The bananas are tricky, I agree they can look amazing as adults and I personally like the freckling as well. What I don't care for is how some of them tend to lose the contrast as they age and almost look like a solid yellow snake, which some may like but I prefer the high contrast combos. I'm really looking forward to seeing how some of the banana clown combos age because as babies they are one of my favorites. If we could get a combo to retain those purples and pinks into adulthood I think we'd have a real winner.
You really can't lose with the BELs if you like a white snake and I deffinitly agree the larger they get the more of a presence they have. I was never too into them until I got my ivory girl. She was a full size breeder when I got her and basically just picked her up for breeding purposes but man has she grown on me. There is just something about seeing a large white snake in person that can't be described. They will always make a great adult if you like a white snake and really the only thing that could possibly beat a BEL for a white snake would be a white wedding. I believe they have the brightest white and don't seem to discolor with age at all.