Kreg 720 Pro vs K5 Pocket Hole Jig Comparison & Detailed Review 1 Year On

It's weird, I have yet to drill my first pocket hole. But I know a lot about how to do it thanks to you!

Hi James,
These are beautiful tools. good comparison. Thanks for sharing the details. I wish you a nice new week. (nice, albeit a belated review :-) )

Great video James and as the recipient of your old K4, very good of you to pass on the K5 to young Thomas 👍🏻

Good vid James. I still use the k4. It also has a couple of extra holes in it that weren't there when I bought if. It suits my needs at the moment so I probably won't upgrade any time soon. Anyway mate keep up the good work. All the best.

I just picked up the 720 ( haven’t used it yet) I took it out to check everything and the only thing is that little clamp to attach it to the bench, no big deal I’ll work around that with the video you did mounting it to plywood.
I had the K4 and absolutely loved it but me being me I lend my neighbor’s friend and it’s gone and was done asking for it back and upgraded.
Side note my neighbor will pay when the snow starts flying because I would snow blow his sidewalk and others and we live on a main street and after the plow trucks come through it’s basically use a snowblower or spend all day clearing to make a footpath compared to the whole sidewalk.
Never lend your tools out unless it’s your personal friend or family and even with my family members I’ve had to harass them to return my tools.
Sorry for the rant.
But Thank You for your ideas and review. Take Care my friend

Great honest review! I have the same issue with the round plastic grey hooks. It’s the most annoying thing ever! No complaints otherwise.

Someone got their shit mixed up at Kreg, if the user buys the above they're using it 24-7 and no need for all the BS - it would have its own station like the mitre saw... I dont get it mate, I've seen older Kreg jigs that make way more sense and I see in pro workshops being used. I dont se anyone I know changing for the above any time soon.

I have the single pocket hole jig, its got me out of trouble many times on site, excellent video

James, you compared it all! Kreg Australia should let you have a gifted sampling of the Foreman to review and breakdown its ups and downs. Kind of you to pass on the K5.

I have pocket holed a lot of 45mm timber, I have a K4 and Id still like a K5 because I think it would be more versatile for my purposes.

Well done James…a great insight to the K5and 720! My K4 is still going strong 💪 cheers mate.

Nice comparison mate! Hopefully kreg take notes and make the next one the nuts of both, and name it after you haha

Thanks for a great review. You’ve sold me on keeping my trusty but upgraded K4. It’s almost a K5, just need to add storage to it.

Hi James. It would be interesting to see you do a comparison between the Kreg 720 Vs the Armor Tool Auto Jig. Other vids I've seen comparing these two invariably favour the Auto Jig. It will auto adjust everything in one step - drill guide height, clamping force AND drill depth collar all in one go. It also has a handy-dandy guide (that also self adjusts) to tell you the correct length screw to use for the thickness of the material. BTW - the Armor Tool pocket screws are colour coded so you simply can't stuff it up! Dust extraction is easily as good as the 720. I'm definitely going for the Auto Jig when I wish to upgrade my current pocket hole jig.

Grouse review mate, I’d go 720 any day but not the pro because the fold out wings on the standard are fantastic especially mounted on a base.
K4 with the Armor Tool clamp is also well worth having because you can pocket hole 45mm stock on both sides easily 🇦🇺🇦🇺🍻🍻🍻👍👍👍

Looks good for sure, but like you said, unless mine breaks I don't really see the point in upgrading. But good to know either way!

Thank you for the information. I just purchased the new pocket hole jig for my 1st diy project that I will be starting in Nov to surprise my mom. Glad I do not have to return it so ty for that too. My question is, how do I figure out the distance between each pocket hole on different size width and length plywood and how to determine which pocket hole size and screw?

I bought the R3 for portable work. I love my 720.

So I guess the K5 with be set to 1.75" as the default, and the 720 knocks out everything else?

Big material you would use the portable plus clamp.

Like tobacco, I think there should be an ever increasing tax on these terrible things. Plus, they should be restricted to olive drab and packaged with pictures of once sane Aussie tradies sitting bound rocking in a corner of a mental health facility. Now. I need to ask my ten year old how to unsubscribe.

sell me the k5

I use K5 without any problem adjusting for the different thickness. The technique is first lever up, second move the black board fence to the wood, third push the grey top, fourth push down on lever until you get one click, fifth let go grey top, sixth and final push down the lever all the way. You will get a perfect press every time.

This was a very nice and detailed comparison between these two models. I also have both but have never used the 720 Pro yet. My K5 is also attached to a board similar to your setup and it has worked very well for me on several projects. I just got the 720 pro in the summer of 2023 and it included the Kreg® Pocket-Hole Jig 310 (one hole) which does make it somewhat portable to drill holes where the 720 won't work. I will be using the 720 this week and am looking forward to using it more over time. I'll keep my K5 too just in case I need to switch between board sizes for a specific project and it will keep me from needing to readjust the stop collar on the drill bit too.

i have the k5 kit and its amazing. iveput it on a fixed position and use it as dedicated tool on a corner

"Oh it's made out of plastic, it's rubbish - BULLSHI*!" LMAO!

K5 all da way!! I have the K3 and I have been using it for 10 or more years. For my basic shop.... Again I'm looking at the K5 for ease of use.

Great comparison vid. Thanx bud