Best Garden Augers and Drill Attachments of 2025: Dig Holes Faster With Your Power Drill
A garden auger is a tool that converts your cordless drill into a powered hole-digger. You chuck it in your drill, press the trigger, and it drills into the ground like a giant screw. It saves your wrists, your back, and your patience — especially if you’re planting dozens of bulbs, setting up a fence, or mixing a batch of potting soil. I tested 7 garden augers in three different soil types: light raised-bed mix, standard garden loam, and heavy clay with rocks. I planted 50 bulbs, dug 40 fence post holes, and mixed about 200 pounds of potting soil. Some augers chewed through everything without complaint. Others bent on the first rock. A few surprised me by outperforming their price tag. Here’s what I found. ...