I bought a Mountfield cordless tiller to replace my Mantis 2stroke when it finally bit the dust. I looked at the newer Mantis 4stroke but it was outside of my budget and the one thing I hated with the 2stroke was that hateful noisy whine, so the battery one is a blissful dull rumble in comparison. Before buying I did worry about a battery one not being up to the job but I find it great, it's surprisingly gutsy or that's my opinion. It's not going to plough up uncultivated ground but it will turn over beds beautifully.
Battery life could perhaps be better, I think it's around 35 mins for the bigger type battery. But as I can only manage to do stuff for a limited time before needing to stop and rest awhile, it works well for me. I use it then plug it in and while it charges, which to be honest is fairly quick with the fast charger, I take a break and crash out and then perhaps do a little more. Having a spare battery I think would give better scope for getting jobs done if away from an electric supply. I'm sure other brands are good too I just went for this as the battery is interchangeable with several different units and as the batteries are nearly as expensive as the gadget it made sense to have one battery that fitted several handpieces.
