Sun Joe 16-Inch 13.5 AMP Electric Garden Tiller/Cultivator,Black - New

Opening the package everything was jumbled around. I noticed that there was a supplied 500w 120v to 230v transformer in the box. This is not suitable as by my calculations this rotates it requires at least over 1600watts. A small inverter would not be powerful enough to run the rotavator. It's also a point of failure. I don't see it lasting very long. If you're from the UK / euro I would avoid buying this. We've started the return process. We're very disappointed as it was a long wait for delivery.

I received this tiller within two days of ordering. To tell the truth, was not expecting such a workhorse from an electric Tiller. I am a little older, and my husband just had surgery, and does not always feel like taking out our gas tiller. All I can say is I was BLOWED AWAY. I thought it might be hard to put together, NOPE, it has everything assembled except top two handles, and with the instructions included, it was only putting in 4 bolts and screwing them in, NO TOOLS NEEDED, I had it up and running within 20 minutes. My garden has some amendments, but it is in clay soil, and it takes a bit of work to dig and break up all the clay. I did dig the day before with a shovel to get it out of the ground, then used this to break it up really well. It worked like a mule. Just a push of the tiny start button on the side that you hold in until you pull the trigger, and it is raring to go, It bounced very little, you DO NOT have to manhandle this thing like some other tillers, it is lightweight, and with a little push, and forward handling it digs down really well. I would recommend this to all the ladies out there that wants to do your own work, and not have to depend on anyone else, at ANY age. The only con is the push button to have to continue pushing if you let it stop, but I saw someone say they taped it so it would continue running, I might try that. I will store this out of the rain, and in my She Garden Shed to try to make it last longer, and keep the tines cleaned out, and maybe wash them after use with the water hose. I did buy mine for 129.00 the price seems to go up and down, so watch for better price. It went up in price after two days, maybe because it works so well!

This little tiller is a beast! We had two sweet gum trees removed from our front yard recently, and the old bed where they were planted was in desperate need of tilling so we could rake the soil and level it out for planting some new grass and new Crape Myrtle trees. This tiller did an amazing job, and was just what we were looking for to make the work easier and faster. We did have to pause several times while tilling the area, unplug the tiller, and carefully remove left over tree roots that had wrapped around the tines, but that was to be expected since the sweet gums were well established. But having made such quick work of our tough and clay heavy North Carolina soil, I can only imagine how well this tiller would do in a garden or flower bed, without the tree roots and heavy clay to contend with. This is easily one of my favorite Amazon purchases ever! Fun and super satisfying to use, and it was very easy to put together out of the box. All you have to do is attach the two sections of the handle, and you’re ready to go. Just make sure you order a heavy duty outdoor extension cord to power it as well. If you need a tiller for your home garden and yard projects, this could be the perfect choice for you.

I ordered this after reading most of the reviews on it. I bought a few Sunjoe products and I've been happy with the quality and performance of all of them so far. I like that all the packaging inside is cardboard, and easy to recycle. I plugged it in taking care to use a good heavy extension cord as it recommends, of course. This machine is a beast! It chewed through some hard ground with medium sized rocks in it that hadn't ever been tilled and was nearly impossible to put a shovel into. I had a 10x20 ft plot fully tilled to a beautiful powder consistency within about 15 minutes and right to its maximum depth about 8 in"! It hit a few tree roots, the smaller ones of which it just broke up no problem, a few of the larger ones I had to stop and unwind them from the tines but that's to be expected. The handles and height are very comfortable and make it easy to control the tiller moving forward and backward. The weight of the unit compared to some other small tillers I think really helps it dig into the ground. My ground included quite a few clay sand and small rock clumps that were hard to break up with a shovel. This guy just ate them like it was no problem at all. Impressive. I 100% recommend this unit for anyone that's got a small garden area to till and wants a machine that puts maximum effort in. You won't be disappointed!

Works great for my use case. I have 2 large areas in my front yard that I have planted shrubs in. I have used wood chip mulch to help with weeds and make it look better. Its too dry here for grass (water controls). I was getting too many weeds to just pull by hand. I hate weed barrier as it works for a year or 2. I used this to till up the weeds and refresh the mulch. It worked awesome. Plenty of power and I don't need it a ton of weight. This is light weight and very maneuverable. It was like the Tasmanian devil on the weeds! I am really glad it worked as I hoped. I have bee hives so I don't spray pesticides. This is a great tool for my larger areas to weed.