Mantis Gas Mini Tiller/Cultivator, 2-Cycle
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Mantis Gas Mini Tiller/Cultivator, 2-Cycle Reviews


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4.38 of 5 (by 32 reviewers)
Rating Summary | 88% of reviewers recommend (28 out of 32)

Pros
  • light weight (18)
  • easy to start (16)
  • 5 year warranty (14)
  • reversable blades for limiting the depth (11)
  • goes deeper than most tillers (9)
  • good price (7)
Cons
  • no kick stand with the basic model (9)
  • pricey (3)
  • binds in hard dirt (2)
  • hard to start (1)
  • can't find any (1)
  • kill switch needs to be moved (1)
  • lack of depth control (1)
  • doesnt' hold a lot of fuel (1)
Most Helpful Favorable Review

“Greatest Little Lawn/Garden Tool I Own”

  We bought this tiller to redo a lawn. For year and a half after we cut down a tree in our front yard we couldn't get grass to grow. We had bought soil and grass seed many times. No use. So we bought this to work up the soil and replant the lawn. It did a great job. It is easy to start, easy to use...

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Posted on Nov 02, 2010
Most Helpful Critical Review

“Save Your Money”

I gave it 2 stars because it is indeed light.But otherwise you'd be better off getting a cheaper,more powerfull tiller.It doesn't work on wet or damp soil and if the ground wasn't already tilled prior to using you'll have a very jumpy Mantis.Grass and weeds,regardless of how low cut they are just jam... read full review »
Posted on Mar 18, 2008

Mantis Gas Mini Tiller/Cultivator, 2-Cycle Reviews

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“The Mantis Mini Tiller is so versatile and lightweight. ”

I love my Mantis Mini Tiller. It was easy to assemble and very lightweight. I have several smaller gardens and I can till up the garden space as well as use it between rows, as the garden starts to produce, to keep the weeds down. This is my second Mantis Mini Tiller.  I would not buy any other brand.

This tiller digs deeper into the dirt so I have less strain on my arms.  It is so lightweight that I can easily push or pull the tiller to break up dirt clods. I can't think of a single thing I don't like about my Mantis Mini tiller.  It's great

 

 
Posted on Sep 28, 2010

“This 2-cycle, gas Mantis Tiller is a great compact tiller! ”

Although I have had some problems with the blades binding up sometimes when you get ahold of a hard dirt chunk, I have been very happy with my Mantis. It's ease of use is unbelievable. The light weight and easy start are the reason that I purchased the machine but have found so many more attributes that have made this purchase so worth the money (which wasn't a terrible amount). I would by another one if I had the use for it.
Posted on Feb 15, 2011

“Lightweight and powerful”

This tiller is very light and powerful. Easy to use even for my wife. Very helpful

in garden and flower beds because of it's size.
Posted on Mar 22, 2011

“Great tiller, but a little awkward to hold”

I used my Mantis tiller the first time yesterday.  It was very easy to assemble and get started up.  The high-speed tines made very easy work of my garden.  I didn't try it on a grassy area, so I can't speak to how it works to till a new area.  Its very easy to use and move around through the dirt.  My only complaint about the Mantis is that the long arms (presumably long to keep your feet away from the tines) made my wrists and forearms sore by the time I got to the end of the garden, since my arms didn't fall into a natural position when tilling.  If not for that, it easily would have received...

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Posted on Apr 15, 2010

“The 2 cycle Mantis tiller is a workhorse.”

I just finished breaking ground with my new Mantis tiller. I was really impressed with the job it done. It took me a minute to figure let it do the work and it surely did. What I really like is that when you engage the full throttle it easily pulverizes hard clay. I was truly amazed for a mini-tiller . Granted it may have taken a little longer to till up my 10' x 10' garden than if I had used a full size tiller, but for all my needs and pratical purposes, this does the trick.
Posted on May 06, 2010

“mantis tiller”

works really well, I like it
Posted on May 12, 2010

“Best/awesome (small) work horse of a tiller on the market !!”

I purchased an earlier model of this tiller, about 11 years ago after an agonizing search and research into tillers, for a medium to small size tiller which might meet my total needs all in one machine. I had allot of landscaping I wanted to do and needed a tiller but did not want to spend the money for a large tiller to establish the medium to large landscape planting island beds and also have to purchase a small tiller for the smaller bed areas around the perimeter of the house.

After my exhausting search decided to try the Mantis/Echo Tiller. Mine is an Echo tiller (the same machine...

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Posted on Dec 05, 2009

“Fun to Use.”

The Mantis proved to be all what everybody says about it.  Easy to assemble.  Watch out for the sharp tines.  DVD was a benefit to watch... a little bit like an advertisement for additional attachments. Powerful, easy and fun to use.  Great for a quick touchup and did I say powerful and fun to use?
Posted on May 05, 2010

“The Mantis GAs Mini Tiller is so easy to use for light tilling.”

Posted on Sep 25, 2009

“A great tool for gardening.”

I love to have the prettiest yard on the block; I plant multipe flowers each spring (impatients, moss rose, vincas, begonias, etc.) and walk around the house each morning with my coffee, enjoying the colors of God's creation. (I also have 27 rose bushes and 30 Encore azaleas around the house.)

I bought this tiller so that I could more easily add compost and other organic matter to my flower beds (I'm not as young as I use to be), and I have to say it does the trick quite nicely.

The key to using this tiller is to make sure the ground is dry. If you try to use this tiller in wet ground, you will...

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Posted on Nov 07, 2009

“BIG BANG for a little tiller”

Just purchased this today, have a small garden space (16x8) wanted a small tiller for the area. Looked at several of them before deciding on the Mantis. Easy to assemble, straight out of the box took it to the garden spot and commenced to breaking the ground, was surpised how well of a job it done breaking new ground for such a small tiller and being a 2 cycle has plenty of get up and go.
Posted on Apr 05, 2009

“Impressed with it.”

I put fenders on it made out of break metal for more control. Try pulling it for hilling taters. I didn't by it for heavy duty tilling. I've got a big tiller for that. Be ideal for weeding btween rows. I just bought it. About 5hrs on it, no problems so far. Will update later if possible.
Posted on Apr 24, 2010

“Don't let it's size fool you!”

We put in a garden close to 20 years ago. At first we borrowed a Mantis from a relative. (It looked so small; I didn't want to spend a lot of money on something I wasn't sure could handle the job.) It didn't take long to convince us to purchase our own. Once you use a Mantis tiller you won't want to use anything else. It's easy to start, easy to maintain and the biggest feature for me (being a woman) is how light it is and how easy it is to use. When my kids were living at home they were able to use it as well. My oldest daughter is gardening in her own home now, and comes over every spring and... read full review »
Posted on May 22, 2007

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