Landworks Electric 48V Li-Ion 2Ah Battery & Charger, 6" x 30" Steel Earth Auger

This is my first auger for drilling fence posts. Benefits of this auger vs a 2-cycle gas-powered engine auger that I could see right from the start are:1) No tugging on a starter rope every time you want to run it! That was a huge plus for me because I tore some ligaments in my shoulder a while back and while it has mostly recovered, not having to pull on a starter rope is a huge plus for me and my shoulder. I have other 2-cycle engine items such as weed whackers, chain saws and the like and I know how finicky they can be, especially after they've been running for a while - once they warm up sometimes it seems like it's harder to get them running again.2) No hot exhaust to burn myself on or increase fire hazards.3) No need to buy premium fuel to avoid ethanol fuels!4) No need to buy another small gas can or mix 2-cycle engine oil.5) No need to winterize the auger, get it ready for the next season or put fuel stabilizers in it over the winter to keep the gas from going stale.6) No 2-cycle carb that either has to rebuilt or replaced even though the task is relatively simple enough, especially since you can generally buy a replacement prebuilt 2-cycle engine carburetor for less time and money than you'd spend cleaning and replacing the existing one. It seems to me that the carburetor on 2-cycle engines is kind of just a given, it's going to give you trouble, it's just a matter of when.7) If you get into a tight spot - you can reverse the auger spin direction and back out!8) I did the math: at a local home improvement store, they charge $75 per day or $300 per week with a $100 security deposit to rent a gas-powered auger. Our property is decent sized with almost an acre and fenceline surrounding all of it. The existing fenceline is aged and many of the posts that were placed by the previous occupants are just cedar, not pressure treated or anything, in particular, to resist the elements a little better, so I've had to replace quite a few fence posts around the property already to shore up leaning fenceline. I figured with the cost of rental and having to go pick it up and then bring it back to the rental place, this thing would pay for itself soon enough.So far I have drilled 5 post holes and planted 5 pressure treated 4x4 fence posts. I ran the holes a little more than 2' deep - probably around 26" because I like to put an inch or two of pea gravel at the bottom of the post hole to help with water drainage under the post because I like to mount my fence posts in concrete. In my mind, this will allow the post to "live" longer.The auger operates quietly and smoothly, it has enough power to get through some pretty solid earth with some decent sized rocks, although I did have to stop several times to dislodge rocks that were stubbornly lodged in the packed earth I was drilling into. I recommend having either a shovel designed for post holes or something like a "San Angelo Bar" handy when drilling post holes. When you encounter an obstacle such as a rock or tree or shrub root, you can make easier work of it and allow the auger to get back in action quicker.While operating the Landworks Earth Auger I thought about another benefit that I probably wouldn't have enjoyed had I been using a gas-powered auger. I realized that it was nice when I did encounter something that the auger needed to have taken out of its way so I could continue, that I could simply stop using the auger and place it aside either lay it down on the ground next to me or prop it up against something - without having to worry about gas, oil, fuels spilling, or hot engine parts touching the ground or nearby brush.Battery life seems to be acceptable - in drilling the 5 post holes that I did it took about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the battery life. Charging doesn't seem to take too long but they do not recommend leaving the battery on the charger overnight or after it's done charging. I would think for your average homeowner like myself this 2 amp hour battery is probably adequate although I can see that it would be nice to have another one to have to charge while you're using the other. Or many of the reviews I read stated that the 4 amp hour battery had good battery life and some of those reviewers were professionals of one sort or another.So far I am quite pleased with my purchase. I will keep this review updated since I have only owned this auger for a short period of time and only done a few post holes with it so far. All I can really say as a bottom line is that there are a lot of upsides to a battery-powered auger like this one, and if there are downsides, they're not coming to mind too quickly. I haven't used gas-powered augers much before except when I used to ice fish, but that's been quite some time and there aren't obstacles like rocks and roots that you encounter when you're drilling through ice. So as far as power goes, I don't have a lot to compare it with - all I can say is that it was acceptable for me and I was able to drill several nice 26-27" deep post holes with it so far.

