Scary vintage lifts in Egypt

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@Jase8Cake Ай бұрын

Fascinating to see this, thanks very much. There has been many deaths caused by lifts in Egypt due to abrupt stops, falls down shafts, misaligned carriages as well as the usual poor maintenance, tampering, overloading and Egyptian cursed land from disturbed tombs. Man, those are finger nails are crying out for a Spanish guitar! Keep it up Beno.

@MrDiemme Ай бұрын

you are really very brave to go on these elevators, they seem to be really dangerous

@utahshore Ай бұрын

this was absolutely terrifying hahah, thank you so much for putting yourself in danger for our viewing pleasure

@Andrewjg_89 Ай бұрын

Nice to see you reaching over 50,000 subscribers. Keep up the good work.

@d947 Ай бұрын

congrats on the 50k subs bro

@tr606 Ай бұрын

I hope you got some more videos of other lifts. These are absolutely crazy, and super eerie

@grantrennie Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video of the old lifts still in use in Egypt, there will be a lot of them all over Egypt, the hotels in the cities will all have brand new lifts fitted now but old run down apartment buildings and some old buildings in markets will have really old ones

@gctechs Ай бұрын

When you say you're too scared to surf that, I do believe that it is scary.

@rkan2 Ай бұрын

The lift in this building will certainly be working after an EMP! 😂

@Techno-Universal Ай бұрын

11:26 The Forest Hill shopping centre in Melbourne Australia also has sheds like this on the roof for the lift motor rooms! :)

@joshlunt7827 Ай бұрын

Great video as always, Beno!

@georgH Ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you for uploading!!!!

@RobloSam Ай бұрын

Yes. I was asking for over a year until you bring back BENO Building Creator

@YourLocalGP Ай бұрын

The stepping onto a ledge at 5.25, combined with the background sounds was like a long-lost level of Quake.

@rkan2 Ай бұрын

Ye I felt like playing Halo. The sound effects are cool 😅

@nelsonahlvik6650 Ай бұрын

These are the type of lift where if you safety break it when going up it will accelerate and crash into the top of the shaft! The brakes are probably original from the 1960s lol.

@Aawsomeguy Ай бұрын

That is definitely some really old elevator equipment. Although it was probably state of the art in it's day.

@AdolfZachrisson Ай бұрын

Its cool that back in the day they used relays instead of a "computer" thats controlls the whole thing.

@noblenumbat Ай бұрын

Nice of that person to let you ride the second lift though. Such people are rare. Just wondering Ben, on your trips, how do you deal with communicating with the locals, especially in countries outside Europe?

@windowsxp_prosp3 Ай бұрын

I’ve been to Egypt and these are very scary in my opinion.

@KWFan969v3 27 күн бұрын

7:23 Ah yes! The Glamorous Shuishui elevator, It's Music when it moves up or down is like Marina Jenkins' and Goby Ozario's GRANDE Late night evening meal in Amici Restaurant in Benton

@KWFan969v3 27 күн бұрын

Congratulations to @beno for finding a shuishui elevator for the first time ever!

@mopedogarage Ай бұрын

3:20 that is one really old lift 👍

@ElevatorFan-s2i Ай бұрын

10:09 Cat :D

@HE-CT Ай бұрын

Great vid as always

@Welgeldiguniekalias Ай бұрын

So does that mean you can't call the lift if the last person using it left the interior doors open, or does that safety only work when there is a load in the cab?

@benolifts Ай бұрын

Lifts in the 1920s had a pressure sensor in the car so that the lift can run with the inner doors open if nobody was inside, but a lot of countries banned this as it is considered unsafe. Nowadays most lifts need to have the inner doors shut to operate.

@serebr2010 Ай бұрын

Would be beno happy if second lift was working? We'ill never know.

@andrewglw12345 Ай бұрын

6:50 I think that’s an Islamic prayer (dua) which is made when travelling up/down - seen this in other Arab countries

@wisteela Ай бұрын

Those look seriously old and dodgy. On the first one it seems to have modern circuit breakers. Really odd how there is a gap between each floor. All the buildings look so run down. I thought it was a bit odd that it was in French. The motor room shed is really odd. The concept of pay to use is strange.

@user-kp6xf4gf7t Ай бұрын

How on earth do you get to floors 1 & 2?

@oh_finks Ай бұрын

Stairs

@rkan2 Ай бұрын

I feel like I am playing Halo or some shit 😅

@pandabaerhellas Ай бұрын

So first and second floor just open the door in time😂

@benolifts Ай бұрын

The outer gate is bolted shut

@crazyleyland5106 Ай бұрын

Have you surfed in Egypt yet?

@benolifts Ай бұрын

I surfed the lift at the resort I stayed in at Sharm El Sheikh. I did not trust that lift. Egypt's safety standards are non existent. In my recent trip to Egypt I didn't surf any lifts as the old lifts did not feel safe. Too much was bypassed on them. And the posh modern lifts in the luxury hotels had too many staff about watching everyone. Because of how low wages are in Egypt, places can afford to have far more members of staff compared to Europe. A lot of places even had lift attendants in the lifts. I left too watched to surf. But I did a lot of tram surfing as it is socially acceptable in Egypt and nobody cares.

@liftenthusiast2025 Ай бұрын

Woah! These elevators are not only scary, But also dangerous! These need replacement to make them safer

@YourLocalGP Ай бұрын

"Floors one and two haven't paid" - a joke or serious??

@benolifts Ай бұрын

That is serious. People don't have much money in Egypt, so people can save money by not paying for the lift.

@rkan2 Ай бұрын

Was very common when lifts first came about. Most people in first floors didn't wanma pay for them obviously... 😅

@crocoland6330 Ай бұрын

That’s serious! In many countries this occurs. I’ve seen a condition in where the whole lift was Modernized except the 1st floor because they didn’t want to pay

@DPlifts Ай бұрын

In Georgia (the country), many elevators are paid and people need to pay money when using them.