Total revamp of the backyard equates to tons of backbreaking labor, but I'm saving money and doing it myself! Yeah, right. On day two of swinging a mattock in 100 degree heat to break the dead sod, I'm second guessing my decision. I see this on amazon and take a chance, but at about the price of a cheap cordless screwdriver, I don't have the highest expectations.A few days later it arrives and assembles in minutes. Well, here goes nothing.... Holy $#!+, This little thing is beast! Performing WAY beyond what I had hoped for!Now, to be honest, my soil is mostly sand with no hard clay, but it IS heavily laced with a network of tree roots (big 80 yr old tree). It breaks up the dead grass easily enough and chews up the soil no prob. The hardest parts of the job are keeping the power cord out of harms way, and dealing with roots which get denser and larger as I get nearer the tree. The big roots throw the little machine around violently and have to be dealt with manually, while the smaller ones still pose trouble, but I devised a hack!A few minutes with an angle grinder and all the leading edges of the dull tiller blades are sharp as razors! Wow, what a difference! I'm now mincing roots too!The bottom line is this thing saved me a ton of work, and a bunch of money! Absolutely one of the best purchases for me, value wise, ever.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this machine to be honest. It assembled in 10 minutes.I live in south florida and wanted to install some artificial grass in my backyard and wanted to do it right. One problem we have here is coral rock like maybe 6-8 inches deep. This tough little sucker didn't break the rock but it also didn't break any of its blades or tear up its own motor. I can appreciate that when trying to till such tough terrain.This lil guy also packs some punch. It will try and walk you if you're not expecting it so be careful you don't lose control of it as the tines do spin for second when the power is cut.Overall I was impressed with its power, compact and tough design and most of all the price!

I used this to churn up the soil in an established area of my garden where I plant corn (50' x 30'). Soil is about 8 inches deep, and all filled into an area I created. I got lazy this year with the ridiculous heat and did not weed like I usually do, had a lot of cow-manure compost in the planting area that I guess I did not cook long enough under a black tarp to kill weeds, and it was going to be serious work during the heat warning days we're experiencing to clear it all. About a week ago it was time to harvest the corn, plant second crop. My soil is literally Late Cretaceous beach sand. I have to add a lot of compost to get enough organics in it. But it still dries out very quickly. I experimented with adding some clay, thought a tiller would be just the thing to rip out all the weeds and also churn the clay into the sand/compost.The good:The tiller did exactly what I wanted. It churned up the soil to about 6 or 7 inches, made getting rid of the weeds relatively easy, mixed the clay into the existing soil. The unit is pretty light, so easy to move around. I pretty quickly realized keeping the electric cord from getting caught in the tiller tines while pulling the tiller backwards was kind of a pain, and found it was easiest to run it forwards, letting the tiller pull the way it wanted to, then pull it back a couple feet, go forward again, pull back. This kept the cord always behind me, and since the tiller is light when I got to the end of the row I just picked it up with one hand and carried it back to the end of the planter to start the next run. That was much easier than constantly using one hand to throw the loops of electrical cord behind me and out of the way of the tines.Weeds got wound around the tines pretty quickly, and the tines don't rotate unless the trigger is engaged. So I had to unplug the tiller (for safety) several times to clean weeds out. Unit comes with a tool that has a screwdriver-like handle, but the shank of the tool has several hooks on it that you can use to grab weeds wound around the tines and pull them off. Combined with small one-hand garden shears that really wasn't too bad. Once I thought to flip the tiller over onto the back it made getting at the weeds even easier.The motor is plenty powerful for the way I was using it. I am not at all sure that it would work well if you were trying to start from scratch on never-plowed ground and trying to dig up turf with it. It might do it but it would be slow.The bad:I saw one review that stated the unit gets hot, and without any more information I assumed they meant the motor. I checked the motor every time I cleared weeds, and it never got hot. What gets hot very quickly is the aluminum transmission housing that the tiller spline shaft comes out of. It gets very hot - like uncomfortable to touch. That's a bit worrying.The trigger and trigger safety release button are both plastic, and I feel like that's going to be a weak point.Summary:I knocked one star off the review for how hot the transmission housing gets. It's sealed so there's no checking if it needs fluid. If it burns out the unit is done. And also for the flimsy plastic trigger. Not sure which of those is going to break 1st, but that's my bet on failure points. It worked fine in soil already plowed, not sure it would do well in never loosened turf.But, it only cost $130. Even the cheapest gasoline powered tillers are much more expensive, and then you have yet another gas motor to maintain. The few gas units made by manufacturers I trust were $500 or more. Can't justify that for my garden size. I'm hoping for my garden and established beds it will not get worked hard and will last me a few years, and if it does it will have been worth it. If I had paid more for it I would have knocked off another star on the review, but for the price it's hard to beat. At this price point it's a throw-away if the transmission burns out, motor quits working. The plastic trigger I can fix if I have to.

