I ordered the Eradicator 67SUL slow taper special this morning. JDM tackle heaven showed them as in stock last night and this morning. I sent a question asking if they had a status for the 69XUL being in stock, got a reply at about 1am that the 67 and 69 were both in stock. The 69XUL must not have lasted long as it was out of stock at 530am when I got up for work.

After watching the videos (Randy's and Victor's(ifish)) on the Eradicator seeing the bending curve and the description of feeling the thump when getting a bite I think that is more what I'm looking for than the "automatic hooking" of the Diplomat. In Randy's video of the Diplomat he mentions that with the diplomat the thump isn't felt very often.