Power Planter Auger Drill Bit Extension 7" x 28" with 1/2" Non-Slip Hex Drive — Garden Auger for Planting Gallon Potted Plants and Post Holes — Garden Digging Tool for Dirt, Sand, Soil & Clay

Very sturdy. We put in fence posts and it was so much nicer than the old way.

I bought the Power Planter 7" auger to dig (30) 24" deep holes for 4x4 fence posts for a deer fence. I used a corded, 7 amp, variable speed, Milwaukee right-angle drill. This is NOT the drill recommended by the Power Planter manufacturer. It does not have a clutch and so there was some preliminary risk of the auger catching and the drill torquing around and possibly hurting my wrist. But since I was able to control the speed and application of power with the variable speed switch, I was easily able to avoid any injury. I would not try this with a fixed speed Milwaukee Hole Hog. That could definitely cause a wrist injury. Anyway, my fence runs through the woods around my house and the ground I was boring into had a lot of roots in the first 6 inches of the bore. Some areas also had a lot of rocks. Some of the roots were 1" in diameter. Some of the rocks were 6" in size. The auger would get stopped by these obstacles. So, I had a pair of loppers, a heavy-duty digging bar, and a conventional manual post hole digger with me too. I would try to bore about 6" into the ground, then stop, cut and remove any obrstructing large roots with the loppers, and use the digging bar to further break up the ground. Then I'd start boring with the auger again. It would chew up the clay I broke up with the digging bar. I'd extract the auger every 4-6" or so and it would pull out most of the ground up dirt with it. If I was hitting hard ground again, I'd use the digging bar again to break it up, and the auger would bore down through it. When I had bored the full length of the auger, I'd extract it and then use my manual post hole digger to get the remaining dirt out of the hole. The auger would pulverize any dirt broken into large chunks by the digging bar, thereby making it very easy to remove the dirt. This system worked great for me and it would typically take me about 10 minutes to fully dig and and clean out a hole. Don't have unrealistic expectations of what the auger can do by itself chucked into a drill. That being said, I did have holes where once I got through the first 6" of heavily rooted soil, there were no rocks, and the Power Planter would easily bore down the full 28". But with the supplementary digging bar and post hole digger, the auger worked great for all conditions, and digging a hole was far easier than using only the digging bar and post hole digger by themselves. The Power Planter auger has held up very well with zero damage to it after 30 holes.

Amazing garden tool ! First time user- wish I had this sooner!! Works great , make sure you have a good hold on your drill when using. It attached securely to a DeWalt 20 Volt cordless drill. Makes a nice hole for planting - soil has a tilled quality

This works well and digs the perfect size hole for plants.

Looks sturdy but paint finish poor. Probably will not make a difference in function. At first I thought had not been delivered but a family member had set it aside. Plan to use soon

This power auger bit get the job done very well. One down side is that if you intend to use cordless hammer drill is that you are going to want to use 6ah and up on the battery. Yesterday I try with 4ah and run out of battery quite easily and today I use 6ah battery, absolutely having no trouble finishing what I need to get done so far. I am not sure how many battery I need to auger two ten foot diameter for my orange and lemon tree. Since I am using dewalt system on my power tools, I will be considering getting a few 15ah flexvolt battery as we progress deeper. The hammer drill that I get is with flexvolt advantage so this should be interesting once I have 15ah flexvolt which is the powerfulest flexvolt battery available. I currently are use three 2ah battery, one 4ah battery, and one 6ah battery to power my cordless power tool from dewalt. I will most likely going to get my first 15ah flexvolt battery next month and that will change my auguring capability significantly. I use 7” to loose soil significantly and most likely annual or bi annual usage for me. I did get 2” one as well which I will leave it for the 2” review.

I have planted over 30 rose bushes using this auger in clay with rocks. It's not easy. I dig 3 holes in a triangle with about 6" in between and then use shovel to make one LARGE 2' across hole for each bush and fill with amended soil. I will admit my thigh was black and blue until I used a belt and attached a gardeners knee cushion around my waist and padded my thigh. Then there was no stopping me!

The auger worked very well for digging several large 20" wide holes to plant 5-6' trees, I just dug several holes next to one another and also moved the auger around from side to side. I use this auger with a hefty 60V rechargeable drill. The auger saves quite a bit of manual labor. Yes you still need to clear out quite a bit of dirt from the hole with a shovel however the auger does the enormous task of digging the hole into solid ground, and the dirt that you get from the hole is nicely churned up and can be used for backfilling along with any soil amendments you might add. I bought the auger in May 2022 to save strain on my back going forward and I'm hopeful the auger lasts a long time as I plant more trees and shrubs over the coming years. I feel the auger is good value for the money. I have family that want to borrow it already.