The best electric tiller to get your soil ready for gardening season

This is a brand new electric tiller from Hyundai. The Hyundai HYT1500E 1500W 450mm Corded Tiller is lightweight, portable and powerful with six angled teeth to easily break up compacted soil. Whether you have an allotment, vegetable garden or small holding, this electric tiller is an essential piece of kit for turning over soil for cultivating.

Customer review: "I bought one of these to prepare a lawn area which had had a heavy duty rotavator over it already. The tiller made a good job of preparing the soil. I found that both letting it go and pulling it back gave best results."

If you are looking for a cordless machine, then the Einhell GE-CR 30 Li-Solo cordless tiller is the perfect helper for easing up the soil so you can prime your yard for gardening season. Designed with four cultivator blades with a width of 30cm and a working depth of up to 20cm - this tiller is perfect for small to medium-sized gardens. For extra power, it uses two high-performance 18V system batteries from the Power X-Change series. Plus, the Einhell Twincharger can charge two Power-X-Change batteries with just one power socket.

Customer review: "For the price, it is well placed as a cordless tiller. I could have bought a cheaper cable one, but I am inherently clumsy and nearly cut through many cables in my life, and I have a largish garden with six annual beds that take an age to hoe by hand. It took me three days to properly hand hoe the beds at the start of this season; after I bought this, I did the beds in 30 minutes. Overall, I have been impressed, and I hope I get many growing seasons from this. Now to sow some green manure seeds."

This electric tiller would be a suitable choice for anyone with an average to small-sized garden. It will ensure that all the soil has been wonderfully tilled in time for you to plant your seasonal vegetables. Designed with efficiency and mobility in mind - this tiller has a small motor but packs a punch. The tiller will quickly work through large surface areas with a cutting width of 320mm, a maximum tilling depth of 220mm, and four durable steel blades. We also love that there is an overload protection system and electric brake button for safe operation.

Customer review: "This tiller is very powerful, easy to manoeuvre, and fairly quiet. It was used on the front lawn that builders had used to dump rubble in, including whole bricks just below the surface. The tiller churned up the ground with ease, hitting bricks was no problem, and the tiller just jumped when hitting them without any damage being done. Pulling it backwards helped churn up the ground to a deeper level while going forwards, it tended to rush ahead, and you had to hold on tightly! Even when the blades had plants completely wrapped around them and clogged up with mud, the tiller still worked and didn't stop. It gets the job done. A great buy and excellent value for money."

Perfect for vegetable gardens and allotments, this electric tiller from Hyundai uses four angled teeth to break up compacted soil easily. It has four rotating blades made from robust steel, and it covers a width of 36cm to make the job fast and almost effortless. When it comes to putting it away, the handles fold in to allow you to store it compactly away in your shed or garage.

Customer review: "This arrived as expected, and I assembled it with no issues. After reading the instructions I used the machine to dig up my garden, some of which was clay-based and hard, also with buried bits of old brick - the machine handled it all well and I have now laid the new lawn. Whilst light the machine does pack a punch, when hitting debris (suck as buried bricks) it did bounce around a bit, but it was manageable."

This is a fantastic affordable option if you are looking for something compact for smaller-sized gardens. Ideal for prepping small to medium-sized flower beds and vegetable patches, it works to a maximum depth of 20cm and a width of 30cm. We love the nifty thermal protection feature, where the machine detects when the engine is under too much pressure or is overheating and switches itself off automatically. Plus, The Handy THET Electric Compact Tiller is very lightweight and can be manoeuvred around easily.

Customer review: "Right out of the box, it's easy to assemble; although the switch was a bit fiddly as the screw retainers didn't line up well with the holes on the handle, it took less than 10 minutes before it was ready to rock and roll. I highly recommend this machine for those on a budget; keep it clear if it starts to get fouled and the jobs a goodun."

Prepare soil for gardening with the Garden Gear Electric Garden Tiller. It's a cultivator and tiller with a powerful 1050W motor. The sturdy tines can break through tough soil, making it suitable to plant vegetables, flowers or to level an area of ground. Additionally, this garden power tool has a two-point safety power switch and cable safety loop hook.

Customer review: "No problems, it does exactly what its described as, at a sensible cost so no issues for me."

The battery-powered eSkde Cordless Garden Tiller is lightweight and comes with an 18v Li-Ion battery and charger. It features a multi-position soft-grip handle. With a cutting depth of 80mm, it's perfect for preparing soil on vegetable patches and allotments. This multi-purpose garden power tool can be used for hoeing the ground or for more intensive breaking up soil. It doesn't have the power to cultivate to any great depth, but it is ample for normal soil preparation and takes labour out of digging, forking and hoeing.

Customer review: "This is not a heavy duty tiller but it is brilliant for keeping the borders weed free and the top couple of inches of soil aerated. I also purchased a spare battery."

This powerful WEN TC1014 Electric Tiller has a 10 amp motor that drives the tines to 360 rotations per minute, tilling soil up to a depth of 8.7 inches. Overload protection kicks in around rocks and other immovable objects, to prevent damage to the blades.

Customer review: "I tried pulling it backwards rather than pushing it forwards and it turned into a small miracle. It was able to churn up my rock/cement ground far better than I would have ever expected it it and I was super impressed. It still bounced a lot but it really did a great job for the cost and weight."

With four heavy-duty blades, the Mac Allister MTIP1400-2 1400W Corded Tiller is effective at cultivating soil to a 200mm working depth. It boasts a 1400W motor and six-metre power cord for effective tilling in a small to medium size garden. Additionally, this tiller has a foldable handle for easy transportation and space-saving storage.

Customer review: "As the manual says, check the blades regularly. The product for its strength is quite light, so it does bounce around a little over lumpy clay soil. Noise-wise it is just like a very loud lawnmower. I wore ear plugs for comfort and that was fine."

Turn over hard soil and weed with ease, with the Dellonda Electric Tiller. It's a lightweight and portable tiller, that boasts 400rpm and a blade diameter of 205mm. It will effortlessly turn over soil to a working depth of 220mm. This hand corded tiller features an adjustable wheel position so it can be folded for space-saving storage with a folded footprint of just 40 x 60 x 45cm.

Customer review: "Great tool makes the dirt fine and it will dig in hard dry top soil easily."