Gillchaser999,
A friend has been using the piscifun carbon x.500 size.
I'm a daiwa fan, the sub 100.00 reels have really impressed me.
The 1000 size has been good to me.
I'm a creature of habit, with the low water I'm fishing, I'm fishing in my float tube more, cant launch the boat.
The mag seal seems like a insurance policy.
The carbon x is holding up in the saltwater as well.
He lives on the beach, catching fish in the surf.

Thought I would pass it along!!!
Thank you, for all the great posts.