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Tonight was the second time I got to try my 10" on my ION. First time the ice was 6.5" thick and it worked fine. Tonight the ice was just under 10" and when I would get towards the bottom of the hole the auger would stop and click. It acted very close to when your battery is too cold but the battery was in a toasty warm fish house and fully charged. I sold my old ION to get one with the reverse so everything is new and fully charged. It would drill fine for the first 3/4 of the hole or so and I drilled 5 holes just to try to figure out what was going on.

If I'm running into theses issues with less then 10" of ice I really don't see this working for my wheel house when there's 12" and definetly not when its 30" plus. Anyone else running into the same issue?

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I would contact their customer service or the retailer. It either isn't suited for your needs or (more likely) something isnt right

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I'm a die hard Ion owner but very skeptical on the 10 inch drill. I'm waiting to see how they work for others. I wish they just would have gone to 8 1/2 or 9 and dumped the 7 3/4. That would work for everyone and still have the six for the small hole guys.

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I'm going to head down to the store I bought both the auger and 10" bit from. Today's thier ice classic so hopefully they have an ION rep in the store today.

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When I first heard about the 10" bit I was skeptical. That's 50% more ice to drill vs the 8". When I dropped down to the 6", it's near impossible to burn up a battery in a day on your own.

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Yeah, thanks JSK for being the guinea pig wink Another hand raise for waiting to see how they reviewed out. The 8 inch needed optimum charge with the thick ice at the end of last year, and unless they changed power or rotation, was also a little sceptical. Hopefully the mine is bigger move on strikemasters part will force them to upgrade a little. Sure would be nice to have those few extra inches back. Keep us updated smile

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