LawnMaster TE1318W1 Corded Electric Tiller 13.5-Amp 18-Inch Orange

Decades ago I rented a tiller = think it was Honda. Remember it was very heavy and literally pulled me around the yard -- like trying to hold on to a bull at a rodeo.After removing what little St Augustine grass was in the front yard, assembled this little tiller (took about 5 minutes). Doesn't say in the book when using if you "go forward" or "walk backward". Tried both ways,Found it wants to go forward, so 90% of time let it semi pull its self. It's light enough that you can control it completely, regardless of if going forward or pulling it back towards you.Occasionally, in tight corner spaces, let it run while pulling back and forth -- it does do fine and looses the dirt (as good if not better going backwards) but it sorta digs a hole in that spot.Tiller is not loud, and to my surprise it has a lot of power -- it never "bogged down" when it hit hard dirt or spider web type roots buried in the dirt. Took about an two hours to do 50' x 30'. Did a "cross" pattern as it suggests in the booklet.Tiller Does Bounce up and down. Discovered that occurs when it hits really hard compacted dirt. When this happened, it is best to just quit advancing forward, and also push down on the handle bars to raise the blades slightly, and then lower the handles slowly -- a little at a time -- giving the blades time to break up and loosen the hard dirt. A lot of my yard was very hard and going so slowly giving the blades time to break up the soil really added time to get job done.Hit a few roots about the size of my finger, and the tiller would generally just "hop" over them. Occasionally, it would break a root of that size, but not often. It does not do well in damp or kinda muddy dirt, so avoid those areas when using. A couple of times small roots had to be "unwound" from the blade shaft (note: these roots didn't stop the tiller from working, but removed them as preventative maintenance as instructions suggested)Actually, I was amazed this light weight small tiller is as efficient and effective as it is -- especially for the 150 cost.THE ONLY ISSUE I FOUND: --There is a cut out in the handle for your extension cord to loop thru to make connection to the tillers male a/c plug. The location of where the electrical cable goes thru the handle is right near where the power switch is located -- so, if your wearing gloves (like the instruction books said) it is very difficult to operate the switch. Even without gloves, the power cord still is "in the way" of the power switch. Also, the connection of the power cable from the tiller and the extension cord kept coming disconnected. Finally tied them together in a 'square knot'. That fixed the 'disconnect' issue. Be sure to keep the extension cord AWAY from the blades when your operating the tiller -- it will wind your extension cable up in the blades a heart beat (dont ask how I know)Overall, this little tiller did exactly what I needed it to do. Am very pleased, and think it was well worth the money. Would recommend it very much.

Well, I have to admit I did not think this little machine would do as well as it did. We decided to make a small vegetable garden between the house and our fence. Nothing too big but needed something to till it up and prep the area. The size of this was perfect. So easy to use out of the box. Just attach the handles and wheels and ready to go. Took all of 5 minutes. Seems very rugged for its size. I started tilling and it dug right in. This was a somewhat grassy area, so I was not sure it would handle it very well. I watered the area the night before to help soften the soil. It dug right in and did a fantastic job of tilling the area. Was very easy to control and comfortable to handle. It was finished in no time. Raked the area to remove any grass chunks and roots and it was perfect. Highly recommend.

I spent a lot of time trying to decide between electric corded device and a 43cc gas powered. I am extremely happy with my decision to by an electric one. This is perfect for my use case. Small backyard garden (500 to 600 sqft) less than 50 ft from the outlet. This thing requires almost no maintenance which is a huge plus for something that used only few times a year. Also you can start stop it million times with no big concerns, unlike an internal combustion engine. The other benefit. Electric motor has very good RPM torque curve for the job. The internal combustion engine, especially the 2 stroke ones have very bad torque at low RPM. This thing has huge torque at very low RPM, allowing it to overcome any spike in soil resistance.In conclusion I will strongly recommend it if you have small garden with readily available outlet.

Easy to assemble. Very quiet considering the turning it does. On tough soils or grass with deep roots, it'll start bouncing on you as it doesn't have as much weight as a gas-powered rig. It has a cross bar that you can step on (probably not recommended by the manufacturer, though) to help keep it digging into the soil. Great handles for an easy grip; they help when pulling back on the machine to dig deeper into the soil. Keep track of where your extension cord is - don't want to run over it!

I needed to lower a 200 square foot area covered with hard packed clay our not-so-thorough pool builders left behind. This little tiller chewed through that mess twice in under 4 hours. I wish I had gotten a video. I am extremely impressed.It's pretty light for a tiller, so it can only take small cuts without pushing down, but the speed of the blades kept it moving at a tolerable speed. Pushing down is work! The smaller slices of clay were easier to shovel into a wagon, and what we kept was easier to mix with actual dirt.The blades look thin, but were still sharp after many rock strikes - did I mention our pool builders mixed the clay with rocks?Assembly took less than 10 minutes, and I never needed to look at the manual. It has a slot in the handle with a hook for securing the extension cord. I still found the cord a little inconvenient when backing up, but not at all when moving forward.

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.