Going down on the Schindler High-Speed Elevators at the Sears/Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago

Video of the ride on famous elevators at the Sears Tower in Downtown Chicago, Illinois. These elevators are some of the fastest in North America, reaching a top speed of 18.2 mph or 29.3 km/h. The fastest elevators in North America are located at the John Hancock Center in Chicago and the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas, which reach a top speed of 20.5 mph or 33.14 km/h.
==Skydeck Elevator Specifications==
Manufacture: Westinghouse Electric
Elevator Type: DC Gearless Traction
Capacity: 4000 lbs. (1818.2 kg)
Year Installed: 1973
Elevator Bank Size: 2
Floors Served: LL2, 99, 103
Speed: 1600 FPM (8.18 m/s)
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[@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr]

(GB) That was a nice little lift programme. (US) That was a fuckin nice elevator show thing

[@evnhptmnn]

Deserves a like...

[@NightOwlGames]

the suspense is killing me press the button!!!!

[@OctoSwift]

Burj Dubai and the Sears Tower are the coolest buidlings ever!

[@calvindejong4566]

I would program elevators to say "Please keep clear of the door and do not take advantage of the safety sensors.

[@austrianelevators696]

Nice elevator 👍

[@mckuletzz]

It's an educational movie. I never knew that

[@BlueFever101]

I went to the skydeck in october and during the elevator ride down my ears were exploding.

[@HesitantSignal]

I rode this in the 3rd Grade during Summer.

[@RalphQuidonePhotography]

it is now the Willis Tower

[@ba12341996fever]

not fair! i live on the 29th floor of my condominium and it takes me 60 secs to go down to the lobby! that thing does it in 5 seconds!

[@armansharifpour2760]

very cool elevator

[@emufandango]

This is Crazy!

[@cindythecat405]

the elevator has TV over 103 floor

[@perrymckinney6146]

It was much nicer back when I rode that, there was no obnoxious tv screen with the loud sound, was just an elevator ride.

[@TheZekethunder]

This is a very nice elevator. I would expect nicer for the Sears/Willis Tower though.

[@futerflash2]

hahah one of my friend works in willis tower here in chicago, and he told me there is always someone on the elevator. ALWAYS so u shouldnt be worried if u got stuck in it lol

[@richardpearson7775]

that woman should not have put her hand on the elevator doors. if the sensors were not working she would have lost a hand. you keep your hands free from the doors when riding elevators. the woman needs to watch herself. holding to the door preventing the elevator from leaving is a very foolish thing to do. if it were'nt for the sensors in the door there would possibly have been an accident. From elevator enthusiast Richard. ps very good exxxciting video.

[@calvindejong4566]

the guy making the vid pressed the door open button. Yes, it was foolish.

[@duhkjhwifyyhed]

This is a really illiterate comment. Lifts don't move when doors are opened. When the doors open, the safety circuit is cut, and the brakes will not release as long as it is cut. If you someone managed to open the doors midway, the lift will stop immediately because of cut safety circuit. Really this will not happen even if the lift has no beam sensors or bumpers. They only move when doors are closed and safety is connected (unless the lift engineer was an idiot and wrongly setup the lift)

[@geneseetrainselevators2448]

Richard Pearson you do not know what you are talking about. She might have been trying to hold the doors open or she might have been trying to direct people into the elevator. Think before u post.

[@rcardona2k]

I don't know I never seen it before but it was a cool tv

[@cannycart]

Dang!!! 10 floors in 5 seconds!!!!!

[@owenj6051]

wow 10 floors at a time

[@lesouder2222]

my buddy got a Picture in china of a label on an elevator..... It read: "Schindler lifts" Thought it was quite funny!

[@FranceHopper]

I've been there. Could've swore it was taller though. New video since I've been there. Used to be not nearly as annoying.

[@Solowizard]

musicfreakcc, The Schindler High-Speed Elevators ?" The last time I checked, Shindler is the company that service the elevators in the Sears Tower. They don't make, or own the elevators. When their contract expires, other companies will bid to take over service needs of the Sears Tower Elevators.

[@benjamintu3214]

2:28 that's it for now thanks for visiting the skydeck 2:30 88 八八 bye bye

[@misscray1]

@misscray1 Wow. You learn something new everyday.

[@richardpearson7775]

That woman should not put her hand in the way of the elevator doors, holding it up. If the elevator doors did not have an electric eye she would have properly lost her arm

[@SalamProductions]

1:57 is that an iphone stuck on the ceiling?

[@feryumar2501]

1:57

[@kinch_evl]

Saves money on the electric bill if more people are using the elevator at any one point.

[@tusselman159]

theres an elavtor at mercy hospital in baltimore maryland when you go down and up it feels like the elavtor is free falling

[@blueauraretriever]

tusselman159 There's a OTIS lift (20 floors) Omni New Haven from the 1990s & when you go down you're PLUMMETING!!!!! literally! You're falling for 3 seconds when your going from floor M to floor L because there so far apart FRIRND!!!!!

[@aperkins07]

daamn... that thing went down over a hundred floors in less than a min...

[@OctoSwift]

fast elevators has a fast door 1:28 :)

[@MarcoZ1ITA1]

Those things are scary. You get stuck anywhere in between 99 and ground, good luck to you!

[@UnitedBeasters]

That’s a lot of floors

[@garfieldandfriends1]

lol the video. 'We are GOOIIIINGGG DOWN!'

