The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a trusted sign of the expected beneficial life of the lifting columns. But also for the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever intend to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad classification of Chinese-made desks that is winning over clients from both its more affordable as well as pricier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Arrangement, and also Devices

Building the desk is quite simple if you follow the in-depth directions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, as well as springtime washers been available in separate bags that are noted with their location: table top, structure, as well as spares. There’s an included hex device for fastening every one of the screws into the frame, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– simply take care not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a premium quality finish to them with rounded edges to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are attached to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly likewise consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to stabilize the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very handy for the carpeted office flooring. I’m also using a floor mat to shield the carpet from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, as well as press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure configured, suggesting the up and down arrows will certainly readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously change the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory buttons are comparable in design: push to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to save a brand-new elevation worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my sitting setting as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the brand-new desk for a few weeks and have jotted down my first impacts:

The electric motors are quiet but can be listened to in the next space over. It takes perhaps 25 secs for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX design), creating the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a double display setup, get the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I require to raise the desk greater in the morning and reduced it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue mat is absolutely crucial for long period of time standing. I bought an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are envisioned below.

Efficiency

Despite any type of problems I may have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter design, pretty much every one of those worries washed away when I in fact came down to utilizing this thing.

I didn’t assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be also much more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing elevations. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed versus my wall surface; not always due to the fact that it’s that wobbly, but just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, proving to be equally as consistent by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they claim includes a lot more stability when bought as a part of the package deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 pounds of weight capability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for about 3 weeks currently for everyday work (as well as following standing workdesk best practices), whether it’s typing out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every now and then. The desk stands up well against non-coastered drinks, and the surface on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and several clean downs with a rag.

Though I never purposefully attempt to dent any type of desks too hard, during some lighter tests (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still stood up without way too many visible indicators of damage.

Lastly, when I measured the noise outcome of the desk while it increased from a sitting setting to standing as well as back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually examined yet. I could barely get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, usually I don’t include much about the customer care assistance of any kind of provided business, only since I really feel that generally if a product works the way its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. And while I desire I might say that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this evaluation without mentioning the countless, apparently unlimited troubles I ran into attempting to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any memory handset consisted of initially, which indicated I had no chance of in fact managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this concern, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and a promise that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our problems …
About four days later a phone showed up in the mail. The mobile initially switched on, but it wasn’t long before I discovered that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down switch, however, for some reason the “memory” button handled the down feature simply great. I got in touch with the company once again, as well as they excused the mixup and claimed they would have a new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and control box arrived. As soon as I mounted them both the desk finally began functioning the way it was supposed to, yet not after almost a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that could not keep in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the very same box from the start.

Points to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand up workdesk also has its very own downsides. Since no single stand desk could capture every one of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a supporting bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically thinking about some of our various other favored desks such as the Totally Jarvis also do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later on as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to position your legs comfortably listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they supply added stability, frequently essential when workdesks are totally expanded.

We have not check out any problems of the stability of this desk, so we do not believe its something to really be worried concerning, although if you actually desired a desk with a bar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does supply a separate add-on crossbar that you can add to the desk on your own, simply for an extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is one of the most vital facets of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which might bring about you ending up being less curious about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to be happy when using the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have checked with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security examinations right into two sections. Both tests will include the normal front to back rocking examination and a left to ideal wobble. The first will be without the cross support as well as the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the enhancement of the cross assistance can boost security by up to 15%. I have no suggestion exactly how they developed that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I examined that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking activity misbehaved. Yet point it would certainly influence your job.

With Cross Support

Front to Back: Including the cross support does not affect the shaking motion. The StandDesk Simple began to experienced a rocking movement at 36″. By 41″ the shaking motion misbehaved.

Left to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble movement for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble motion didn’t begin until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became poor.

Note: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will be exaggerated. This is particularly true with a workdesk framework that includes 32 bolts, there are much way too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our laboratories, we have to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a large mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be better fit to these applications, as well as for a relatively noticeable factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this industry, as well as their average residents are a great deal taller than the average Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time back. As well as they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, as well as large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not too tall, do not have an inordinate quantity of heavy devices on your desktop computer, and also do not require also broad of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you good bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to release at some point in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to emerge, and Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the item top quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new style is allegedly mosting likely to be much easier to put together and have a heftier bar design, to name a few improvements. He says the brand-new base will certainly be provided in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, relieving our worry about side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this new base ever before comes to market we’ll update you here. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent news on the firm is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles office and also has moved it to join with all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing workdesk with impressive performance has actually been introduce with the brand-new joint venture between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While limited in dimension and shade choices, it has actually taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the most effective standing desk under $400.