Works great,very easy

Small, but packs a punch!!!

I bought this with a discount and the purchase was excellent. I broke dirt down that would have taken me a long time to break. Very sturdy, seems very well built, no regrets what so ever.

Total revamp of the backyard equates to tons of backbreaking labor, but I'm saving money and doing it myself! Yeah, right. On day two of swinging a mattock in 100 degree heat to break the dead sod, I'm second guessing my decision. I see this on amazon and take a chance, but at about the price of a cheap cordless screwdriver, I don't have the highest expectations.A few days later it arrives and assembles in minutes. Well, here goes nothing.... Holy $#!+, This little thing is beast! Performing WAY beyond what I had hoped for!Now, to be honest, my soil is mostly sand with no hard clay, but it IS heavily laced with a network of tree roots (big 80 yr old tree). It breaks up the dead grass easily enough and chews up the soil no prob. The hardest parts of the job are keeping the power cord out of harms way, and dealing with roots which get denser and larger as I get nearer the tree. The big roots throw the little machine around violently and have to be dealt with manually, while the smaller ones still pose trouble, but I devised a hack!A few minutes with an angle grinder and all the leading edges of the dull tiller blades are sharp as razors! Wow, what a difference! I'm now mincing roots too!The bottom line is this thing saved me a ton of work, and a bunch of money! Absolutely one of the best purchases for me, value wise, ever.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this machine to be honest. It assembled in 10 minutes.I live in south florida and wanted to install some artificial grass in my backyard and wanted to do it right. One problem we have here is coral rock like maybe 6-8 inches deep. This tough little sucker didn't break the rock but it also didn't break any of its blades or tear up its own motor. I can appreciate that when trying to till such tough terrain.This lil guy also packs some punch. It will try and walk you if you're not expecting it so be careful you don't lose control of it as the tines do spin for second when the power is cut.Overall I was impressed with its power, compact and tough design and most of all the price!

I used this to churn up the soil in an established area of my garden where I plant corn (50' x 30'). Soil is about 8 inches deep, and all filled into an area I created. I got lazy this year with the ridiculous heat and did not weed like I usually do, had a lot of cow-manure compost in the planting area that I guess I did not cook long enough under a black tarp to kill weeds, and it was going to be serious work during the heat warning days we're experiencing to clear it all. About a week ago it was time to harvest the corn, plant second crop. My soil is literally Late Cretaceous beach sand. I have to add a lot of compost to get enough organics in it. But it still dries out very quickly. I experimented with adding some clay, thought a tiller would be just the thing to rip out all the weeds and also churn the clay into the sand/compost.The good:The tiller did exactly what I wanted. It churned up the soil to about 6 or 7 inches, made getting rid of the weeds relatively easy, mixed the clay into the existing soil. The unit is pretty light, so easy to move around. I pretty quickly realized keeping the electric cord from getting caught in the tiller tines while pulling the tiller backwards was kind of a pain, and found it was easiest to run it forwards, letting the tiller pull the way it wanted to, then pull it back a couple feet, go forward again, pull back. This kept the cord always behind me, and since the tiller is light when I got to the end of the row I just picked it up with one hand and carried it back to the end of the planter to start the next run. That was much easier than constantly using one hand to throw the loops of electrical cord behind me and out of the way of the tines.Weeds got wound around the tines pretty quickly, and the tines don't rotate unless the trigger is engaged. So I had to unplug the tiller (for safety) several times to clean weeds out. Unit comes with a tool that has a screwdriver-like handle, but the shank of the tool has several hooks on it that you can use to grab weeds wound around the tines and pull them off. Combined with small one-hand garden shears that really wasn't too bad. Once I thought to flip the tiller over onto the back it made getting at the weeds even easier.The motor is plenty powerful for the way I was using it. I am not at all sure that it would work well if you were trying to start from scratch on never-plowed ground and trying to dig up turf with it. It might do it but it would be slow.The bad:I saw one review that stated the unit gets hot, and without any more information I assumed they meant the motor. I checked the motor every time I cleared weeds, and it never got hot. What gets hot very quickly is the aluminum transmission housing that the tiller spline shaft comes out of. It gets very hot - like uncomfortable to touch. That's a bit worrying.The trigger and trigger safety release button are both plastic, and I feel like that's going to be a weak point.Summary:I knocked one star off the review for how hot the transmission housing gets. It's sealed so there's no checking if it needs fluid. If it burns out the unit is done. And also for the flimsy plastic trigger. Not sure which of those is going to break 1st, but that's my bet on failure points. It worked fine in soil already plowed, not sure it would do well in never loosened turf.But, it only cost $130. Even the cheapest gasoline powered tillers are much more expensive, and then you have yet another gas motor to maintain. The few gas units made by manufacturers I trust were $500 or more. Can't justify that for my garden size. I'm hoping for my garden and established beds it will not get worked hard and will last me a few years, and if it does it will have been worth it. If I had paid more for it I would have knocked off another star on the review, but for the price it's hard to beat. At this price point it's a throw-away if the transmission burns out, motor quits working. The plastic trigger I can fix if I have to.

