My husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I
told him, "A Mantis tiller." It's been about 7 years since
he got it for me and I still think it's the best thing
since sliced bread (right up there with my saws-all).
So light and easy to use. Always starts up fairly easily
with a few pulls even if it has set idle in the barn for
a few months. Our daughter wanted her own flower garden
plot. It took a while for the tiller to get through the
hard packed red clay, but it did the job and spit the
rocks out as it went. I added compost on top and it tilled
it in very quickly. With a bed of deep tilled and amended
soil, our daughter has a nice bed for annuals. Subsequent
tilling takes only about 10 minutes to ready for new plantings.
My husband and I had to dig some trenches to bury the
downspout extensions of our new house. He was really struggling
as he dug the hard clay with a shovel when I told him,
"Just a minute!" I ran down to the barn and grabbed the
Mantis tiller. It broke up the clay in the trench so all
we had to do was shovel out the loose soil. Saved
us a LOT of time and manual labor. Really sold
my husband as to its usefulness too. We loaned it to friends
who used it to till some hard-packed soil at the side
of their house - they liked it so much, they bought one
too! It's still hard to believe that something
so small and light can be such a powerhouse of a machine!
And it's kind of like the energizer bunny, it keeps going
and going and going with little maintenance. We haven't
even had to change the sparkplug! Many times there is
a lot of hype when products are marketed and they sound
too good to be true. But the Mantis tiller is
everything it is advertised to be. How refreshing! Thanks
for a great product - every home needs one!
Diane O - Tennessee
I just wanted to tell anyone and everyone
how happy I am with the Mantis Tiller! I am a 60 yr.old
woman who foolishly ordered 25 trees to plant on our property.
You would not believe the rocks that machine kicked out
without any damage to the tines! Between the two of us
,we planted 20 of those trees. The best investment I ever
made. Thank you!
Rebecca S - Missouri
"Enclosed are pictures
showing how my daughter, Lynn, and I put in a garden
pond in 6 hours one day this spring. I sure like my
Mantis rototiller, and have told many people about it.
Most of them have heard about the Mantis, and quite
a few already own one. A friend of mine had told me
a couple years ago that she had one, but I didn't follow
up on the information to check one out. Last fall I
did, and really was pleased with the result. Now it
would take a lot to separate me from my Mantis!"
Ellen J - Nebraska
"My
friends thought I was nuts because I got excited about
my new Mantis Tiller. But they don't think I'm crazy now
that they've seen my garden. The Mantis Tiller makes it
easy. In five minutes I've got a perfect bed ready to
plant. I love my Mantis Tiller. I'm sure if more women
like myself knew how easy it is to handle, they would
be breaking down your doors. Thanks a million for coming
up with this idea: a lightweight tiller that's so easy
for us."
