I own a SunJoe lawn dethatcher/scarifier, an extension pole saw that you can remove the pole and have about a 13 amp 8" chain saw (it's awesome and then some). So, I decided this was a perfect tool to add for minor landscaping. Like the other two items, this had ample power to do the job without a hint of stress on the electric motor. It was easy enough to control, although I should have taken down the lattice first. I was going to try and just till down about 2 inches, but this thing was so easy to use it was difficult not to go down 6-8 inches or more. I'd allow the tiller to go forward a bit, then pull backwards and it dug into the soil with ease. I went back and forth a few times to really loosen the soil in our front flowerbed. Then I stood back and leveled the soil the best I could, and then used a 4x4 to pack the soil back in case it rained. Just like the dethatcher and pole saw, this worked very well. I cannot stress enough how important it is to use the correct size extension cord. Take the dethatcher for example. I follow a guy on YouTube that does professional landscaping and he wanted to make a video about this SunJoe dethatcher and aside from the very undersized catch bag, he loved this. He used it on several lawns in a professional manner, than started loaning it out to anybody and everybody in the area that wanted to use it. It worked flawlessly until #15. He left the dethatcher out on the driveway with the correctly rated extension cord. When he got home, the person took the dethatcher and left the extension cord, and the tool came back with a burnt out motor. I have a degree in electronics and I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that the person used an extension cord that was not rated for the 13.5 amps and burned the motor out. The extension pole saw...equally amazing. We had a hardwood tree in our back yard that was dying, and parts of the limbs were dead on the ends, and hanging over places like the shed, fence, and neighbor's shed and swing, so I had to remove the limbs carefully. My neighbor came over to give me a hand and with ropes and cuts and pulling, we were able to bring down the limbs without damage to anything besides dents in the lawn. He said he'd come back the following day with a gas chain saw to help cut the rest of the tree up. He went to borrow his dads chain saw, but it wasn't running at the time so he went and bought at 45cc Craftsman gas powered chainsaw. This 45cc gas chainsaw bogged down repeatedly, so once he had to leave, I pulled the SunJoe saw back out and went to work. The SJ saw never showed any stress with the cuts, even when I was using the 8" bar to cut through 14" hardwood making long cuts. Judging by the number of times I've refilled the bar oil lube container, I've probably used the saw for 5-6 hours of non-stop cutting time. That saw is a little beast. If the motor on this tiller is equal to those other two, this tiller will be powerful enough to do any job you need. It's not as big or heavy as a gas powered unit, but it's so much easier to use. Throw in the hassle of renting one at a big box store, the wait, the paperwork, loading, driving home, cleaning up, returning, waiting, unloading, etc. This little tiller is a great investment. If you're going to use this for tilling anything of decent size, be sure to do so after a rain or after watering the ground. Trying to till compacted and dry soil is tough. I tilled my 5,000 sq. ft. front yard with a big box rental tiller and made the mistake of doing it compact and dry soil, and the tines just skipped over the surface kicking up dust. It was a big learning lesson...