Hey we got a new tiller, an electric tiller from Sun Joe
and I've never had an electric tiller before we're going to open up the box now
I'm not sure....obviously some assembly is required just by the shape of the box
I'm hoping it's not a lot Now what I have now which I have used for
years is a gas powered - a mixture of gas and oil
i it it's actually a mantis
So I have the Mantis that I've used for years and I just never know if it is going to start
and then dealing with the draining at the end of the season which you are supposed to
do and I neglect to do that sometimes So I'm really looking forward to an electric
tiller I don't have a tremendous amount of tilling
to do but I do have several flower gardens and a
little vegetable garden so it is a good thing to have
what I did was just to do some research online reviews on Amazon and other places and this
tiller was highly rated and not terribly expensive it was actually a fraction of the cost I paid
for the gas powered Mantis
This has let's see....a 16 inch tiller with it's 12 amp so it is 12 amp 16 inch tiller
They actually call it a tiller and cultivator and I'm actually not sure what the difference
is but I know I've used what I call a tiller for years breaking up soil
ok it is girl against box we'll see who wins Tillers, cultivators in general are great
for controlling weeds, starting and maintaining garden areas
So while Lillian is attempting to put this together let's see what is...if there is anything
interesting in the box ok as I said, 12 amp cultivates up to 16 wide
and up to 8 inches or 20.3 cm deep It has 6 forward-rotating steel blades for
maximum durability and performance Now the Mantis tiller that I have been using,
it is kind of odd because you walk backwards with it - that is what I am used to it was
a little difficult to get used to but this is forward moving and I had gotten
the Mantis after I saw it on an infomercials some years ago
so i have gotten a lot of use out of but it was kind of pricey and I just don't like dealing
with the gasoline and the oil and the unpredictability of no knowing if it is going to start
the weight is 27.1 lbs although most of the time you would be rolling it
so Lillian has got the handles on and I guess what would you say - about 15 minutes?
Yes about 15 minutes to get it out of the box
and put it together assuming it is put together correctly....we'll see....
the mosquitoes are out There it is - kind of a nice-looking piece
of machinery it looks actually a little more substantial
than the Mantis does I don't know if that means anything about the operation but I can't
wait to try this out ok, I don't know what I'm doing here but I
am just going to push the button in here and hold this down
Whoa!
ok So it started right up the first time
I didn't even have to look at the instruction manual
I just pushed this button on the side and held this and man this has got some power
I'm used to the Mantis where you have to pull it backwards so this flower bed has gone to
weed so it's time to till it, I'm going to change the borders
I really love the fact that I can turn this off and not wonder if it is going to start
again It is really easy to handle and it seems to
be doing a great job so far So I got a lot of work to do
thanks for watching