72CC Auger Post Hole Digger, 2 Stroke Gas Powered Earth Post Hole Digger with 2 Auger Drill Bits(6" & 8") + 1 Extension Rods for Farm Garden Plant, Orange (72CC)

A neighbor told me (60+ F), he'd help me build an electric fence for a garden. He recommended I rent a posthole digger/auger from a nearby hardware store. After looking at prices, I realized that renting one for two days would cost the same as buying this one. Plus after doing my research, this one has more power. The neighbor and his grandson remarked how much better this one is (they rented when they built their electric fence). The quality, ease of use, the way the machine dug through the clay soil was impressive. It took less than 1/2 hour to dig the first four holes (16" deep") today. We'll finish up the job over the next several days at our pace. Great Purchase! Would recommend two strong people to operate the post hole digger.

There sure are a bunch of these post holed diggers out there for sale. Reviews have been mixed. This 62 cc auger came very well packaged. I was missing nothing. Set up was easy, put fuel into it started on second pole. And every subsequent pull after that without issue.A lot of the reviews that I read, are of people who should not be using this product because they DON’Tknow how to use it. Hire somebody versus giving a bad review on a product that you don’t know how to use.Eg (Don’t dig with the 8” Auger to the full 36” and expect to pull it out of the ground. Come on. That’s operator error. And then give a one star review on the product you don’t know how to use. You know who you are.For me, I have had zero issues with this post hole digger. I live outside of Hot Springs Arkansas and there’s a lot of small rock in our 10 acres. I have dug several holes with zero issues. Yes you have to manhandle the auger, but that’s what an auger is when you drill into dirt. You’re not drilling into water. You are going to meet some resistance. People also complained about breaking the plastic and breaking the throttle handle. All auger’s have the same throttle and the same plastic on the head of the motor and around the air filter. If you drop the auger, (Yes you) you can expect that something’s going to break. There again if it was all metal and dropped and got bent people would write a poor review about that as well I’m sure. It all has to do with the operator.To sum up, I have had zero issues with this product, it has served my purpose well.

It works better than I expected. My wife and I planted 24 pine trees in two hours. I was impressed!

This machine is good value for the money, once you get past the user manual, which is either poorly translated from Chinese or written by someone who does not have English as a first language. Also, much is left for the users to discover for themselves, which should not be; also there is no contact link for any sort of customer service or parts replacement.

For me, this thing is a BEAST! Made sure the gas mix was right at 25:1, attached kill switch and filled it up! A friend had a vinyl fence to install in early January in eastern NC. I share that as our frost level is pretty shallow and we don’t get “that” cold so the ground wasn’t that bad. We do not have a lot of clay, a list of sand. It is farm country so soil quality is also good. These factors likely played a roll in performance. That said, here are my pros/cons:Pros:1. Comes with both a 6” & 8” auger about 25” overall for each.2. Comes with 2 extensions and we used the short to get to about 31” in depth for each hole.3. The gas mixing container comes in the kit to isolate from other gas mixes for other gas tools (I have 40:1 & 50:1 tools) and couldn’t find any premixes at the box stores.4. Very easy start after about 10 pumps on the bubble to get fuel to the carburetor. Could have pulls and started like a champ! Did about 50 holes, 8” diameter @ 31” in depth.5. Comes as a kit with EVERYTHING needed to get started (except gas/oil).CONS:1. The kill switch became nonfunctional after the first 6 or so uses. Likely loose connection but I have not fixed yet. Not a game changer for me as all we needed to do was choke it and move choke lever back. For us, no biggie.2. None.All in all, I REALLY like this auger! Once we were done with the fence, I emptied the gas tank back to the little gas can in the kit and stored it (still need to fix the kill switch). Guys that I was helping really liked it as well and could not believe how much I paid for this puppy.HIGHLY recommend!!

The pull cord handle is made of hard plastic and will shatter if it snaps back quickly. The instructions say don't let it snap back but the engine has strong compression and so this is easier said than done. The auger is a pretty challenging to handle and I felt beat up after using it the first time. The auger did not pull dirt out of the hole very well as it got deeper. I had someone helping me who used a manual post hole digger to take loose dirt out of the hole. If you have many holes to did and the soil isn't too rocky then this tool is useful. For a week-end warrior the risk of injury might not be worth the reward.