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Scheppach MTE460 review

1500 W and twenty-four blades at 400 rpm across 450 mm, 220 mm deep, with an instant start and a folding handle.

The bottom line One of only two machines here to publish a tine speed — 400 rpm — alongside the full set of dimensions: 450 mm wide, 220 mm deep, twenty-four blades, 1500 W. Listed across five markets, which makes it the one machine on this shelf whose price can be compared between countries.

What the maker prints on its own page

An electric tiller with a powerful 1500 W motor, stated as ideal for loosening and working soil in smaller and medium gardens and in flower and vegetable beds. A 450 mm working width and up to 220 mm working depth make soil working effective and ease the preparation of beds and growing areas. Twenty-four robust blades at 400 min⁻¹ give reliable loosening, ideal for seedbed preparation, removing weeds and working in fertiliser. An instant start allows quick work and an integrated protection switch guards against unintended starting. The electric drive needs no petrol and produces no exhaust. The compact machine is manoeuvrable through beds and smaller areas, and the folding handle reduces the storage space needed.

The speed, published

400 min⁻¹ — revolutions per minute of the tine shaft.

Two machines on this shelf give it and six do not. What it describes is how the soil is worked: a slow shaft chops and lifts, a fast one shreds. At 400 rpm with twenty-four blades the machine is making about 160 cuts a second across its width, which is a fine-tilth arrangement rather than a ground-breaking one.

Five markets

The only tiller here listed in five of the six marketplaces this site reads.

That is the comparison this site exists to make: the same reference, the same EAN, read in five countries on the same day. Everything else on this shelf is one or two markets, and several are Germany alone.

What the electric drive buys

The listing makes the argument directly: no petrol, no exhaust. On a machine used a handful of times a year that is the strongest case there is — no fuel to go stale between March and the following March, no carburettor to block, no pull cord.

What it costs is the cable, and on a vegetable plot at the bottom of a garden that is the constraint.

What is not stated

Transport wheels, on a 450 mm machine. And no weight — the two omissions that run through most of this shelf.

Availability

From 120 € to 160 €, that being the spread across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores on the day of the survey.

Beyond the euro zone, the British Amazon store prices it in its own currency, which the spread above sets aside.

Nothing came back from the American Amazon store at all; the buy button there runs a search rather than opening an empty page.

Taken from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and prices move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 26 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

The declared figures, and the point they stop at

Strengths

  • A published tine speed, which only one other machine here gives
  • Listed in five of the six markets this site follows
  • An instant start with a protection switch against unintended starting

Compromises

  • No transport wheels stated, on a 450 mm machine
  • No weight published
  • No anti-jam clutch mentioned, where a machine at the same price and size states one

Specifications

Working width450 mm, as stated
Working depthUp to 220 mm, as stated
Power sourceMains, 1500 W input as stated
Tines24 robust blades at 400 min⁻¹
Transport wheelsNot published
WeightNot published
Amazon referenceB088NW3DDG (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4046664090977

What this machine usually gets asked

Is 400 rpm the same as the other machine here?

The two listings both state 400 min⁻¹, which is the same figure written the other way. Two machines of the same width, depth, blade count and speed at the same price is what a shelf of rebadged designs looks like, and this page reports what each listing says rather than speculating about where they were built.

What does instant start mean?

That the machine runs the moment the switch is released from its lock, with no priming or warm-up. On an electric tiller it is unremarkable; the protection switch beside it is the part that matters.

Does it have transport wheels?

The listing does not say. On a 450 mm machine that is worth checking before buying, because without them the machine is carried and it is front-heavy.

Who this one is for

A large bed or vegetable plot, and a buyer who wants to check the price against another country

Guides that feature it

Price and availability

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

Details checked on September 26, 2026.

Sources

Specifications: manufacturer sheet and Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.

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