Black & Decker GC818B 18 Volt Cordless Garden Cultivator

Product Review

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.

Product Features

Prepares soil for planting and seeding
Adjustable telescoping shaft and soft grips for long-term comfort
Perfect for general weeding and soil aeration
Weighs 8.0 pounds; 2-year warranty
Requires 18V Black & Decker rechargeable battery and charger (not included)

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Average Customer Review

(5 customer reviews)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Behold, the electric hoe!, August 20, 2011

chris carlton - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black & Decker GC818B 18 Volt Cordless Garden Cultivator - Bare Tool (No Battery Or Charger) (Lawn & Patio)

At first I thought this might be the second most worthless gadget ever invented (the first being the electric can opener), but after using it for light tilling and weeding in my little backyard garden, I love it. It was free because I picked it up from someone's curbside trash pile, so a great value. It doesn't till deeply or do well in compacted soil, but if you have a small garden with good loose soil, its a great time saver for weeding and aerating the top three inches or so. It yanks tough grasses and weeds out by the roots and gives them a good thrashing, and does a good job of breaking up clods after turning by shovel.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Toy, not worth it., April 17, 2011

Ed W. (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Black & Decker GC818B 18 Volt Cordless Garden Cultivator - Bare Tool (No Battery Or Charger) (Lawn & Patio)

I have a very small front area that needs tilling/cultivating each year. Not a big deal to do by hand but I'm a gadget guy and when I saw this I was intrigued. I already have a few B&D cordless items w/ 18v batteries so I got the battery-less version of this tool. I got it a few days later and tried it the day I got it, it had rained night before and I used it at around 6pm, so I would say 12-15 hours after it rained about 1 inch of rain.
I live in Queens, NYC. Soil is thick but not clayish. Soil could use some perlite and peat moss but it grows good flowers each year, will get around to the perlite/peatmoss one of these days.
On a full battery, this tool seemed to be straining to work, it felt like a toy motor was running this thing, even though it has some heft to the base where the motor is.
It had a VERY hard time working my soil and I would say it took me twice as long to work soil with this tool as it did to do it by hand with a hand tool cultivator (ones with...Read more

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Love My Cultivator, January 11, 2011

Garden Lover - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Black & Decker GC818B 18 Volt Cordless Garden Cultivator - Bare Tool (No Battery Or Charger) (Lawn & Patio)

Originally, I found this on sale at Lowes after Christmas and couldn't wait to give it a try. I have extensive gardens so I bought another battery to keep going. When I needed a combination birthday/Christmas present for a friend I immediately thought of this product. Weeding is a snap! Be sure to order it with a battery and charger!