Super lightweight, easy to handle, charge lasts long enough that when it dies I am ready for a break. The battery charges quick and I can be back to work. I have rocky soil and clay about 6-8 inches down, it can still till that up, but I do have to focus it in one area for a minute sometimes if the sod is dense. It is compact enough that is stores nicely as well.
This is a cultivar to use on garden soils that has previously been broken up. It does a wonderful job around plants in rows to keep the soil loose and weed free. Machine was easy to assemble. Charged battery and went to work.
Overall function of the cultivator is great. Out of the package the pins for the tines did not have enough clearance to fit. I had to grind the heads of the pins to fit. If a person had no tools that would give it a poor rating. The other negative is the plastic tine guard is too big. It needs to be half of that size. I thought about cutting it to a reasonable size so you can actually see where the tines are.
Overall, the tiller is good, better and more powerful than expected. It has worked well on heavy, clay soil. There are a few “buts…”. 1. The plastic screw knob holding the wheel assembly vibrates off—a lock washer would be a useful addition. Ibought one at the local hardware store to fixthe problem. 2. The unit came wihout the felt washers that are supposed to go between the blades. This delayed use of the tiller for over a week, when I had an e-mail from the company saying they were not really necessary. 3. The instructions omitted the installation of the plastic ring that secures the tines. A careful look at all the parts was adequate to show that(a) the outer tines were stamped on the wrong side, and (b) once turned around, the placement of the ring was self-evident. In sum, manufacturing QC could use a boost, user docs need revision, good design was overruled by pennypinching cost accounting, and we shall say nothing about telephone support staffing levels…. The unit works well in spite of all of the above.
It needs at least a 4 AH battery if you don't want to be running back and forth to the charger. It came with a 2.5. AH unit, but I use the higher capacity battery from one of my other tools.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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This is a great tool to keep our garden weed free! At 74 I was growing tired of fighting weeds with a hoe. Starts so easily and the battery outlasts me! I'll be looking for other battery-powered tools to replace our gas-powered ones.