Buying Advice Mantis XP tiller

[deereman10]

I'm looking at a new Mantis XP tiller. It makes a 16" swath. I have the smaller tiller and i really like it but its only half the size of this one. Anyone have it? Use it? Is it worth the $600?

 

[Bird]

I like my little 2-cycle Mantis, but use the dethatcher attachment more than anything else; a 15" power rake, in other words. I would expect that Mantis XP to be a good piece of equipment, but if it were just for tilling, I think I'd buy a regular tiller to till walking forward instead.