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Honda FG 110

Honda's benchmark mini-tiller: the 25 cc GX25 four-stroke OHC engine driving four front tines for a 23 cm (9 in) tilling width to ~20 cm depth, narrowable to 15 cm by removing the outer tines. At 13 kg dry it is light and foldable for established beds and small allotments. Engine, 23 cm width, 13 kg dry weight and UK price (RRP ~£650) verified via Honda.

Indicative price
£600–£680

Honda FG 110 tiller
Honda official product photo

Specifications verified.The specifications here have been checked against the manufacturer's published figures and/or dealer listings. The price is still sourced from current online listings — confirm it against a live quote before you buy.

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Who it's for

Best for: Established beds and small allotment patches.

Strengths

  • Honda reliability
  • Light and easy
  • Foldable handle
  • Great for beds

Trade-offs

  • Small width
  • Not for virgin ground
  • Premium price for size

Where the FG 110 sits in Honda's range

The FG 110 is the smallest tiller Honda sells, and it is not priced like it. At £600-680 it costs about the same as the FG 315 (4.5 hp, 80 cm) and more than the FG205 (1.9 hp, 45 cm, £380-480) or FG201 (1.6 hp, 30 cm, £450-600), both of which move considerably more soil. You are paying for the 25 cc GX25 four-stroke, the 13 kg dry weight and the fold-flat handle rather than for tilling width, and it only makes sense once you accept that.

Where the FG 110 wins is in the places a 54 cm tiller cannot go: between rows on an established bed, along a fence line, inside a raised bed or down a polytunnel border. With the outer tines removed it tills a 15 cm strip, which is genuinely useful for weeding between closely spaced rows without disturbing the crop. That, and the fact that one person can lift it into a car boot, is the whole case for it.

What the GX25 engine means in practice

The GX25 is Honda's mini four-stroke, from the same family of engines it fits to its brushcutters. For a tiller buyer the practical differences from a two-stroke are simple: it runs on straight unleaded with no oil to mix, it is quieter and cleaner at idle, and it does not smoke. Honda designed the GX25 so it can be run and stored at any angle, which matters on a machine that gets stood on its nose in a shed and worked on sloping beds.

One horsepower is still one horsepower, though. The FG 110 is tine-driven — there are no powered wheels; the rotating tines pull the machine forward while the drag bar holds it back and sets the depth. On loose, previously worked soil that gives a fine tilth to roughly 20 cm. On compacted ground, turf or a bed full of couch grass roots it will bounce and ride up, and no amount of technique changes that: the machine is simply too light to bite. Break new ground with something heavier, or hire it, then keep the FG 110 for the maintenance work it was built for.

Attachments, and the Mantis question

Honda lists optional kits for the FG 110 — edger, dethatcher and aerator among them — which turn it into a small lawn-care tool in the months when the beds do not need tilling. UK availability of those kits varies by dealer, so confirm before buying if they are part of the plan. Without them, it is a tiller only.

The inevitable comparison is with the Mantis, the other small tiller allotment holders talk about. The two are close in width and weight class; the Honda's advantage is the four-stroke engine and the Honda dealer network, the Mantis's is its attachment range and a very long track record on British plots. Our Mantis vs Honda comparison goes through it head to head, and the full Honda FG110 review covers the machine in more depth than this page can.

Buying new or used in the UK

The FG 110 is sold new by Honda garden-machinery dealers and online; the RRP is around £650 and there is rarely a deep discount. Used examples come up regularly on the usual auction and marketplace sites, often from owners who bought one for a job it was never going to do — breaking a new plot — and gave up. That is your buying opportunity: a lightly used FG 110 that has spent two years folded in a shed is usually mechanically fine.

On a used one, check three things. Tines: they should be sharp-edged and the same length, not worn to stubs, and the tine shaft should turn without wobble. Fuel system: a GX25 left with petrol in it over a winter will need the carburettor cleaning before it runs cleanly — fine if you can do it, a dealer bill if not. And the recoil: it should pull smoothly and return fully.

Specifications

Specifications for FG 110
Category Garden tiller
Type Front-tine · Petrol garden tiller
Power source Petrol
Engine Honda GX25 4-stroke
Power output 1 hp / 0.72 kW
Working width 23 cm
Weight 13 kg
Status Current model
Indicative price £600–£680
Price basis Online listing

Front-tine machine. Width and weight determine how much ground you cover and how manoeuvrable it is — heavier machines bite harder but ask more of you to turn and transport.

Compare the FG 110

FG 110 — your questions

How much does the Honda FG 110 cost?

The indicative price is £600–£680, based on current online listings. Always confirm against a live quote — these figures are estimates pending verification.

What size plot is the FG 110 suited to?

Established beds and small allotment patches. With a 23 cm working width it is built for tight spaces, raised beds and getting between rows.

Is the FG 110 petrol, diesel or electric?

It is petrol (Honda GX25 4-stroke). That means strong sustained power for breaking and turning ground, with routine fuel and oil maintenance.

Will a Honda FG110 break new ground on an allotment?

Not reliably. At 13 kg with a 23 cm rotor it is designed for soil that has already been dug; it will skip across compacted turf and clog in couch grass. The sensible route is to break the plot once with a heavier hired rotavator, then use the FG 110 for the years of weeding, incorporating compost and preparing seedbeds that follow. It is a maintenance tiller, and a very good one.

Honda FG110 or F220 — which should I buy?

The F 220 (2 hp, 54 cm, £650-780) costs about the same and tills more than twice the width, so it is the better buy for anyone with a full plot to keep cultivated. The FG 110 earns its place where the F 220 does not fit: raised beds, between rows, polytunnel borders, and for anyone who has to lift the machine in and out of a car alone. Our F220 vs FG110 comparison sets the two side by side; plenty of keen growers end up owning both.