A necessary item for the rental industry. For those wishing to hire expensive popcorn machines, the rental industry presents two special challenges: damage and convenience of movement. The Rent-A-Pop, which was developed especially for rental businesses and people in need of a portable popcorn machine, is based on Paragon's best-selling Theater Pop Series. The Paragon Rent-A-Pop 8 oz popcorn maker includes a built-in warming deck, an old-fashioned drawer, an interior presentation lamp, and a high output, hard coat anodized side-hinged kettle with a non-stick surface that is easy to clean by wiping with a damp cloth. Food zones are made entirely of stainless steel in the robust cabinet design. Heavy robust, load-rated handles that collapse when not in use were expressly designed for rental firms when the item was being developed. The unit is easy to move about thanks to the handles' padded "comfort-grips." In order to prevent breaking during transit, Paragon also replaces the glass on the front and side panels with polycarbonate ones. Compared to acrylic from our rival, polycarbonate is more durable. Glass is 4 to 8 times stronger than acrylic, and 200 times stronger than polycarb.