They do seem to have lost something over the last few years, I remember years ago in the UK there were XLT's and DFX's everywhere and they were well respected machines.
Nowadays in our hobby magazines the dealers never advertise whites machines and never really push them if you ask about them.
A big disappointment to me was the launch of the MX7 as a new machine, I have even heard on podcasts members of the Whites field team recommending it to people that already own a MX Sport. It is exactly the same machine, is this really the best Whites could come up with? Repackaging the same machine in a different housing and sticking on a different coil?
I have had many Whites machines over the years, Classic III, XLT, DFX and MXT.
For whatever reason they are getting left behind, especially with the up and coming manufactures from Europe. Which leads me to another point, they always ignore the European market who do not want a detector telling them they have found a quarter!!! One of the reasons I have stayed away from the MX Sport, had this the option to turn off the labels then it would be much better.
Here's hoping they do come out with something special in 2019.