Though I had my doubts about this product, after drilling several holes (24-30 inches deep) in our mountainside yard, I am completely amazed with it. Our ground is mostly a mixture of dirt with limestone, chert, shale, and granite rocks and pebbles. My first series of holes were for heavy-walled metal posts (3-inch chain link corner posts) for use with pole-mounted solar panels. Prior to getting this electric auger, I had dug the first hole by hand (post-hole digger tool). The outside temperature was 90-95 degrees F and the digging took nearly 45 minutes. I was soaked with sweat and just about worn out. As I had many more holes to dig, I started looking at gas-powered augers but having rented them before, they can be more than difficult to use and are often heavy.When I bumped into this electric auger on Amazon, read the reviews, and watched some YouTube videos of it in action, I began to warm up to the idea of an electric-powered auger. I ordered it. It was delivered very quickly. I dug the second hole about six feet from the previous hole. It took about two minutes to dig a 24-inch deep hole with the 6-inch wide auger. Two minutes!! I didn't even break a sweat even though the temperature was still in the 90s. The auger bit hit a few palm-sized rocks but ejected them without any issue. I was impressed! The rest of the holes went just as easy as that.I also used the electric auger to drill a hole in our wooded backyard to install a 10-foot tall metal post to mount a Ubiquiti LiteBeam Antenna to stream video from a webcam (used to watch our honeybees) located in our apiary. This was a long-overdue project simply because it involved digging a deep hole (30-inches) which is hard to do with manual post-hole diggers. In this case, I caught the edge of a large tree root...much too big to cut without killing the tree. Ordinarily, I might have just stopped and not done the job but I said "well, I'll just dig another hole". That's not something I would have so lightly said before having this electric auger. I moved the auger about a foot from the previous effort and dug a second hole in about three minutes. Done!I also have used this auger to dig a series of small holes about 6-inches deep to lay a small diameter conduit underground. Just drill a series of holes in a straight line, scoop out the dirt with a narrow shovel, and voila...a trench! Each hole took less than 15-30 seconds. On a sad note, our 16+-year old cat, Molly, passed away last week, and we used the electric auger to dig a grave for her...six holes align as a "six-pack" layout, and the grave was ready. Preparing a final resting place for our pets over the years has always been hard work but the electric auger made the task easier at a time when you don't need more stress.My wife quickly thought of using it for planting trees, bushes, and flowers...never been easier for her or me! The plants do better with a deeper hole (better moisture retention and easy for root growth with new plants). Around here, you have to BYOD (Bring Your Own Dirt) when you plant something. You dig a shallow hole, insert plant, then dump bags of dirt around it because digging is so challenging. Even with such efforts, plants often do not do well because they can quickly dry out if not water often. Not any more!It should also be noted that digging a hole with this auger results in having to use less concrete than if manually dug. The auger-drilled hole is more uniform in size and doesn't result in a tapered, almost cone-shaped hole as happens with manual post-hole diggers. With manual diggers, the top of the hole has to be wider to allow for the motion of the digger handles when extracting dirt from the hole so more concrete is required because the hole gets bigger. With the electric auger, I only have to use the manual diggers to clean out the hole a bit and it's done. The electric auger does a good job on its own of cleaning out the hole. Just insert it into the finished hole a few times and pull it back up, the loose dirt comes right out.This electric auger will absolutely change the way you do projects involving holes and moving dirt out of the way. Just hold it steady and firmly, and let it do the work. Don't force it down into the ground...it will do that for you. This is a wonderful investment for your back, your health, your projects, and your time. I couldn't be happy with this auger.

This thing is totally worth what I paid for. Have had it for 4 years now and is still going strong. Battery is holding charge well …. Very happy with it

This replaces al old Briggs and Stratton gas 2-man. For general hole-digging, it's hard to beat.Also, a big bonus is it's compatible with the 3 earthquake auger bits I've accumulated over the years.One issue I'm not sure of is the battery: no matter how long I charge it, the fifth charge indicator light stays red; it never goes to green, which, conventionally, would indicate the battery is not fully charged. Left it on the charger 24 straight hours and that last light was still red. Anyone else experience this?

This works great. We moved to a new house and the soil is “rocks” with a little dirt sprinkled in. Digging by hand is miserable but this goes right through it. I’m a 75 yr old women and this is a breeze to work. I love it.