Customer Reviews
Best Tiller For Small Areas 
2008-07-05
This tiller was the best purchase ever. Small areas, flower beds, small gardens, edger--perfect...you will not be disappointed. Easy to assemble and disassemble for winter storage. Would definitely recommend.
One Terrific Tiller! 2007-12-04
For small around the house/yard plantings (shrubs, small trees, flowers) & for edging around trees, shrubs, & beds this tiller is about as handy as they come. It is lightweight, easy to use, & reliable for anyone willing to follow the directions for using it. I recommend it highly!
small but powerful 
2007-10-25
I owned this tiller for 9 months. We already consumed vegetables (tomato, pumkin, squash) we grew in our backyard with the help of this machine.
Pros: powerful, lightweight but duable, easy to handle, overload protection.
Cons: expensive, not only tiller machine but also attachment if you need such as aerator. one star less is for the price.
Mantis Tiller 2007-09-09
I bought this tiller about 5 years ago, and although I don't use it much anymore, and it's sat unused in my garage for a year or more, I had a small tilling job the other day and it still works perfect.Mantis 120-Volt Electric Tiller with Border Edger #7250-02-02
A Great Investment for my Garden! 2007-08-08
Now that I have tilled 7 small beds around my house, I wonder what I ever did without this thing. It's powerful, lightweight, quiet, easy to control, and makes quick work of our concrete-like Dallas clay soils. Complaints of bouncing are easily avoided by following the directions to pull rather than push it.
The only negatives I've experienced are: occasional tripped circuit breaker (when I run it too hard for too long), tines are a bit thin and can be bent on rocks/concrete, can only till to 6-8" without heroic measures (but that's still great for flower beds), and the handle is a bit long for a 5'4" person such as me. As for electric vs. gas, gas would give more freedom of movement, but be louder and require more maintenance. Electric is the clear winner for me, even despite the extension cord.
I strongly recommend this for small urban landscapes where a big tiller is not practical.
Highly useful tool 2007-08-05
An incredibly lightweight tiller that has made gardening easier for millions, the Mantis Tiller was originally designed to help professional landscapers get their jobs done more quickly. The unit's durable, 20-pound tiller is a favorite of home gardeners all over the world. A reliable, easy-to-start engine features a true commercial-grade design with pushbutton priming for quick, easy starts, time after time. Equipped with a throttle-activated centrifugal clutch, the tines engage only when the throttle is squeezed, for more control and no threat of the runaway tiller. The unit's compact design makes it easy to till in tight quarters, flush with garage walls, inside raised garden beds, and snugly into sharp corners. And, at just 20 pounds, the Mantis weighs less than other tillers with no sacrifice in power. A 10-inch tilling depth means deeper working soil for healthier gardens. With the tiller revolving at 240 rpm, the tines make fast work of many gardening chores, easily cultivating or weeding a 30-by-40-foot garden in 20 minutes. Best of all, a patented, reversible serpentine pattern helps the Mantis dig deep into even the hardest soil, instead of bouncing around with no effect as inferior models do. Mantis covers the tines with a lifetime guarantee.
--Brian D. Olson
A good machine 2007-07-04
The Mantis Electric Tiller lives up to its reputation as a quality product. It is amazingly powerful for an electric tool.
Too hard to put together 
2007-06-10
Right now I am very unhappy with the Tiller. I'm a female and live alone. Yesterday with the help of my sister, we tried and tried to get this thing put together (I just got it off Amazon). It is just too complicated. We worked for at least a couple of hours on it. Right now it is sitting in pieces in a box. It might work just fine if you could get it put together, but I may never ever know. I'm just hoping the next time a man comes over he can put it together for me. My advice for women would be not to buy this unless you have put things like this together before or if you have a husband or male friend that could put it together for you. I will never buy anything disassembled again on line.
Buy one if you can afford it! 2007-05-07
I've had my electric Mantis tiller since last Spring. I'ts my favorite lawn and garden tool! They are so darn convenient! No mixing gas and oil. Just plug them in and till. They till up a storm once you learn that they do their best work being pulled backward...which you will learn if you read the instructions. They are light and easy to carry and to maintain.
I have used tillers for over 50 years....my Dad hitched me to the first one when I was 15, and we had a half-acre vegetable garden. This small tiller is perfect for my flower beds and tomato patch, and it tills beautifully. Neighbors borrow mine, friends borrow it, and I take it with me when I'm going to help friends and relatives. Can't say I ever spent 300 bucks better!
Mantis tiller 2007-05-07
It is just what we hoped it would be for our long narrow garden
