If it's windy, try a get a swim where the wind crosses you FROM your rod hand -that way, any loose coils fall into your lap, not round the reel seat or (worse) between spool and back. It's a ball-bearing reel, so you hold it vertical, which also helps prevent it from eating your line!
And you're dead right it doesn't take much to start it spinning - so think with your thumb!
It seems to me to have that X-factor that makes a well-behaved reel, I've no idea why, though. Enjoy!