Yep. First time I got ready to take it out fishing with DanS, we noticed the button had fallen out; somehow and some way. Of course, we "reel" men don't need a foofie lil button....now if it was a streamlined steelie going 90 to nothing, it would be a tad more difficult. It just takes some time to get used to, or you can send them back I guess

Overall, the reel is bad @ss. Broken or not, it's still getting loaded up.....I'm talking about the reel, not the fisherman, or am I?