okuma titus gold reel drag lever problem

Hi All,

Just bought an Okuma Titus Gold 30 2 speed and I'm after any feedback about
these reels. I haven't used it yet but a couple of mates and I are taking a
boat to Tassie in March '06. The things I do like are; it is very light for
it's size, it's smooth enough, it was a lot cheaper than similar
Tiagra/Penn/Daiwa and the finish is good. Seems fairly heavy duty too. The
only thing I do not like is a what I consider to be an issue with the lever
on the drag system.I have set the drag to 5kg in the strike position.

When the lever is nearly at free spool, such as would be when cubing/strip
baiting, it has a lot of lateral movement, as well as being very loose in
forward/backward movement. My cousin has purchased a 50WII and it is even
worse than mine when nearly at free spool with the correct drag setting. It
literally falls into free spool if you 'tap' the reel body hard enough a few
times. Both my cousin and I have contacted Okuma via e-mail but they don't
seem interested!

Does anyone own one of these or knows of this issue?

Thanks in advance,

Steph.