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Black & Decker GC818 18-Volt Cordless Electric Garden Cultivator | 
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| Brand: Black & Decker
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $191.66
Buy New: $78.25
You Save: $113.41 (59%)
(as of 9/3/10 03:54 PDT - Details)
New (14) Refurbished (1) from $64.99
Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 2337
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13
Dimensions (in): 41.6 x 8.3 x 7.8
MPN: GC818
Model: GC818
UPC: 028877580074
EAN: 0028877580074
ASIN: B000MV7WQM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Prepares soil for planting and seeding | | • | Powered by an 18-volt battery | | • | Adjustable telescoping shaft and soft grips for longterm comfort | | • | Weighs 8.0 pounds; 2-year warranty | | • | Perfect for general weeding and soil aeration |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Black & Decker 18-volt cordless rechargeable garden cultivator is ideal for cultivating garden beds, landscape beds and weeding. This garden cultivator also preps beds for planting and prepping dry and dead spots for seeding. The 18 volts of power provide an effortless and quick way to weed and aerate soil. The long tines are small enough to maneuver in between plants and counter-oscillating tines prevent weeds from tangling. The telescoping shaft adjusts for the perfect length, allowing the user to operate it standing up without bending over. This upright design offers less fatigue while cultivating. The soft grips and adjustable auxiliary handle provide this power tool with maximum comfort. The garden cultivator comes with Black & Decker's 2-year warranty.
Amazon.com Product Description
Enjoy gardening again with this innovative cultivator from Black & Decker. Perfect for general weeding or the cultivation of flower, vegetable, or landscape beds, the #GC818 helps prepare the soil for planting and seeding so your flowers and produce are more likely to take root and flourish. Powered by an 18-volt battery, this tool features tines that can get in between different plantings; other tines counter oscillate to keep weeds from wrapping around and slowing things down. There's also a telescoping shaft you can position to the ideal length--a feature that helps protect your back from strain caused by continually bending over. Finally, comfortable grips and an adjustable auxiliary handle mean you can work longer without over-taxing muscles and joints.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 83
 This really WORKS April 30, 2007
John Jamison (Arlington, VA USA)
89 out of 89 found this review helpful
For the small price and power, I didn't have any great expectations. Was I surprized? After years of using a garden weasel to cullivate and weed a medium size garden may back and patiences were dwindling. This product finished that back breaking job in just over a hour. I was actually looking for more places to cultivate. It brought back the fun in gardening. Some areas of my garden were pretty packed, but this guy dug down and loosened everything up in fine fashion. The battery charge lasted about as long a I wanted to work before taking a quick breather. The recharge is quick, getting it back up to full speed in less than 30 minutes. Just make sure you use it with the intended purchase; culivate,aerate, & weed. Beware of large tree roots.
I would say this is a Garden Weasel on steriods.
This is a Time and Labor Saver July 14, 2007
William F. Adams (San Francisco, CA, USA)
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
Black & Decker's new cordless cultivator is a real innovation. It is perfect for those smaller spaces that cannot be reached with a conventional cultivator. This would include smaller garden spaces, raised garden beds, and lawn patches. The overall weight of the unit is very manageable, and the handle-mounted 18V battery provides a nice balance. It is best that the soil being cultivated is not too wet or muddy or having too much of a clay consistency. In those circumstances the digging tines of the cultivator can get repeatedly clogged with mud or clay. Before dealing with tough clay soil, it would be wise to incorporate soil amendments (such as peat moss) to break down the clay.
This product works very well in fixing those dead spots in a lawn. After the soil in the dead patch is loosened, new grass seeds can be sown, and then covered with a light layer of top soil. This turns a dreaded back-breaking job that is done usually on one's hands and knees into a quick, simple, and even fun stand-up assignment. The adjustable hand grip will help fit this unit to a wide variety of people, large and small.
The Black & Decker Cultivator has plenty of power for all normal soil surfaces. It won't replace a jack hammer or a trench digging machine any time soon, but for its assigned task of loosening soils so that you can plant your garden or repair your lawn, it is very well-suited to the task. It also makes a great "weeder" for patrolling between planted rows to get rid of unwanted weeds.
So far, the battery life easily has outlasted all of my cultivating chores. Thus, this is a really well-designed and truly functional tool that most home gardeners will use from early Spring to late Fall every time they plant or till the soil.
Save Your Back July 3, 2007
Randy Parent (Danville, CA United States)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I was turning over flower beds -- taking out rocks and clay and adding soil conditioner. I did the first half of the work before buying the cultivator. The work was lots easier once I bought and started using the cordless garden cultivator. It goes about 4 inches deep, but I wanted to go deeper. I used it to grind up an area, shovel it into my dirt sifter (box with a screen on the bottom) to get rid of rocks and clay. Then did another 4" with the cultivator. I got down 8" total a lot easier. My back thinks it was a great investment. I highly recommend it.
Well Worth The Money May 12, 2007
R. Asbury (Ashland, ky United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I purchased this exclusively for cultivating large flower beds. I couldn't ask for a handier tool. This is perfect for breaking up soil and mixing in potting soil in large beds. It has great power and the battery lasts quite a while. Don't expect it to do much with really hardened earth though.
I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. Great product--just keep in mind what it's for. It's not a roto-tiller.
Garden cultivator July 28, 2007
Carol L. Moore
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Excellent product. I found this cultivator very easy to use and wasn't heavy at all. Outstanding battery life on one charge.
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