Features:

  • 100% MADE IN THE USA, with USA sourced materials. Made by family farmers for over 30 years for your garden
  • Quickly and efficiently plant bedding plants and bulbs or mix paint, mortar, or soil in a bucket or wheelbarrow
  • Non-slip hex drive to fit any 3/8" or larger drill
  • *Patent Pending Design*
  • Lifetime warranty on craftsmanship and materials
Love this thing.

I absolutely love this auger. I bought it because I bought forty tulip bulbs which I was planning on planting in hard clay soil. It took me about 45 minutes to plant all of the bulbs. It drilled through the clay like it was soft loam, ripped through tree roots and piled all the dirt next to the hole. Just keep a firm grip on the drill, preferably with two hands, because this baby rips. I had so much fun. and so much time left over, that I ended up buying 150 daffs and 200 crocus bulbs. I am looking forward to spring and using this auger to plant my vegetable seedlings.

Surpassed expectations

I used this to dig footings underneath an existing ground-level deck. I am building a kitchen on top of my deck, and realized I should add an extra beam for support. There is less than 2 feet of clearance under the deck, so I could not bring in a traditional auger or post hole digger. Removing deck boards was also not an option. So I tried this, and it far exceeded expectations. I ended up digging 20" deep, 9" diameter. This allowed me to break up the dirt, then remove by hand. I used a 10mm deep socket plus extensions to get the depth I needed.

Power tool for the girl!

I just put a new terrace garden and wanted to plan spring bulbs. The dirt I have is a little muddy and hard so I wanted to add some compost and other dirt before putting bulbs down. I attached this auger on my power tool to till 4 x 4 area and it worked great. I'm glad I bought 3" x 12" instead of a typical 1" 1/2" or 2" auger. Some of my bulbs are big and it made a nice space for it. I was very pleased with this auger as it dug very fast and cut the flower bed prep time in half. Only thing I did not like was that the coat stripped off on a first use. I've got to do something so it won't rust. (note : when you use a drill, stay slow with the speed. If you hit rock or hard soil while in high speed it can throw your wrist, elbow, shoulder out! )

Works well as designed, durable and made in USA; solid buy

Worked very well in my hard clay soil attached to my 18v drill on slow setting. Just need to understand this auger is a foot-long steel extension of your drill— it adds an extra pound to the working end, and you should account for that extra physical work/effort while using it (i.e. significantly changes the center of gravity of the drill and how you wield it). The auger has to be heavy for it be both useful and durable— two qualities hard to come by these days sadly. But this auger is solid and has held up to 2 straight days of planting a couple hundred bulbs, corms and rhizomes and varying depths, and I expect this little guy to last another couple decades at least for the simple job it has of making holes in clay-dominant soil AND made in the USA— do your part to support! Side note and not necessarily recommending this to most others, but I’ve intentionally added it (perhaps aggressively and haphazardly) to my toolset during my continued quest to rid larger rocks in my hard-packed clay situations by probing the ground during planting and then coax out with my shovel and cobra-head weeder (also awesome tool), instead of mutilating the tips of my spades and shovels. But maybe I should just go big and finally get an overkilling grubber for my small, big-city yard..?!

Great Tool

I ordered this auger to see if it would dig holes in the "dirt" around our house that is full of rocks and small to medium roots. You have to be careful because this tool really digs in and can rip the drill right out of you hands. But the auger cut through the small roots and small rocks very easily and allowed us to plant our flowers and plants very easily. After digging through the rocks, roots, and dirt, the auger is still in perfect condition minus a little paint. I would highly recommend this auger.

So VERY glad I got this- this changes everything.

Oh my gosh. I want you guys to know- this thing is AMAZING! I used it to plant 108 liriope, and it took me about 3.5 hours (including digging out some rock, and mixing in planting soil, etc.) There is absolutely no way at all I could have done that by hand. It has, in the past taken me about 10 minutes to chisel a small hole into our rocky, red clay yard. But this tool made the job so, so much easier. I still had to use a spade to dig out some larger rocks, and I had to hack through some roots. The next day I used it to 'assist' in digging much larger holes for 13 shrubs. I was delighted to see just how much 'assistance' it gave. In most cases, I was able to use the auger, turning it at an angle, to do 85% of the digging, I used it to get a hole started, then would remove the dirt, and use the auger to expand the hole and go deeper. I was able to dig each hole, about 10" wide by 14" deep, in less than 10 minutes. Again, absolutely no way I could have done all that digging manually. I love this thing. Seriously. I do not have the strength (or aim) to use a pick axe or pole digger, so I have had to rely on my BF to dig holes for me. Now I can do it myself (so I'll be planting a lot more stuff!) Yay!!! A couple of notes: as mentioned above, you still obviously have to deal with roots and rocks. When holding the drill, use two hands (one on the handle and one on top for control and a bit more pressure)- but be alert to let go of the handle if the bit catches on a root. It will, of course, jerk your wrist pretty significantly if you don't let go. There were a few times I had to reverse the drill to get the auger loose. My BF set the drill to hammer setting and that worked great. He also had to tighten the grip a few times. Be warned that using this auger will get your drill VERY dirty. It creates a lot of dust (especially if you have red clay like us) so be prepared to give the drill a good cleaning. I did not find that the drill power drained quickly (it has a replaceable battery, may 9 volt?, and I replaced it twice for the 108 holes, and once for the 13 bigger ones.)

Saves so much energy

My soil is hard clay in some areas and filled with tree roots in others. It was tough digging with a shovel, spade or any other tool. This auger is strong and wide enough to loosen soil easily and it does a great job. Sometimes it gets caught in roots, but just reverse your drill and your out. It saves LOTS of time and LOTS of energy. On occasion, it slips, but I just tighten the drill and get on with it.

I can't wait for spring

I ordered 200 bulbs and as soon as I hit the confirmation button I wondered "what was I thinking"! We live in the mountains and the soil can be rocky. This tool made the job so much easier- I was done in hours, not days. Suggestions: have as many batteries charged up as possible. I went through a lot! Do be very careful of the drill spinning quickly in your hand when it hits a rock. I used my legs to anchor the drill so my wrist wouldn't snap and ended up with bruises on the inside of my lower calf. I still think this Power Planter is well worth it.

I really like this digger

I really like this digger. It helps me for planting, especially in hard soil. It digs fast. When using your half inch drill, be sure to hold drill with both hands. If the digger grabs a root or big rock it will twist your wrist in a split second. Be careful there. Otherwise this thing works.

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