[@Rudenbehr]

Chicago. Making even elevator music look better than that TV crap.

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

DoggosarenotPuppers thats true

[@plushbatfan]

@TheFireElevator : Read the description.

[@mrmdpgh]

coll elvator

[@seltblade]

Does your feet leave the floor?

[@danne6a]

WTC had a crazy fast elevator

[@Ih8kone]

The new One WTC has one.

[@Chrisbxl1983]

ur going down man...

[@MidGroundInertia]

so the door wouldn't close and go down with only one person on the elevator.

[@Bostonharborwater]

people say,, STUID GUY holding the door,, how bout the guy who pushes the button fifty times,,, the guy holding the door, has a job to make sure he makes the elevator as full as possible, so that the next ride down dosent have to many people waiting that they fight to get in it

[@rcardona2k]

You"ll be down stairs in about 60 seconds

[@wdowa94]

2,5 floor per second (top speed)

[@bpmagruder]

@g3lk2 He said it is LIKE, not it IS.

[@user-hs4bh3he7l]

LL2 floor❤

[@geizzie]

Why are you pressing those buttons 3000 times???

[@Arxiuz2]

103->99->90->80->70 HOLY FREAK!

[@thecreativewebshow]

i pass out in these.

[@ChrisNicholas1]

The elevator door frame is too tall. That's weird. Pause at 0:03

[@AdamSmith102938]

Chris Nicholas

[@elevatingohio975]

1:57

[@Zxt6281]

Me: plays elevator jam

[@murfreebear]

They making you wait lol

[@Arkiasis]

That thing goes down 10 floors as fast as my apartment elevator goes down 1 floor.

[@HyperSpify]

@tooblend762 Mine popped on the empire state building elevators.

[@misscray1]

Was that the elevator in M. Night Shymalan's Devil?

[@FritzDeGamer]

how much u weight on the fly?

[@revo8778]

EPCO SSL Buttons

[@wsrdtfvb]

wtf so it just skips numbers(floors) to make it look like its fast??

[@GreenNekoProductions]

I wonder if the elevators have nudge mode.

[@kenconnelly773]

I would think, but it can be set to activate after ten seconds, or several minutes. At a building like this, I'm guessing it would be set to a long time before the elevator would go into nudging.

[@danielmadden1688]

no independant service?

[@ErasersRoq]

You live in Chicago?

[@lucas66568]

i hate the floors going ten to ten

[@TheZekethunder]

That video drowns out the sounds of the traction cables.

[@frumperino]

I hope employees working the observation deck have some special key they can use to shut that goddam recorded sound off so they don't have to suffer through it every day. Who decided a thing like that was necessary?

[@TheEgg185]

it would be nice if teh numbers showed you each floor... :\

[@osella77]

Press the buton one more time !! If you press 111 times, you can down at 111 Km/h...

[@blueauraretriever]

osella77 LMFAOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@MyLuckyCars]

ever 10 second 10 floor, how fast....

[@Symphonitron]

You might want to think about editing off the first 50% of this video.

[@Techmatt167Official]

i bet that feels like you are falling

[@shaneomacdaddy]

Is it as fast as the drop 🤔 fear 😨?

[@spuddapotato2494]

its always goig to be the sears tower to me! :)

[@alexzhu1]

they should just make it free fall for 70 floors and then use the last 30 floors to brake. joking of course.

[@shaneomacdaddy]

Oh, kinda like the mega-drop at the ex, lol. 😂

[@7jerryv7]

They guy holding the door is anoying me.

[@haireepothead5001]

Teipei 101 can do 100 floors in 40 seconds.

[@red142100]

0:02 bad leveling job

[@taupik1978]

Ale co ty robisz przytrzymujesz ja i szybciej jedzie ? czy co? bo nie rozumiem?

[@ChrisNicholas1]

Before modernization.

[@PinePowerLI]

That TV is annoying. Shame they have to put that in there to ruin an otherwise great elevator ride.

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@Ediwilli errm no lol

[@Metal8Lover]

lol i would have shit myself ^.^

[@312pspman]

@g4tech if that happened to me i would close the door on his hand

[@FelipeMMz]

I'd rather take the stairs..

[@barbarabesson8276]

103rd floor 99th floor LL2 informazion

[@benjamintu3214]

2:30 bái bái

[@porcupinecool]

That is like the World Trade Centre.

[@ADHD1Athlete]

@porcupinecool IT SAID CHICAGO

[@ntinavanian5197]

Wow! 🇬🇷

[@wanhuiliang4879]

No its 🇺🇸

[@SPS148669]

These are slow compare to the elevators in Teipei 101 or Burj Khalifa buildings

[@HeyLaserLips]

My God, that's an irritating elevator,

[@benjamintu3214]

2:30 bā bā

[@CommentCritic]

10 floors in 4 seconds.....nope nope nope nope nope nope nope

[@norxcontacts]

smash that tv

[@NamsonkenRobloxGaming]

0:20 person holding camera talking Let go of the elevator door

[@bernardosia2267]

LOL

[@salihpalasalihpala4855]

Oo0

[@zVYPERz]

Lol!

[@benjamintu3214]

2:30 拜拜

[@SandburgSpartans]

@Aslapacrosstheface it's a woman, LOL!

[@brianrake3130]

lol