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I ran mine brakeless for a while. Ended up putting a front brake on as I was carrying v heavy loads (kid, bag, me). Downhill with a heavy bike is not good for a coaster brake. I repacked mine with some ordinary grease as the stuff inside it was brown and the hub was new, brown grease didn't really appeal. Pretty minimal braking capabilities for a bit with new grease, but then it settled down fine.
My knack for getting the pedals level is to use your lead foot to brake with the crank arm near vertical, then when stopped there should be enough give in the drive to have it ready to pull away. Straps help a little.
Also there's no click from the free wheel so you can do some ninja freewheeling, plus you can freewheel backwards for some backward ninja freewheeling.