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in excellent volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a dependable indication of the anticipated beneficial life of the lifting columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability problems this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before wish to be, as well as a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining customers from both its less expensive and also costlier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and also Gizmos

Building the desk is quite direct if you comply with the comprehensive directions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washing machines, as well as spring washers come in different bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, framework, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for attaching every one of the bolts right into the structure, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power tool– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a top quality coating to them with rounded edges to stay clear of cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are attached to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up likewise consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to stabilize the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very helpful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m likewise using a floor mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, as well as push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the investment. The switches are all variable pressure configured, suggesting the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually readjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are comparable in design: push to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to save a new elevation value. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting placement as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the brand-new desk for a few weeks as well as have listed my preliminary impacts:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following space over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to fully change from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX design), causing the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I must have bought the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my displays. If you plan to do a twin monitor setup, get the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I require to increase the desk greater in the morning and also lower it at night.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely necessary for long period of time standing. I purchased an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are imagined listed below.

Performance

In spite of any type of troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, practically every one of those issues washed away as soon as I in fact got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t believe it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not always since it’s that unsteady, however just because I desire as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, confirming to be just as stable on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar addition, which they declare adds a lot more security when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it pertains to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks currently for everyday work (as well as following standing desk best techniques), whether it’s inputting out testimonials like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the surface in addition to the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also numerous clean downs with a dustcloth.

I never ever intentionally attempt to damage any kind of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without as well several noticeable indications of damage.

Last but not least, when I measured the sound output of the desk while it climbed from a sitting position to standing as well as back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually evaluated yet. I can hardly get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest worry is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer support

Now, typically I do not consist of much concerning the customer care support of any type of offered firm, only because I really feel that in general if an item works the means its meant to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. As well as while I want I might state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can not complete this testimonial without discussing the various, relatively endless issues I came across trying to get my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory phone included originally, which indicated I had no way of really controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk regarding this issue, who returned to me around a day later with an apology and a promise that a brand-new one would be shipped quickly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Concerning four days later on a handset showed up in the mail. The mobile at first turned on, but it wasn’t long before I discovered that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” switch dealt with the down function simply fine. I called the business again, as well as they apologized for the mixup and claimed they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel and control box showed up. When I mounted them both the desk ultimately began working the way it was expected to, but not after practically a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core part of their product inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Points to Consider

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand up desk also has its very own disadvantages. Since no particular stand desk could record every one of the attributes that you might need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a stabilizing bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly considering a few of our various other preferred workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis additionally do not have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it more challenging to position your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they supply added stability, frequently important when desks are totally extended.

We have not read any kind of problems of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not think its something to actually be worried concerning, although if you truly wanted a desk with a crossbar then we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Alternatively, StandDesk does supply a separate add-on bar that you can contribute to the desk yourself, just for an added $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is just one of the most important aspects of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which could bring about you coming to be much less interested in utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll want to more than happy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have actually examined with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security examinations into two sections. Both examinations will certainly include the common front to back rocking examination and also an entrusted to best wobble. The first will lack the cross assistance and also the secondly will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross assistance can enhance stability by up to 15%. I have no concept how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking activity was bad. Beyond this point it would affect your job.

With Cross Support

Front to Back: Including the cross assistance does not affect the rocking motion. The StandDesk Simple began to experienced a shaking movement at 36″. By 41″ the shaking movement misbehaved.

Delegated Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble movement really did not start up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity came to be bad.

Note: It’s very vital with flexible standing desks to fully tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not entirely tight, the movement experienced when reached standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a workdesk frame that includes 32 screws, there are far too many points at which the desk has a chance to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our laboratories, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better suited to these applications, and also for a rather obvious reason. Essentially all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this market, and also their ordinary citizens are a lot taller than the average Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time earlier. And they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not as well tall, don’t have an inordinate amount of hefty tools on your desktop computer, and don’t need too large of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you good bang for your dollar.

All that could change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the item top quality he needs out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new design is apparently mosting likely to be a lot easier to construct as well as have a heftier crossbar style, to name a few refinements. He says the brand-new base will be supplied in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our worry about side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever involves market we’ll upgrade you here. However we’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as one of the most recent news on the firm is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually transferred it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing workdesk with excellent efficiency has been present via the brand-new joint venture in between US-based iMovR and also China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While restricted in dimension and also color alternatives, it has actually taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the very best standing workdesk under $400.