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Featured on header: Pan Pacific Singapore (MItsubishi)
These are some of my “records” of various elevators I’ve filmed so far, from the highest, fastest, largest, etc.
Each of these records contains embedded video (from my YouTube channel) of the corresponding elevator. Feel free to watch one of them!
TALLEST ride / LONGEST travel distance
TALLEST ride / LONGEST travel distance
Location: Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan
Height distance: 350 m
Speed: 600 m/min (or 10 m/sec)
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Year installed: 2011
Date of filming: 16 December 2012
TALLEST MRL elevator / MOST number of floors (MRL category)
TALLEST MRL elevator / MOST number of floors (MRL category)
Location: AGORA Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia
Number of floors served: 20
Manufacturer: Schindler
Year installed: 2022-23
Date of filming: 26 February 2025
*MRL: Machine Room Less
LARGEST elevator
LARGEST elevator
Location: Dubai International Airport - Terminal 3, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Capacity: 9100 kg
Manufacturer: Fujitec
Year installed: 2008
Date of filming: 13 February 2025
FASTEST elevator
FASTEST elevator
Location: Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan
Speed: 600 m/min (or 10 m/sec)
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Year installed: 2011
Date of filming: 16 December 2012
SLOWEST elevator
SLOWEST elevator
Location: Suntec City Mall, Singapore (platform lift at level B1 near the entrance to Fountain of Wealth, Lift VLP-4)
Speed: Unknown, but it's extremely slow!
Manufacturer: Unknown, possibly made by a local company
Year installed: Unknown
Date of filming: 30 November 2015
UPDATE: This elevator has been replaced into a SELE MRL elevator from Italy.
SMALLEST elevator
SMALLEST elevator
Location: Okumura Clinic, Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Capacity: 3 Persons / 200 kg
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Hitachi Home Elevator
Year installed: 2000s (exact year unknown)
Date of filming: 1 February 2016
SHORTEST travel distance
SHORTEST travel distance
Location: Suntec City Mall, Singapore (at level B1 near the entrance to Fountain of Wealth)
Number of floors served: 2 (distance between two floors is less than 3 meters)
Manufacturer: SELE
Year installed: 2018
Date of filming: February 2023
OLDEST elevator filmed
OLDEST elevator filmed
Location: The Santa Justa Lift, Lisbon, Portugal
Number of floors served: 2
Manufacturer: R. Waygood & Co.
Year installed: 1902
Date of filming: 7 November 2019
TALLEST vintage elevator filmed so far
TALLEST vintage elevator filmed so far
Location: Shaw Towers, Singapore
Number of floors served: 37
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
Year installed: 1976
Date of filming: 28 April 2017
Update: This elevator is no longer exist as the building has been demolished in mid 2020 for redevelopment. RIP (1976-2020)
TALLEST scenic elevator filmed
TALLEST scenic elevator filmed
Location: Pan Pacific Singapore, Singapore
Number of serving floors: 37 (overall, including non-stop floors)
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi (modernized by 9G Elevator)
Year installed: 1986 (modernized in the 2000s)
Date of filming: 30 November 2015
MOST number of serving floors
MOST number of serving floors
Location: Thamrin Nine - Luminary Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia
Number of floors served: 72
Manufacturer: Schindler
Year installed: 2022
Date of filming: 8 April 2025
Updated on: 23 April 2025
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