Nils Hand Ice Auger

[RDT]

Wondering if anyone knows where I can purchase a Nils hand ice auger in the Calgary or surrounding area.

Thanks.

[FishingFrenzy]

Im also wondering about this, Can these even be bought in canada? I can't find hide nor hair of them on the web..

[Garry B]

After a long search for Nils Master from a Canadian source I found Riverside Outdoors in Ontario.

http://www.riversideoutdoors.ca/

I bought my Nils Master gas auger from them. I looked just now and didn't see the hand auger on their website but call Allan there and he will likely be able to get one in for you if his supplier still has stock. Also, you can buy with confidence from them - Alan is a straight up guy. No worries.

[FishingFrenzy]

Thanks for that Garry B, How happy are you with your nils? and have you tried it as a hand auger? ive heard they are amazing! Ive heard it will cut 10 inchs of ice in 22 seconds by hand.

[Garry B]

I haven't been out yet - will be going next week barring a cataclysm. My brother was up and we broke it in as per the instructions given by the person I talked to at the Opti-2 oil headquarters. The Tanaka powerhead runs sweet. It is not starting on 1 pull yet but I attribute that to the engine being new and possibly not priming the carb quite enough since the primer bulb is a bit on the stiff side. Maybe the carb could use a tiny bit of adjusting to make it start even better than it is but I'm not that skilled with those things and it's probably just fine anyway. I'm just thinking things can usually be tweaked from factory settings to make performance improvements. Anyways ...

Otherwise the whole thing is light and appears well built. The drill has many flutes and I assume this will assist in clearing the ice chips. The engine has a lot of torque for 1.35hp. We'll see when it get's into 36" of ice. The cutter is just wicked looking. The box mine came in said 8" and 8" (P). Didn't know there was a difference but when I opened the box I saw my cutter head has a tiny mini cutter head first before the main large head. Like I said, it's dangerous looking. I can't see how this thing won't cut as promised.

The hand crank is compact and goes on and off easily. There is no mushroom knob on top to push down on because the drill is meant to cut due to it's own weight.

Here are a few YouTube video's in case you haven't seen already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaVx-GMMdsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8hsCVyexFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_x8hXCDZk

Just itchin' to try this baby.

Best regards

[slingshotz]

I ordered mine from the US online store Red Rock. It's paired with my Icegator so I've never actually tried yet by hand. Only thing about it is that it is heavy but it is also very durable.