hey David,
built the pop paradise myself, built one for me and another for my brother, used it in New Caledonia in Feb and found it to be awesome, very serious stick with heaps of power. Casts the poppers miles with relative ease, the recovery rate of the graphite in the blank was really good hence why it launched poppers so well. I would love to have got a pop witch though as i reckon being that bit shorter would make for a better fish fighting tool, not that i had any problems with the 7'10" but the longer the rod the more it will eventually hurt, if i had the choice i reckon 7'6" pop witch would be the go especially since they have the same rating, but couldn't source one.
mick