Personally i like the jiffy augers, i have had 2 of them in the last 20+ yrs and they have never let me down. Both are 2 hp and the first one still runs great but went halfers with a buddy that past away so i boxed it up for his son when he gets old enough to run it.
I wont knock the strikemasters, but am not a big fan of eskimos, sounds like alot of people are having sucess with them but have seen enough buddies return theirs.
I have a little guy that i cant leave home with out when i go fishing so a 10 inch hole was not an option for safety reasons...he always finds the hole with his foot/leg. But the 10 inch are sure nice to fish out of.
I beleive the 10 inch are only available with the 3 hp (Jiffy) augers and these are the ones that i have seen people have trouble with starting. I usually have all my holes drilled by time they get them running.
If i was in the market to buy another it would probably be the 2hp jiffy (white lightning) with the 9 inch auger. Good starting, lightweight, and very fast single blade, if you put too much weight on them you can stall the blade out. Where as the strikemaster is geared lower but has a dual blade, you can put all the weight on these and not stall out the blade, so even though they turn slower they bite a pretty big chunk.
Hope this helps
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