I am a fan of Pflueger and own 1 President and 3 sizes of the Trion model. I've had 2 of the small Trions on my UL trout rods with 6-8lb line for at least 10-15(20?) years, never a problem. A couple more of the medium sized ones are on trolling rods for the boat, no probs. The larger sized Trion is on a steelhead rod, love it. The President is new last season (was on sale for $39.99 at the local tackle shop and I too have G.A.S. !) and I was curious as to how much difference there was between the models, so I bought one in the 2500 size. Have it on an 8' trout/steelhead rod, and have only used it a couple of times, so not overly familiar with it yet (as in... have not landed a fish with it, yet), but I spooled it with 12lb NANOFIL with a flouro leader, and during the two hook-ups I have had, it performed just fine.
To be forthright, I don't really see much difference in the two models. The President "seems" a bit more "solid", but who knows ?, might just be that "new to me" feeling. I'm sure that I can expound further, when I have made a thousand or two more cast/retrieves with it.

In other words, I find them to be quite a good value, as adequate as any of my Okuma, Daiwa, and Shimano spinning reels that I have.

I should probably add that I don't believe in spending a bundle of money (like even $100-150+) on ANY reel (though I have several, that I bought used, that were in excess of that, at retail) simply because I am of the school of thought, that the rod and the line choice, along with skills of the user, are far more important. As long as the drag works sufficiently, and the retrieval is smooth....I am happy.
Especially happy..... when I out-fish, out-catch, a buddy using a combo that cost more than 3 of my combos combined !
(I particularly love it when I am fly-fishing with my less than $250 set-up, and out-fish the guy with the Sage and Abel, Rio line, etc. $1500+ set-up !)

All in all, good price point for what you get, go for it and good luck !

I have two combos I bought off Groupon for like $17.00 a piece. They’re super cheap, obviously, but they’re great for giving friends who don’t have gear to use when I take them fishing. I’ve caught some decent trout, wiper, and even a catfish on them. Last year I decided to upgrade the reels on them. I went to Sportsmans Warehouse and bought one trion and a Shimano Sienna. They were both on sale for about thirty bucks. I think they’re about the same, both cast well and are pretty smooth, for thirty dollar reels. The only thing I don’t like about the Pflueger is the handle screws in and even though it has a nut on the other side, it’s always unscrewed and loosened itself up when I get it out of the truck.