The 100's are some of the smoothest Tatulas I own. I had a SLX and SLX XT , both got geary feeling pretty quick. Tatula 100's and CT's remain smooth. Just my experience.

Like somebody mentioned above the 100's can be had for around $110.

25 minutes ago, johnD. said:

I had a SLX and SLX XT , both got geary feeling

My brother was describing this last night. His SLX is a year old. The 3rd greasing with ACE did nothing to change it.

3 hours ago, PhishLI said:

My brother was describing this last night. His SLX is a year old. The 3rd greasing with ACE did nothing to change it.

My SLX is the same way, you can hear it from the back of the boat- and like his mine has nothing to do with improper lubrication nor abuse. 

1 hour ago, BaitFinesse said:

What is it with the newer Shimano platforms getting geary feeling?  Met, Curado I, Curado 70, Chronarch Ci4+ and now the SLX.  The current Chonarch and Curado K seem to be OK r-right?  I've been holding off on adding any modern Shimanos to my arsenal until this issue was fixed.  I had assumed this was in the past and newer platform were immune.

On my I it wasnt the gears but the pinion bearing. After greasing that good it was smooth again.