I dono if that's a great reason to give up on them. I'm not a dr1 owner but I have had 2 tr3 reels have issues in the first couple days of use this year (out of four tr3s total). I didn't give up on those. I fixed or had them fixed and moved on. None of the reels are flawless (I spun a paddle handle off a tr3 yesterday randomly). I'd just ask hc to loctite the screws and re spool it. Pretty small problem.