People keep saying that the Ragleys climb ‘surprisingly well’, they actually climb brilliantly, it’s because the seat tube is steep, canted forward, so your weight sits over the front of the bike on climbs, so it’s not really a surprise at all.
Ragleys are slack up front, which is why they’re composed going down, but a Blue Pig is a fair bit heavier and chunkier than a Soul, which makes it feel, ime anyway, a bit trundly and uninterested on flatter stuff – I wouldn’t buy a Blue Pig for singletrack unless it was mostly all downhill stuff. I’d say the Soul makes more sense for flatter/rolling stuff.
I’ve not ridden a Marley. I do have an Mmmbop as a winter hack trail thing and it’s a blast, but quite harsh. If the Marley is basically an ally Piglet, I guess it would be a decent all-rounder and slacker than a Soul, but for ‘niceness’ , I reckon the Soul would win out. Or a Piglet if you’re not concerned about branding…
No-one’s mentioned the Stanton Slackline yet, which seems like a good somewhere between the two choice based on what people say about it anyway.
Not sure if that makes sense, but the Soul and the Ragley stuff are kind of different, I’d say the latter is more of a blunt weapon, sort of, though the Ti for my money ticked just about every box I can think of. 🙂