Works great,very easy

Small, but packs a punch!!!

I bought this with a discount and the purchase was excellent. I broke dirt down that would have taken me a long time to break. Very sturdy, seems very well built, no regrets what so ever.

This little things kicks-butt.... I have used it several times now and it does a great job. You'll be a little sore after using it... It's got a kick to it if you hit a rock but otherwise super easy to use. Good price and well worth it.

I got this thinking it would last a weekend and to my surprise this thing is a little beast. It cleans easily and doesn't over heat I haven't even blowen a breaker the value for the money is something else light weight and would be great for seniors. It has the power to get the job done.

La máquina tiene mucho poder. Y también profundo en la tierra. Estoy feliz con este máquina.

Just used it to till part of my garden where I had taken out some plants that were finished for the season. Quite impressed with the high RPM and power, no bogging down. But when I had the rear wheels up in the “tilling” position, the tiller tried to advance too quickly and jumped around a lot, Too difficult to try and use it by pulling it backwards. Lowered the wheels to the lowest transport level and it worked great. I could easily control the tilling action and forward movement by tipping the tiller forward and let it till rapidly deeper in a controlled fashion. Tipped it backwards to slow the tilling action. Tiller worked the ground much faster than my old electric tiller. Seems solid, bounced off the railway tiles along the edge of my garden a few times without any problems. So far I’m really happy with it.

This tiller only goes in ground 3" , not 8" as described

This little things kicks-butt.... I have used it several times now and it does a great job. You'll be a little sore after using it... It's got a kick to it if you hit a rock but otherwise super easy to use. Good price and well worth it.

I got this thinking it would last a weekend and to my surprise this thing is a little beast. It cleans easily and doesn't over heat I haven't even blowen a breaker the value for the money is something else light weight and would be great for seniors. It has the power to get the job done.

La máquina tiene mucho poder. Y también profundo en la tierra. Estoy feliz con este máquina.

Just used it to till part of my garden where I had taken out some plants that were finished for the season. Quite impressed with the high RPM and power, no bogging down. But when I had the rear wheels up in the “tilling” position, the tiller tried to advance too quickly and jumped around a lot, Too difficult to try and use it by pulling it backwards. Lowered the wheels to the lowest transport level and it worked great. I could easily control the tilling action and forward movement by tipping the tiller forward and let it till rapidly deeper in a controlled fashion. Tipped it backwards to slow the tilling action. Tiller worked the ground much faster than my old electric tiller. Seems solid, bounced off the railway tiles along the edge of my garden a few times without any problems. So far I’m really happy with it.

This tiller only goes in ground 3" , not 8" as described