VonHaus Electric Tiller 1400W – Garden Soil Cultivator/Rotavator – 40cm Cutting Width, 22cm Tilling Depth, 6 Steel Blades, 10m Cable, Brake Button, Tuck Away Wheels, Foldable Frame

I have held off reviewing this garden tiller until I had given it a real test. It was delivered some while ago but circumstances delayed my using it until the last couple of days.The first part of my purchase; ordering, prompt delivery, packaging etc., all 1st class and I would recommend the company's systems for any deliveries in future.As for the product itself. I wanted to dig over an entire established lawn but I am too lazy to do it by hand so was hoping to find a machine to do it for me without breaking my back! Research suggested I might have to pay many hundreds of pounds for a machine robust enough for this task. Even hiring one was going to be £40 per day and I anticipated having to rotovate perhaps three or four times to obtain the required tilth. It was, therefore, with some apprehension that I bought the Von Haus tiller, hoping it would be up to the task.After 15 mins. simple assembly I'm delighted to say this machine is well up to the job! The soil was pretty well compacted and yet the tiller dug in and turned it over with no problems. I hadn't realised how much shale, stones and even house bricks were just under the surface, yet this tiller took everything in its stride. I have achieved a reasonable tilth after only a couple of passes and can now dig in fresh top soil, sand and manure in half the time and with a lot less effort than anticipated.DO read the instructions first. Be prepared for a bit of bouncing around until the tiller digs in. It is a bit hard on the arms, but nothing like using a fork. The gear box does get a little warm after a while so don't over do it. All these things are mentioned in the instructions so there's no surprises there.Overall, I highly recommend this digger for its overall quality, strength, build quality and certainly not least its price.

Used this for breaking down old turf when relaying a lawn. Loosen and lift the turf with a fork, go over with the tiller and all the soil is removed from the side leaving just the grass and roots which is much easier to remove with a rake. Another couple of passes to remove heavy compaction underneath the turf. Made a difficult job very easy. Easy to assemble, no issues using and good value for money. Highly recommended.

Great medium workhorse. I've given this industrial use on a new build house site. It'll do brick size stones but not boulders. Carry a garden fork and breaker bar for them. Chomps its way through stoney clay type soil as well as sandy gritty. The tines get covered in greenery which needs clearing every now and then. The tines are easy to remove and straighten in a big vice. As I said, industrial use. I've cleared 400m² so far with this to create a meadow and make holes for trees and trenches for shrub hedges as well as large flower beds in a very stoney site. Unfortunately, the weak point is the wheels. I've always used it with the wheels up but managed to break the mounting somehow. It's not too heavy and fits in a wheelbarrow. You can safely operate the switch with one hand after a couple of practices. I fully expect this to clear the ground for my veg beds and polytunnel. I'm loving my new house.

I have used domestic Tillers in my large garden for many years This one is by far the best ever ! Its really capable of working my heavy clay soil into a wonderful condition. Its easy to use & performs 100% in every way. The 1400 watts of power put all other machines in the shade, PERFORMING quickly & efficiently. The price for this machine compares very favourable to any other on the market & I did lots of comparisons. Delivery was amazingly quick & the order was top notch ! Its a pleasure to use and a pleasure to deal with a Company so dynamic and organised to serve there customersMany thanks Alan.

Am really impressed by this. I had a large section of garden to rotavate in prep for improvements and had considered hiring but the cost of this made buying attractive. It easily handled my garden in no time at all and was easy to manoeuvre and store. I was concerned about flying stones etc but this just didn’t happen even in areas with lots of small stones. I’m glad I made the purchase.

My garden was not the best to begin with so we decided to start over. This router was more than up for the task helping me dig out a ton of discarded building rubble including a full paving slab! I did shred a belt in the process and it was difficult to find a replacement, but once I did it was on the job and chewing up the ground. Great piece of kit, would be nice if spare were also supplied on Amazon

Very easy to assemble, would have been easier if I’d read the instructions and not put the lower handle on upside down but even then I was using it within 20 minutes of it being delivered. Does a very good job of turning over heavy, root infested stoney ground and after just a couple of passes left a nice fine tilth.

i bought the machine because with my arthritis I find it difficult to dig. The machine is extremely powerful and practically pulls you along the garden - its a bit of a beast.It doesn't work very well on areas with long grass; so cut the grass first if you can, or you'll end up (as I did) trying to untangle the blades. It also tends to pull to the left, so you need to keep an eye on that and try to compensate. Would be useful to be able to adjust the power setting, rather than having to fight the machine.