I don’t know , ive owned both sm and ion and i know that my ion cuts faster then the sm??? I surely know the battery is easier to remove then the sm. Trigger lag, give me a break?? Longer reach on the sm, get another extension for the ion if needed. they are both good augers, its what ever strikes your fancy??
I to have been using the striker hardwater bibs and like them alot. The jacket on the other hand is way too warm when setting up the flip over. It good for just sitting in the open.
I love my ION.
I love my 8″ion also.
Can’t wait, thanks .
Use a 3 amp fuse inline for your power from the battery.
Simple just had to go to menu > return to vessel?? works great now??
figured it out.
This is my biggest so far.
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If my auger called for a 24:1 mixture i SUREly wouldn’t use a 40:1 or 50:1 mixture. You are shortening the life of your auger??
Mine will ship out next week to rapala canada, got my new ion shipped in today, so i will see how it works tomorrow. I sure did like the sm though?
I’ll let you all know how my new ion works compared to my old strike master lithium lazer??? Which i thought highly of(great machine)
why should you have to put wind poles in if it isn’t windy. The material is too tight?? something is not right either in the assembly or the manufacturing. You should not have to stretch out material, in my opinion. You may need to tighten things up if they do stretch over time, which should not be a problem??? Paying this kind of money and so many having so many problems with this over the last couple of years , which ive read about on this forum is??? There is a problem either with making of the materal or the directions on assembly???
Do they have any timeline as to when they will have a new switch available?? I mean they are going to have a very many reconditioned augers for sale, maybe with some great prices?? Are we, the ones that returned them going to be offered any incentives to buy back the reconditioned augers?? Just a thought?
From what ive been told from normark canada its a government mandatory recall??
Not impressed, just ruined my season??? I thought highly of this auger. Guess i’ll have to go to the green model.
Yes ice fishing is the only time i fish. During the warm months im golfing which i love but when winter comes i need a break from golf so ice fishing gives it to me. Lets my old body recover from hacking and slashing for 6 months???
From what iv’e read they do not develop memories, let me know if im wrong. Use as needed, charge as needed.. Don’t leave on a charger more then 24 hours(if completely drained) through out the off season put on a charger every couple of months for 1/2 hour at most, fully charge before using for the first time ice fishing.
Well im glad the price came down to 419 at reeds. I bought mine and am very happy with it. Time will tell if it was worth the price but as for now im happy.
Ah now i would be worried, never saw this problem before???? Yeh right , they probably have 10 on the shelf with the same problem. Hope they get yours fixed and no more problems!
does it have the latest firmware on it, might need updating??
Buy otters, eskimos, frabils, just get them the same length or longer and cut them. If the holes don’t line up the hyfax should cover the old holes, or epoxy the holes after the hyfax is on.
Okay i bought one, should be here by feb. 2. I don’t know if my shoulders will last with the manual auger till then. Im dreading thicker ice?? Golden years my a$$
I would have to buy one first??
Thanks karry kyllo for the link to earth point converter. With that i was able to figure out and convert the gps coordinents that i have, to what my lowrance needed. Thanks bullsneyes for your help also. ray
bullsneyes, how do i get to that on my gps, ive tried every combination in the menu and cant find anything where i can change the coordinents settings. I can get to where i impute coordinents but will only impute coordinents in the format like i posted earlier. I realize they must match
winn, take it out of ice mode (in general mode) and the big green battery will be gone?? at least it goes away on my elite 5 chirp?
On my elite 5 where i imput coordinents it is formatted like this n 46* 29.179′ w -84* 28.566′ I see nothing on earthpoint or any site in this format? a coordinent that i would like to imput is lat 46* 29′ 12″ n lon 084* 28′ 44″ w Totally lost on this, any help would be appreciated, thanks ray
OUCH??
JD, it was not warm weather creating the water, once i drilled the holes the water came up through the holes. The shipping season is still going on and im fishing on the st marys river (in a bay).Whether its under ice waves from the freighters or what i don’t know. When i shoveled the snow off the ice to setup no water on ice. When i left 7 hours later there was at least 3 inches of water all over in my area?? Temps were +2 F with 20 mph winds (fricking cold). As for the wood pieces i should have said 2″ x 4″ x 6″ just to hold the pole up out of the water.
that price is very good.
