I'd been impressed by personal inspection of a pflueger President reel, and after this thread I decided to buy a spinning rod and reel combo from walmart for $80 two days ago. I'm very happy with it.

If i was buyin and needed a spinning reel arsenal trions get my vote i have a few and i have a few other brands the same price and more when it comes to graphite framed reel trions IMO are the best reels on the planet ...now if i could just find some penn feirce reels in size 1000 for 50$ IMO thats the best bang for the buck in a aluminum framed reels BTW the trions work perfect with saltwater also 5 yrs with reg matianace should last me 20 plus

I love pfluegr spinning reels, there the only ones I use. I've had presidents (tiny trout models and there biggest model), trions (still use one on my drop shot rod), supreme MG, regular supreme. They are all great. I plan on trying out the arbor model next, and I'm gonna get a supreme XT when the funds are available.

Have presidents, supremes and 1 supreme xt. The entire line is incredible for the money. The supreme is s very nice step up from the president. The XT is incredible for the price. I really want a patriarch but just haven't pulled the trigger yet.

X2, except I have 1 Supreme & 2 Supreme XT's

Let me just say after owning and using a patriarch and a supreme mgx, I really prefer my supreme. The patriarch is just as smooth its just incredibly light weight. The supreme line is also very light but for $100 difference, just save the money and buy the supreme.

Let me just say I love my pfluegers, I have 4 presidents, 2 supreme xts, and 1 supreme mg and love them all. I've had 2 of the presidents for about 5 years and have caught largemouth, hybrids, pickerel, even catfish on them with no problems. The presidents get the job done hands down and for the price they can't be beat imho. Is the supreme worth the increase in price from a president, I would say not for the $150 price tag but if you can find them marked down a bit then definitely yes. I got mines for $73, $85, and $110 all brand new off eBay.