LawnMaster TE1216M Electric Tiller 12-Amp, 16-Inch

I live Augusta, GA where my neighborhood was completely decimated by Hurricane Helene. Between that and a tornado ripping through my front yard, I lost three enormous, beautiful trees, one older than the U.S. Declaration of Independence. I decided to memorialize these beautiful trees with various fields of wild flowers, starting with the area directly below my kitchen window. I CANNOT say enough positive things about this tiller: 1. It’s easy to assemble. 10 minutes from the box. 2. It’s powerful. 3. It’s easy to operate. If you can walk a dog or a precocious child, you can operate this tool. 4. The breath and depth of this machine’s ability to unearth small/medium sized roots is nothing short of miraculous. Also surprising was its removal of the entire areas’s layers of anti-weed cloth that was laid down by the previous home owners. I didn’t intend on removing the layer of cloth, but the machine had other ideas so I went along with the plan. I’m glad I did because it’s one helluva cleaner area now. 5. One of the most impressive discoveries early on was my walking backwards with the tiller and lifting slightly towards my chest which causes the machine to pitch forward and dig deeper to really loosen that rich and moist soil - - doing so removed the need for me to even consider buying any amount of new dirt for the wildflower seeds I’ll be throwing down. I think this was one of the most useful motions used during the entire process. 6. Because my area was so packed with years of roots and layer of cloth, I did have to stop the machine three times in the 90 minutes I was tilling in order to remove the wrappings of the materials around the spool. But that’s expected. The area pictured (before and after) took me 90 minutes from start to finish. I am relentlessly meticulous about yard work. Someone else may have done it quicker. I promise you, had I not used this tiller, (a) my back would be shot by now, (b) I would be no where done - manually tilled, this would have easily been a 3-5 hour job and likely cost me a bad back for the next two weeks. I’m ready to start hitting the other areas where the tress used to be. Make no mistake, this tiller is the best decision you can make. It’s sturdy, effective, and the cost is WELL beyond reasonable. Happy Tilling!!!!

I wish i would have bought this earlier, it has saved my back the pain from hoeing up the garden. So easy to use (as long as you keep an eye out for the eletrical cord). It cuts through raspberry roots very easy, and tree roots that are small like 1/2 inch in size. I love that it folds up and fits easy in my closet. Easy to put into my car trunk. It is light weight. The only downside is that i would have to stop every so often to clear out the roots that wrap around the tines, but that is expected from all tillers.

Absolutely Amazing. It does some serious work. We had 550 sq ft of grass we removed to replace with gravel. It was extremely easy to put together. No tools were required. The size was just right for my height at 5’11”. Only cons are the cord is kind of a nuisance. And it doesn’t weigh much so you need to just keep pressure on it and just move consistently.

Put this thing through a tough trial. Loosened compacted sandy-loam with a fair amount of rocks. At this point I've probably dug through at least 3 yards of compost, and this tool is a beast. The only concern is the handle length (feels a bit long, even for a taller individual). It's easy to use, but durability is a concern as the transfer case tends to get fairly warm when running for more than 15 minutes. The tines work very well at tilling even through soil with rocks, and I can see this continuing to function well.

We were looking to borrow or rent a tiller for our raised garden beds (~300 sq. ft. total), but had no luck. Commercially available gas tillers (at the major hardware stores) were hundreds of dollars or more. We found this one on Amazon with high review ratings and purchased it. I am normally not a fan of electric garden tools, but this one performs perfectly. Plenty of power, it can dig pretty deep if you keep it in the same spot. It rips out roots from weeds and prior year plantings. Just make sure if you are running into a lot of weeds/roots, stop every so often and clean them out from the blades for best performance. I also recommend that you hose the blades off completely and let them dry before you put it away in order to extend its lifespan. I do wish it had a variable speed option, but that is our fault for not recognizing that prior to purchase. I wouldn't worry about installing the wire/cord clips, as they are not veery strong and fall off every time we use it. Overall highly recommended, we tilled/cultivated our garden beds in record time.

This is a nasty little tiller that punches well above its weight class. I'm surprised at how well it performs in compacted soil. Adjustable depth and easy folding handle so it takes up little space. So far, I've used it for one season in multiple gardens and it's great!

I chase the groundhogs with it. Just kidding. Sort of. Works great, tears the ground up nicely- ripping through roots, giving me muscles I didn’t know I had- scaring the voles, ya know the usual.

Powerful. Easy to operate. Reasonably priced. I tried my neighbor’s gas powered tiller. This is 6 wide rather than his 4 and still beats it hands down. It breaks up even hard clay.