LawnMaster TE1216M Electric Tiller 12-Amp, 16-Inch

This little tiller is amazing! It was first used to dig up a stretch of ground to plant a garden and did fabulous! Moving along to a week ago... we needed to level the ground for a new 14 ft diameter pool and out comes this little monster. It chewed up that ground like a dog with a bone! It took about four hours all together and it's still not level (our fault, not the machines) but this tiller did what we required it to do and didn't hesitate. 😁 My son wouldn't let me use it because he said I didn't give it enough pressure and was only scratching the surface so I'm assuming you need elbow grease to actually dig the ground. He did the heavy part. He said if it broke after we were done we would have definitely gotten our money's worth! Happy to say, they picture in the garage is after we finished and it's not broke. It worked through many hours, never hesitated, never over heated (I did, it was HOT out there!), dug up some huge rocks and didn't once throw them, bumped across the ground all along the way but still kept going! The only issue we had was with the plug and cord (not the machine's fault, just the nature of corded vs battery vs gas powered). I just walked along behind my son and held the cord out of his way. It's simple to operate, just push the button and pull the trigger to start it. There's a lever at the bottom to adjust the height. It's so simple to use! I definitely recommend it for home use. It's a little machine that packs a powerful punch!! Well worth the price!

I'm using it to break up the clay soil in my garden, and it is working very well so far. It was easy to assemble, and it seems very sturdy and well-designed. A great value.

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.

I'm impressed with the power of this little tller. It cuts through the ground nicely and doesn't get hung up on small rocks or clumps. It goes to a decent depth also and is small enough to fit in small flowerbeds or other such areas. We did a couple of those plus our bigger garden spot that's about 12x20 and it works nicely. The only thing I don't like is that there is one speed only and it's quite fast. It throws a lot of dirt and small rocks back towards you as you use it. It would be nice to be able to slow it down. To combat this I found that pulling it towards you tends to work better than letting it run forward, or you can let it go forward a couple feet then pull it back a foot etc. Overall we like this machine and saved quite a bit over a gas powered one.

Holy cow- I underestimated the power of this tiller! I figured since it was electric that it would be good, but not great. I’m so glad I was wrong. This thing is a monster! It tore through some tough terrain for me and it did it with ease. I believe I did over 100 feet of tilling (two passes) in probably 20 minutes. I look forward to getting this thing out again when the weather complies so that I can tackle some more landscaping 😄

Amazing tiller for the price. Tilled a 100 x 50 fr garden with it no problems at all. Very powerful and quiet compared to gas tillers. Super lightweight too which is nice for maneuvering it around

I was impressed with how well this performed. I used it to till about 1/8 of an acre that I was restarting after killing off a bunch of vines. This had plenty of power to chew through most of the vines that I had missed, even cutting through ones up to about an inch thick. As long as you don't mind managing a power cord, I would recommend it. Much quieter than a gas powered tool, cheaper, and should have less maintenance.

An Excellent and powerful tiller. It worked very hard on my big yard and it did an Excellent job.It's very quiet and it chopped up hard grounds around my garden.

If you are considering to use this machine in Australia, it’s not right machine for you. Even if you are buying for different country other than USA to use check if it’s suit there. Check Plug, voltages also amp as well. Bought it for use in Australia, unfortunately couldn’t use and had to return it.

I bought this electric tiller 2025 for the veggie garden season. It worked beautifully. If your soil has been already broken, this is the tool but I wouldn't recommend it for 'breaking ground'. Take great care of it to last. I brought mine inside the house into the basement for storage to ensure it doesn't experience too cold of weather. I am in my later 60 's and it wasn't too heavy to manipulate getting down the stairs into the basement.

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Je l'ai assemblé en 15mn. Un petit engin qui fait des merveilles. Le moteur est fort . Et avec 6 lames .Ça fait un beau travail. Je recommande fortement cette machine

This took me 20 mins and oh my God this little thing works amazing. For a small garden may a mid size one it's amazing . I am very impressed I had to hold on lots of torque fabulous.