looking to buy cordless drill for garden auger

[Allenanupam]

I am looking to plant around 400 bulbs! As you can see, it would be quite a big ask, so I am looking to buy a cordless drill for my garden auger ( It’s a 3 inch diameter auger)

Actually, my neighbor has got a 18V dewalt and initially, I thought about asking for the drill. Then something hit my mind and I’m wondering whether any drill is enough for my task or if there is any special feature/specification do you guys look at when planting.

I also heard many use Gas Powered Post Hole Digger.

What you guys actually do?

Will greatly appreciate any advice,Thanks.

 

[brianmoooore]

I've never planted a bulb in my life (except for some scrap fluorescent tubes under some HV lines between pylons), but I have used my 18V Bosch for stirring plaster with a 3" auger type thing on many occasions, which it does effortlessly.
Any 18V drill with a 2 speed gearbox should be able to do your job. How good a make you go for depends what else you may use it for afterwards.
I attended a tool suppliers 'open day' once, and they explained that the cheapest drills they stocked had a design life of just 4 hours, which, when you think about it, would last an occasional DIYer for years, but for someone in my line of work, would mean replacing it every week or so.

 

[telectrix]

are these 40 bulbs LED or halogen? we need to protect the enviromnment.

 

[catdog1121]

Would an SDS drill be better?