Features:

  • Powerful Honda 4-cycle (gas only, no fuel mix required) 25cc engine spins the tines twice as fast as other tillers
  • Weighs just 24 pounds. Tine speed up to 240 rpm
  • Finger controlled throttle for infinite speed control and ease of operation
  • The compact 9 inch width allows the tiller to get into tight spaces around your yard that larger tillers cannot get to.
  • The unique, curvy tines can be used to till down 10 inches deep. Or, simply turn the tines around to shallow cultivate the top 2 to 3 inches of soil.
  • Includes handy kickstand for steady placement when not in-use and for easy fueling
  • Folds for easy transport and storage
Little power horse

Works better the expected. Age and some disabilities make it harder to use a larger rear-tine tiller, this little guy tills up the soil very well. On grass covered ground the tines tangle up in grass and roots pretty fast and have to be cleared, but on established beds it does a wonderful job.

Know its place

Ok, for those of you with big gardens, going say from a 17" rear tine tiller is very different. It takes quite a bit of work with this guy. We cut our garden down to 35x35 this year and I would say if I solo tilled the entire area, it's a 4 hr job for the most fit for a couple of inches in good soil. I wanted to try it before dropping 900$+ dollars on a rear tine. It's a must have anyway, ever pulled weeds for hours? So overall, I'm eyeballing trenches, weeding, holes , etc..more than tilling again. It is surprisingly quiet, adequately strong, well built and effective. I hope it shines with decades of run time like the stories. Just know it's place, small gardens/areas.

This Little Tiller Really Chews Up The Soil.........

This 4-Cycle Tiller runs great! I had the 2-cycle version and it also worked very well, but it was sometimes difficult to start. This spring the old, 2 -cycle, tiller would not start at all. I was searching for repair parts when I found the new 4-Cycle version. I was concerned that the 4-Cycle would not be as good, but finally decided to order it anyway. I'm very glad that I did. It took me about 20 minutes to put it together, add the included engine oil and put gasoline into the tank. It took 2 or 3 pulls and the small Honda engine was running. In my opinion, this 4-Cycle engine runs every bit as well as the old 2-Cycle does. It chews through almost anything you put it into. However, shallow tree roots will jam you up and you may need to shut down and unwind them from the tines. Some larger stones will sometimes get jammed in the tines, but they're not difficult to remove. I'm very, very pleased that I purchased the Mantis 7940 Tiller and the fact that I no longer need to mix gas and oil makes my life a little bit easier.

Small and light with big results for the home gardener!!!

I was surprised. Didn't expect the results I got from a small tiller/cultivator. It really digs in when tilling and In an established garden, you can get right in around your plants without destroying half the garden. Lots of control. Sure saves a lot of work weeding. I should have gotten this long ago. And the Honda powered engines are the best! Start-ups are real easy and they are real quiet. The dethatching and aerator attachments will be handy in the spring.

Great Tiller

As a previous Mantis owner and new owner of the Four Cycle Mantis I am well pleased with it's performance. My Mantis starts easy, runs quiet, and I am especially excited about the hand control of the tiller. I consider it a good buy.

Easy start, and a great light weight tiller!

This is an amazing little tiller. It is light, but, man, does it dig in. The assembly is pretty straight forward. I watched the You Tube assembly video, and it was useful. Reading the instructions after the tiller was delivered was kind of like a refresher. The kick stand, however, is a major struggle. I am going to order a couple of the accessories, the edger and the crevice cleaner, as they seem to be most useful when keeping the house and yard up to snuff. The engine starts easily, and the tines change out with absolutely no problem. All told, this is a fine tiller.

Excellent product for use as it is designed for.

