, it would immediately cut out if I applied downward pressure on the ice to start a hole. If I went quickly, the auger would walk all over. I never had an issue with my DeWalt regular drills and the auger. I thought I was upgrading because my DeWalt's are old and batteries all dying.

@@williamjohnson5777 I have the same drill you got with the 4 amp hour battery and I have no troubles with mine course I'm not drilling holes into ice either might be something wrong with it if not I would definitely return and get something else but I like all my Ridgid tools have several of them never had a problem with any of them you might want to try the octane drill by rigid they're double the power the gen5x 1300 inch pounds where the one we have is only 700 inch pounds but if you're just totally anti rigid Milwaukee makes a great drill also I just personally wouldn't go with DeWalt I've seen videos where they smoked and that was the end of them happen the same impact model three different times with the same result burned all three of them up.

About 900 in/lbs

DeWalt is Stanley Black and Decker's top end brand. Ridgid is Techtronic's middle tier brand.

Stanley and black and decker is garbage. Milwaukee fuel series is superior over all of them

@@joshrode9180 Josh: I know. That's why I got Milwaukee fuel LiOn 18v 1200 in/lbs of torque (2804-22) [14 inches hard ice in about 8 seconds] I also installed a bulls eye bubble level on the back of the case.

@@joshrode9180 Stanley Black and Decker is USA TTI is Chinese dummy

Well its a protection thing. I'd rather have it give up so I know to let it cool down rather than it just lets out all that magic smoke and now it's dead. The 9ah battery was a game changer with that drill. It made all the difference.

I assure you, this is the octane model I have.

I bet it would be fairly close to a lateral move. The pistol bit flew through the ice when I tested it. Have not heard anything about SM.

Kdrill is not a true 8 inch hole. The pistol is.

bente pacaa were u dropped on ur head the dewalt won

Correct, I've discovered that the KDrill demands more power.

@@3RiversFishingAdventures love the videos though. It definetly helped me decide on what to get 👍

@@Kildahl1776 thank you. I'm going to put the new Eskimo (with center point) up against the Strikemaster lite flite next. Just waiting for some ice here. :)

I have a Ice Striker 2stroke 8" 52cc gas powered! I'm lucky to drill 30 holes a year!

In the end he said that it wasn’t equal 🤦‍♂️

Must not be the same drill and battery i used here. Drill model and battery size makes a big difference.

😂😂 sounds like someone needs to sharpen their blades

rage801 really the k drill came out of the box the same day the drill did.

@@scottmiller9980 I take it you have not read reviews on the K drill LOL I own the K drill and haven't had any problems with it but there are plenty of people that said right out of the box it was dull as hell and wouldn't drill worth a damn

rage801 no I didn’t hear that. The drill drained quickly an I both batteries were dead after 4 holes. K drill seemed fine.

It would be interesting to test that one too. It's obviously the most popular drill on the ice.

I said that several times in the video

It’s always fair

Price dewalt>ridgid

Actually, Yes it is. This is not a Gen5 I used.

Send me one and I will.

DTroFishOn why would I send you one it’s your video not mine you should make it a fair video, dewalt is definitely better than rigid

go to my previous video, that's exactly what I did, but then people said it's not a real world test I need to spread it out. u r special too thanks

nighthawk 87 batteries get less power out if u throttle the battery down as fast as u can, if u go slower and break it up u get more out of them.

not sure what that means. the Dewalt is 5ah

jeremy royal you are not getting more power with a bigger battery. The more amp hours is just to last longer at the same power.

@@SKC640 actually you will get more torque and rpm with a bigger battery. It's not just storage.

DTroFishOn I stand corrected I looked it up and you are right certain brands do. But it doesn't really necessary give you more power there alot of factors that apply.

@@SKC640 that is false sir you gain Torque and RPM don’t believe me Pop a 9Ah in your drill and then pop at 9Ah in your drill I guarantee you you will even hear the difference.

price comparison. they were the same price

@@droutdoors1991 but to have a performance battle, the same batteries should be used

I said that in the video several times.

Correct but can’t really compare the 2 like that. It’s like racing 2 cars when one of them is out of gas

Running cold batteries from being in the truck all night. ? Does it matter much? I'm in manitoba where it gets a little colder

You're a bright one lol I think he stated that probably five different times during this video.

So what's the ponit of the test " brite one" ? It's pointless unless the same battery is used.

Debatable

Dewalt gen 2 beat out Milwaukee gen 3

@@loucifer323 no chance i run my milwaukee fuel on a 9 amp and it drills well over 100 holes in 12 inches of ice. Ive never run the battery flat once. We usually fish three day weekends.

David Sanders couldn’t be more wrong

The crappiest tool made is Dewalt 887 impact driver watch ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yN1n4rer-D0.html