" notpastityet?" wrote in message
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Has anyone got one of these? How do they perform? How light are they to
use?

I saw an advert in the Garden News and wondered if it was worth getting at
£50.



waste of £50........they will hardly scratch the surface.

Has anyone got one of these? How do they perform? How light are they to use?

I saw an advert in the Garden News and wondered if it was worth getting at
£50.

"Malcolm" wrote in message
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" notpastityet?" wrote in message
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Has anyone got one of these? How do they perform? How light are they to
use?

I saw an advert in the Garden News and wondered if it was worth getting
at
£50.



waste of £50........they will hardly scratch the surface.

You've either never owned one or have incredibly hard compacted soil. I
have an electric Mantis tiller. It copes well with weeds, digs comfortably
to a depth of 10", produces a lovely tilth, weighs just 9.5 kg, and I'm
absolutely delighted I bought one last year.

--
Malcolm

yes, I compared it to my FI's £350 B&S petrol which breaks through anything.

So if you buy this £50 model you have to dig over compacted soil
first.........

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waste of £50........they will hardly scratch the surface.

You've either never owned one or have incredibly hard compacted soil. I
have an electric Mantis tiller. It copes well with weeds, digs
comfortably
to a depth of 10", produces a lovely tilth, weighs just 9.5 kg, and I'm
absolutely delighted I bought one last year.

--
Malcolm

yes, I compared it to my FI's £350 B&S petrol which breaks through
anything.

So if you buy this £50 model you have to dig over compacted soil
first.........

I wasnt plnon usit on compacted soil. In my experience NOTHING - not even a
so called industrial cultivator will do that. Its a spade and fork job.

I was thinking of an on going job of running across the small ( 10ft x
10ft ) ornimental and annual beds I have and weeding round a few borders.

"Malcolm" wrote in message
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" notpastityet?" wrote in message
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Has anyone got one of these? How do they perform? How light are they to
use?

I saw an advert in the Garden News and wondered if it was worth getting
at
£50.



waste of £50........they will hardly scratch the surface.

You've either never owned one or have incredibly hard compacted soil. I
have an electric Mantis tiller. It copes well with weeds, digs
comfortably to a depth of 10", produces a lovely tilth, weighs just 9.5
kg, and I'm absolutely delighted I bought one last year.

I didnt know Mantis did an electric one? I have seen their petrol driven
one and thought about it but read ( here) that it had engine problems (
you have to mix the oil/ petrol prior to it going into the tank.).

If its not a rude question, how much did your electric mantis cost?

--
Malcolm

"Malcolm" wrote in message
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"Malcolm" wrote in message
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" notpastityet?" wrote in message
...
Has anyone got one of these? How do they perform? How light are they
to
use?

I saw an advert in the Garden News and wondered if it was worth
getting
at
£50.



waste of £50........they will hardly scratch the surface.

You've either never owned one or have incredibly hard compacted soil. I
have an electric Mantis tiller. It copes well with weeds, digs
comfortably to a depth of 10", produces a lovely tilth, weighs just 9.5
kg, and I'm absolutely delighted I bought one last year.

I didnt know Mantis did an electric one? I have seen their petrol driven
one and thought about it but read ( here) that it had engine problems (
you have to mix the oil/ petrol prior to it going into the tank.).

If its not a rude question, how much did your electric mantis cost?

They've done an electric one for a while now.

see: www.mantis-uk.co.uk for current prices

--
Malcolm

How much!!!!! Christ, you'd be cheaper hiring one.

Redman

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That's not an "engine problem", it's standard practice in
two-stroke-engine garden equipment like chainsaws, strimmers etc. No
problem at all.

"problem" as stated on this baord was that this meant that the mantis was
not a reliable starter and not a good machine. Only repeating what was
said.

Actually, you can get self mixing two strokes. My quibble is with petrol
driven at all. I find them too heavy, hence looking at electric.

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:54:22 +0100, " notpastityet?"
wrote:

Has anyone got one of these? How do they perform? How light are they to use?

I saw an advert in the Garden News and wondered if it was worth getting at
£50.


I don't think you can really compare one costing £50 with a £300
electric Mantis. It's probably something you could use for light
weeding in already cultivated ground.

"Jupiter" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:54:22 +0100, " notpastityet?"
wrote:


I don't think you can really compare one costing £50 with a £300
electric Mantis. It's probably something you could use for light
weeding in already cultivated ground.

Thats about all I want it for. I have a number of small beds which need
weeding. They are well tilled but I am tired of spending a long time digging
them over each year. I need something manoeuvrable.

For fifty quid ( they say its a £100 recommended retail) I doubt if I can go
badly wrong even if it only does do my borders.

I dont need a mantis or for that matter a "proper" cultivator.