Mantis 7920 2-Cycle Plus Tiller / Cultivator

This mantis is great it does a much nicer job then the less expensive ones. Its well worth the extra money. I ran it out of gas last fall in the spring i put fresh gas in primed it 3 times pulled it 2 times and started rite up. I recamend buying the kick stand and the sleeves that go on the shafts they make it much easier to get grass untangled.

awesome product, a work horse for my 20X20 garden

Warranty registration is impossible. Won't accept model number. Second one I have owned. Hope it still has the Echo chain saw engine.

Extremely disappointed in this product. We have had it for a year and it has very little hours on it. Today, it locked up and won't start.

It is a great gardening tool

It's a Mantis, tills up dirt like nobody's business. Make sure the soil you are tilling is free from rocks and tree roots. It's like hanging on to an angry goat by the horns.

Day One.Easy to assemble. Seems well designed and reasonably sturdy. Only odd thing was two acorn nuts that didn't get used. I plan to re-read the assembly instructions.Started very easily. Warms up to working level quickly.Set about two tasks -tilling a new bed and cultivating an established gardenTilling - I had previously broken ground with a broadfork. The Mantis tilled but lacks the mass to break up the bigger clumps. It also built up pretty regularly and had to be cleared. This was on moist kelechi clay with dead grass on top. Lesson learned - taking the tines off is an easier way to clear them then a pry bar. On dryer ground and smaller clumps it worked liked a trooper. It does bounce until you draw it towards you but that is to be expected given its mass. Bottom line I plan to stick with my ancient tiller for the first pass and then go to the Mantis in cultivator mode. It's low mass design is a feature in many ways but a liability for heavy tilling in tough soil. On the plus side a conventional tiller "pans" the bottom which is super undesirable. The Mantis is less guilty of this deficiency.Switching from the tiller to the cultivator is super easy.Cultivating - My garden has been worked for many years now and while the soil is not great is has lots of organics and is not longer kelechi. The Mantis made light work of it. What would normally take hours by hand was a 20 minute effort with the cultivator.Bottom line after the first days use I would heartily recommend it for working established beds and gardens. The jury is out for tilling as yet.

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