I have a Reign-X and a Trance-X now. Not comparable, really. Two entirely different beasts, set up differently. I built the RX up burly enough to take to the lifts, do stupid trail stuff on, take out west to Moab trip bike, but not be an absolute tank like my last big-ger bike. 65* head angle, now under 32#, and still motors. Way, way better on pedaly rides than I thought. I'm ending up riding it on local rides much more than expected.

The TX is meant for my "daily driver" trail bike when I'm not feeling the hardtail love. It's fast, light, but still so far seems tough enough for my regular trail rotation.
27# and change. If you're a smooth rider and don't ride like a bowling ball, it's sweet little trail bike. Only have had two very short rides on it so far though - lots of rain the last couple days. Still getting the fit dialed in, and want to get the bar height down a bit more. Sunline flat bar on the way vs. the 19mm rise bar on there now ought to do the trick.

The regular Reign model is the happy medium - briefly considered it as a "one bike do it all" but it would be more than I want on my daily rides, and not as much as I want at the lifts, and some particular local trails. IF in the Giant family, and could only have ONE bike at all, it might be the regular Reign with a 7" travel adjust fork, some form of piggyback air shock, and two wheelsets. Light and heavy.

Maestro pedals very, very well both up and down.

So far, the SLR's have been fine. I've picked them all up used on e-bay, for way less than retail. When they get torn up enough, I'll just re-cover them in something new.