Mantis 7920 2-Cycle Plus Tiller / Cultivator

Not a bad little tiller at all! I own a larger self propelled rear tine tiller that I’d used previously that did a good job but was a work out to use and much larger than I really needed. I’ve since placed it for sale and purchase the Mantis. This is a perfect little machine for the average home or small homestead gardeners. Very simple assembly, I’m certain even the most non skilled person would understand the assembly instructions. Lightweight, easy to carry from shop to garden and if toting isn’t your thing, fire it up and lightly depress the throttle and the tines will walk itself, they will lightly dig in however. Probably not recommended but it works when moving around the garden for me. Fuel consumption seems adequate enough, I can till my entire garden on less than a tank. Quieter than I expected too. I like to till deep and this Mantis does the job, just remember that unlike a typical tiller, you will pull the machine towards you, it takes some practice to follow a straight line for uniform rows. Rock back and forth and even angle the machine in the row a bit to dig deep. I’m thoroughly pleased with this tiller and wish I had gotten on sooner. UPDATE: This spring we’ve had an inground pool installed and the process wrecked our yard and left behind are huge mounds of left over dirt. Solution, use this dirt to repair lawn damage and fill in low spots in the rest of the yard. Problem, that’s a lot of dirt. Problem, the dirt mounds are tough to shovel. Solution, my handy dandy Mantis tiller to the rescue. Since it’s to lightweight I can easily work it on these huge mounds of clay and dirt, bust it up and easily shovel into the bed of our UTV and transport where we need it. I’m working the hell out of my little machine and it’s a beast.

This mantis is great it does a much nicer job then the less expensive ones. Its well worth the extra money. I ran it out of gas last fall in the spring i put fresh gas in primed it 3 times pulled it 2 times and started rite up. I recamend buying the kick stand and the sleeves that go on the shafts they make it much easier to get grass untangled.

These tillers are so light weight and easy to use. I was skeptical, but now am so impressed with the power and ability get the job done. Not fatiquing to use like the big heavy ones and much eaier to manuever. I have a full size tiller, but always reach for the Mantis, rarely use the big one now.

Each year I rent one of these to open my gardens. This year I decided it was worth it to me to own one myself. You can not beat the quality. It is very lightweight and easy to maneuver and it is extremely powerful and durable. Video is first time I started the tiller. One handed! Picture is exactly ten minutes later. I was able to open an entire flower bed full of clay and rocks. So very happy with purchase. Delivery was fast and customer service at Mantis was very quick to answer any of my questions. Very happy to own my Mantis.🌱

Worked good for one season. This year, wont start. New gas, air filter clean, checked plug. Nothing. My last one lasted 10 years. Quality of the stuff they build today just is not the same.

This little guy is awesome! I have a 2000 square foot area ready for gardening. First pass we tilled deep, I definitely needed to swap off with my husband because my forearms were getting a workout (not exactly super buff here). However, the second time I swapped the tines around to go more shallow to mix in lime and fertilizer,and I did the whole garden area solo in one go, and I didn't need to refill the tank. I was concerned about having to crank start it, but I quickly got the hang of it and by the second tilling it started up for me with no problems. Such an improvement over a hoe! Easy to assemble, use, and store. I plan on using it for weed control between rows later in the year, and the hubs as already mentioned using it in the front yard for much needed landscaping. It has already been a major time and back saver! I highly recommend it for the home gardener!

I bought my first Mantis Rototiller in 1996, when you could only buy them from T.V. advertising. We grew a vegetable garden in our yard every year. My brother was a contractor who did landscaping in new housing tracts. He told me to put Blood & Bone meal in my garden in the spring. The Mantis is like a blender, light weight, easy to handle. And made growing a garden much easier. In 2011 I was retired, and we moved to the Kern River Valley, to a house with 1/2 acre of property. Around 2016 my Mantis quit working. I didn't see anything wrong with it. I looked it over again and all that was wrong was I left a full tank of gas in it all the time since I bought it. That would be 20 years, and the gas line in the tank dissolved. I still have the old one and it still works, and they recently had them on sale on Amazon. I couldn't resist buying another one. It was $349.00, in 1996 they cost $300.00. Not a bad price for 27 years later. Makes growing a garden and digging up weeds a lot easier.

As far as craftmanship is is top quality and if you have a raised bed garden with good soil this is a great product. I have a field that was plowed this year and wanted a tiller to get up close to the vegetables. I have some rocks in the garden to the point that they get wedged in the tines and stops them from turning. Then when i get passed my rocks the tiller is to lite to handle the hard ground jumps up and down a whole lot. Again the tiller is good quality and built great but not for freshly plowed ground. I give it 3 stars but for my use it is to lite for my garden.

Broke up some very hard ground. It took a bit of going over but did an amazing job. Easy to handle. Love this little monster!

Easy to use. Very powerful. Attachments take only seconds to change.