I was looking to get a tiller when I was finally able to have a garden 3 years ago. I looked at Mantis and a couple other ones. The Spousal Unit nixed them all because he said they looked cheap and not like it would stand up to any kind of work at all. He looked at the Stiel (sp???) ones and said anything else was junk compared to how that was built. He has had Stiel chainsaws for years and said they are the best, outlast anything else. I wanted the tiller for "me", but I have yet to use it. He gets it out and putzes through my garden stuff. I guess it satisfies his desire to play in the dirt, since we no longer plant any farm crops since we cash rent the cropland out. I am not going to complain, he can till all he wants. And he does.
