Two or three months back I got to have a look at and a feel of a lovely little black number that I was led to believe was gonna be a new Shakey reel for 2011, and it was to be called President something or other. I can’t remember whether it was to run alongside the mach 3xt or if it was gonna supersede it, looked a nice piece of kit though.

anybody got any comments re the mach 3 existing reels?

No sorry Tony I don’t know.

I have 2 of the original Mach 3 reels Martyn and for the money and what you got with them they were pretty hard to beat, think they came with reel case and 3 spare spools.
Bought them along with a pair of Mach 3 11ft micro rods when they came out, after being lucky enough to be able to roadtest them before their release.
Both the reels and the rods have taken some hammer over the past few years as I use them mainly for pellet waggler work, and reels and rods are still going strong to this day and I am still more than happy with them.
Don’t get me wrong, they are hardly tdr’s but for the money they are very good in my opinion.
Can’t speak for the XT version though.

thanks for that fisher price I have bought a 10 5 feeder mach three and have a little 2500 shimano which i am less than impressed with so am looking at all options