I had an older 2 stroke Mantis I had gotten used, it was a 'tank'. After pondering to purchase a new one, I chose a 4 stroke model. I am glad I did, it has the torque and ease of operation wrapped into one unit. And it is quieter too. As in the Mantis design whether 2 stroke or 4 it DOES THE JOB, what it is designed for. For smaller applications and ease of use it's hard not to purchase a Mantis. Yeah, I know it sounds like an advertisement for the company, but, no I am just a backyard gardener like you.

when I received it I was amazed at the quality

looked at the 2 stroke but decided to go with the 4 cycle instead for the torque, not having to mix gas and oil and being able to slowly throttle it around the small plants when cultivating. when I received it I was amazed at the quality, I was expecting the usual tinny handle bars and tine cover and so so craftsmanship, boy was I was impressed they were both heavy gage metal and well made right down to the nuts and bolts supplied for assembly. and assembly was very easy and took about 45 min. from opening the box to running, ( watching there assembly vid on there site or u-tube saves a lot of time ) took it outside filled with gas toggled the switch to on, pushed the bulb 7 times and closed the choke and it was running on the second pull, our soil is Willamette valley clay and still a little wet but had no problem digging in, I can see a lot of use for this tiller especially cultivating around the property, digging holes for trees and following behind the troy-bilt, now I want to say this machine will not replace a large tiller like a bcs or troy-bilt when breaking new ground especially in heavy sod, it can do it but you will be pulling the entangled grass and roots from your tines and will be time consuming ( the tiller can take it though ) but when done it will have no problem next time, and is great in all ready established gardens, for the size of the machine you are getting a lot of tiller that will last a long time

Nice tool for small gardens

My garden was overgrown and not properly maintained for the last couple of years. A week ago I turned the raised beds over with a shovel. Last night I assembled the Mantis (maybe 30 minutes) and attacked the beds. They were full of tight clumps of grass and weeds. I was VERY IMPRESSED with this cute little tiller. It's easy to use, quiet and does the job. Some of the clumps it would chew right through, some it would spit out the back. The most ornery ones I shook the dirt out of and threw into the compost bin. The huge majority were chewed up and spit out. It's a keeper. For raised beds it's perfect. Small enough to easily fit but powerful enough to dig in break up the clumps. It does collect longer grasses which get wrapped around the tines shaft. I stopped periodically to unclog the tines. I view this not as a fault of the tiller but as penance for neglecting the garden for so long. The Honda motor is easy to start, quiet and plenty powerful enough to do the job. It only bogged down once when there were so many weeds and grass wrapped in the tines it couldn't turn. It's very light. My wife would have no trouble carrying it from place to place nor handling it in the garden. Seeing how yesterday was Mother's Day, I didn't offer her the "opportunity" to try out the Mantis. I think she will be comfortable using it however.

No regrets!

The Mantis 4-Cycle is my first ownership of a tiller/cultivator having previously usually rented (or paid someone else) to rototill my yard for gardening purposes or landscaping. The assembly went relatively well though I found some of the nut/bolts to tighten the handles to the base seemed ill fitted and took quite a bit of dexterity/strength and the right vise grip to get it tight. However, all was good. Then when I went to put the wheels on (purchased separately) I realized I was going to have to undo what I just spent some effort to tighten. Hmmm, could the directions have given a little forethought to us newbies? I watched several videos and it really helped with the kickstand and all in all thought the assembly was within my tolerance and would rate it 4 stars. I went with 5 stars because the machine is a kick to use. Here in the Pacific NW I used it literally within the first few days of March. I had a 25 X 20 patch that was rototiller a year ago and never planted. There was some clover and other grass that had grown in the area mentioned. The soil was slightly wet but the machine handled the task really really well. Yes, once there was a larger rock which required me to stop and take off the wheels, but otherwise nothing out of the ordinary regarding clumping. And, changing the direction of the wheels from tilling to cultivating was very easy. Much simpler than I predicted based on my assembly experience. The soil appeared well pulverized, and I was able to mix in 3 or 4 cubic yards of compost really well. Other things that stood out to me include the machine runs relatively quiet, especially when idling. I did lose a nut and bolt from the kickstand, which may have been because I didn't tighten it quite enough. I've also noticed the motor turns slightly to one direction but it doesn't appear to effect the function at all. Again, I'm aware that I probably need to tighten a few items. All in all, the machine is fun, manageable for someone turning the big 60 later this year, and has me wondering about when I get to use it again.

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