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Nicest and Ugliest looking high speed lift stations

Started by Lift Kid, Jan 22 2006 10:59 AM

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#1 Lift Kid

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Posted 22 January 2006 - 10:59 AM

What are the ugliest and nicest looking high speed lift unloading or loading stations in your opinion?
If you have any pictures, I'd like to see them!

I think the ugliest are the Garaventa CTEC stations at Vail.


The Nicest looking stations I think are the new Dopplmayr CTEC Stations are really cool looking!

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Posted 22 January 2006 - 01:00 PM

I like the UNI-GS from CTEC. I didn't like it first, but it's grown on me

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Posted 22 January 2006 - 01:30 PM

Blah, UNI-GS BAD!!!

UNI-G Good. :biggrin:

Even though the two terminals are exactly the same inside, the UNI-GS has no aesthetics I think. It looks like a terminal that's from the late 80s rather than something from today. I understand that's it's quite a bit cheaper than the UNI-G model and that's probably why it looks cheap, but I think that Doppelmayr CTEC could have done a better job at skinning it. However, I heard that the UNI-GS was actually designed by Doppelmayr/Garaventa rather than Doppelmayr CTEC.

Of course these are just my views and opinions so I hope no one who works for Doppelmayr CTEC is offended. I just prefer the UNI-G 99.9% over the UNI-GS, because it looks a lot better in my opinion.
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 01:41 PM

I've grown to like it, probably only because I've been on a lot of them compared to very few UNI-G lifts. However, it is way too big, and the bottom part does look a little strange. From far away, it looks like a semi truck next to a minivan, the tiny little Stealth 3
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 02:32 PM

I actually like the Poma Competition terminals from the late 80s and early 90s. Lots of windows (which doesn't hurt from a maintenance perspective inside the terminal, either) and a clean design.
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 06:58 PM

I'm kinda of a fan of the new Poma Omega style terminals (at least that's what I think they are called). I agree with Cameron though: UNI-G: good, UNI-GS: Bad!
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Posted 24 January 2006 - 08:44 PM

I'm a stealth guy myself along with UNI-G and I add to the contingency here that holds that the UNI-GS isn't that great.

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Posted 28 January 2006 - 09:30 AM

View Posticeberg210, on Jan 24 2006, 09:44 PM, said:

I'm a stealth guy myself along with UNI-G and I add to the contingency here that holds that the UNI-GS isn't that great.

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I think that Doppelmayr in the second photo design looks like a civil war ironclad.
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#9 Lift Kid

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Posted 30 January 2006 - 07:15 PM

I totaly agree with that!!!

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Posted 30 January 2006 - 08:34 PM

View PostLift Kid, on Jan 30 2006, 07:15 PM, said:

I totaly agree with that!!!
I wonder if it is as seaworthy as the old Ironclads?

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