Intamin or B&M ?

What's a better company? And why?

I like Intamin Better only becuase B&M's, yet fun, are very tame with little G forces. And like 75% of the B&M loopers have pretty much the same layout. So I like Intamin better.

And like 75% of the B&M loopers have pretty much the same layout.

agreed, B&M's are all way too similar and end up losing their punch after the 3rd time you go on one of their rides.

I prefer Intamin because of their megas, gigas, rockets, and stratas. They're all fun to ride and pack a punch in speed, airtime, and height. Their looping rides probably aren't as good as B&M's but they still have them. And they're only lap bars too. Heck a lot better restraint system.

Intamin. They're the only company that can make a steel coaster that I like just as much as a great wooden coaster.

What about: arrow or vekoma? Just want to see. I've never been on a vekoma before but I heard arrow is better, even though vekoma intrduce the flying coaster.

[gouldy]

Well, I think I'm gonna have to go with Intamin, for the simple reason of variety. To be honest though, there is nothing better than a really good B&M, like Nemesis, Dragon khan or to a lesser extent, Kraken [:)] and there is no doubt in my mind that B&M have some rides that are better than any Intamin rides, but don't forget, there are some really quite pants B&M coasters too like Nemsis Inferno, thats kinda rubbish. Whereas with Intamin, they don't seem to have bad coasters, all of their coaster are at least good, I honestly can't think of a bad Intamin coaster off the top of my head, I'm sure someone will remind me of one . But I think Intamin produce quality rides, consistantly instead of just, occasionally, like B&M.

B&M has very good overall and maintained quality, but I still go with Intamin because of better ride experience (G-Forces) and variety. They do everything B&M does and usually better. They also have launched and wooden coasters, which B&M doesn't do.

The only bad things about Intamin are the reliability issues (not really that bad, and usually due to the fact that they actually try out new technology) and the lack of "flying coasters".

intamin! all of b&m's rides are either clones named batman or they have the same layout. they're the least creative coaster company out there. but their rides are fun. nonetheless. intamin however has awesome rides and i dont think they've ever made a ride that flopped.

Intamin for sure. Recently, B&M has been completely un-original in the layout, and even if it doestn't follow the clone layout, it is still severely over-engineered, and weak in forces of all kind. B&M's last great coasters were The Incredible Hulk and Dueling Dragons. Almost all of their coasters since then have been total rubbish. Almost everything Intamin makes is awesome.