Help picking a reel!

1. I'm new to fishing and wanted to get a budget rod/reel to go try and catch some small fish at some local rivers and ponds in VA. I bought a 6' Medium/Fast Daiwa Aird-X Spinning Rod for $50. I will be fishing from the banks but i can't stand for more than a few minutes at a time so i wanted a very light  and short setup that i could comfortably use while sitting. I want to get a matching Daiwa black/gold reel to go with the rod and there are two i'm looking at. I tried to pick the smallest and lightest reels that would handle 8-10lb line and still be affordable. One is the Daiwa Regal LT 2000 for $60. The other is the Daiwa Exceler LT 1000 @ $80, that's $20 more than the Regal. What i wanted to know is it worth the extra 20 dollars, i don't know anything about fishing so it's hard for me to judge if the upgrades are worth 20 dollars more, also i have been looking at reviews of them both from buyers on websites and there seems to be a common problem popping up on seller sites about the Regal not spooling properly. Please let me know which one i should get. Thanks!

Can’t speak to those, but I have a Daiwa Revros LT2500 that I got for $42.99 that impressed the hell out of me. 
 

3 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Can’t speak to those, but I have a Daiwa Revros LT2500 that I got for $42.99 that impressed the hell out of me. 
 

Yup, great reel for the $

Thanks for that recommendation, i added it to my short list. I found some online today for $40 and free shipping but they were sold out of the size i wanted. I'm going to keep an eye out and if i see the size i want for that price i'm going to get one if i haven't gotten something else yet.

Not sure what size you’re looking for, but Amazon has the LT2500 with free shipping for $41.70. 

 

 

Yeah i checked there and saw that, the only thing is i stopped buying from amazon if it wasn't Prime because i had a bad experience where i couldn't return something that was defective and it cost me a lot of money. I actually just found the Regal LT 2000D online for about 10 dollars more and picked it up. After tax and shipping it came to 54 dollars. Thank you for your help! 

It looks like that reel and the Aird-X rod will go well together and be a good combo that only cost me $100