The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has actually been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trusted sign of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. But for the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability issues this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever hope to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made desks that is swaying consumers from both its more affordable and pricier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, and Gadgets

Constructing the desk is rather easy if you adhere to the detailed instructions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washers been available in separate bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening all of the bolts right into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power device– just be careful not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up also consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to stabilize the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely useful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise making use of a flooring mat to secure the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting height, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress configured, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously change the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are comparable in layout: push to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to store a new elevation value. I’m utilizing button 1 for my resting position and switch 4 for my standing position, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I could need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been using the brand-new workdesk for a few weeks and have actually listed my initial impacts:

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the next room over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to fully change from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (specifically this LX design), triggering the desk to get a little rough when I change my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a double display setup, get the crossbar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I require to raise the desk greater in the morning as well as lower it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue mat is absolutely vital for long duration standing. I purchased an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, making use of rubber “cells” that are imagined below.

Performance

In spite of any troubles I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter layout, pretty much every one of those worries washed away once I in fact got down to using this point.

I really did not think it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing elevations. Many days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed versus my wall; not necessarily because it’s that wobbly, yet just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, showing to be equally as constant on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar enhancement, which they claim includes a lot more stability when purchased as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks currently for day-to-day job (as well as following standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s typing out testimonials such as this one from our desktop or a laptop computer periodically. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, and the finish in addition to the desk still feels just as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also several clean downs with a rag.

I never intentionally attempt to dent any kind of desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of secrets onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without as well numerous visible indicators of damages.

When I determined the noise outcome of the workdesk while it climbed from a resting placement to standing and also back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually tested. I can hardly get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your most significant worry is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer care

Now, generally I do not consist of much regarding the client service assistance of any kind of provided firm, just due to the fact that I really feel that as a whole if a product functions the means its expected to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I wish I could claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not complete this evaluation without mentioning the countless, seemingly limitless problems I came across trying to obtain my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any memory phone included initially, which suggested I had no way of really managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk regarding this concern, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and also a promise that a new one would certainly be shipped shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Regarding four days later a phone showed up in the mail. The mobile originally activated, however it had not been long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable switches functioned, neither did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch dealt with the down function just fine. I called the company once more, as well as they apologized for the mixup and stated they would have a brand-new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and also control box got here. When I mounted them both the desk ultimately started functioning the means it was intended to, but not after virtually a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a business that could not keep in mind to ship a core component of their item inside the exact same box from the start.

Things to Consider

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand desk also has its very own drawbacks. Because no single stand workdesk could capture all of the features that you might need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as criterion

Not having a maintaining bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially considering some of our other preferred workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis likewise don’t have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (extra on this later as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it more difficult to position your legs comfortably listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer included stability, often vital when workdesks are fully extended.

We have not check out any problems of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not think its something to actually be concerned concerning, although if you really desired a workdesk with a crossbar after that we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does supply a separate add-on bar that you can add to the desk on your own, just for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of the most vital aspects of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll find it tough to focus, which can result in you becoming much less curious about using the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have examined with an optional cross support, I will break down my security tests right into 2 areas. Both tests will certainly include the common front to back rocking examination as well as an entrusted to best wobble. The first will lack the cross support as well as the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can increase security by up to 15%. I have no concept exactly how they created that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I tested that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking activity misbehaved. Beyond this factor it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble movement for lower elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble motion didn’t begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be negative.

Keep in mind: It’s really crucial with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not entirely tight, the motion experienced when reached standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a workdesk framework that consists of 32 screws, there are far way too many points at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our laboratories, we have to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktop computers, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better suited to these applications, and for a rather obvious reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that invented this industry, and also their average people are a great deal taller than the ordinary Asian customer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time back. And they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not too high, do not have an extreme quantity of hefty tools on your desktop, as well as do not require too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will give you excellent value.

All that may alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to release at some point in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to emerge, and also Yu states he’s had problem getting the product high quality he requires out of several Chinese factories he’s attempted collaborating with. The new style is apparently going to be much easier to construct as well as have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few improvements. He claims the brand-new base will certainly be provided in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, minimizing our worry about side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever pertains to market we’ll upgrade you right here. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current news on the business is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles office and has transferred it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding performance has actually been introduce through the new joint endeavor between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing workdesk. While limited in size and also color choices, it has actually taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago standing as the very best standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been demolished by millennials in outstanding volumes. While it carries a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a dependable indicator of the expected helpful life of the lifting columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability problems this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever wish to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying consumers from both its cheaper and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Setup, and Devices

Constructing the desk is rather straight forward if you adhere to the comprehensive instructions. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, as well as spring washing machines come in different bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing all of the screws into the framework, or, appear a hex bit into your power tool– simply beware not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have an excellent quality coating to them with rounded corners to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are fastened to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very valuable for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise making use of a floor mat to shield the carpet from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The switches are all variable stress programmed, meaning the up and down arrowheads will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually change the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are similar in style: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to keep a new elevation worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my sitting setting as well as button 4 for my standing position, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been utilizing the brand-new workdesk for a couple of weeks and also have listed my initial perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet but can be listened to in the next area over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to fully change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX version), causing the desk to get a little rough when I move my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I must have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a double display configuration, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I need to raise the desk greater in the morning and also lower it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any kind of problems I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter design, virtually all of those concerns removed once I really got down to using this thing.

I didn’t believe it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be also extra steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not always since it’s that shaky, but even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, proving 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 bar addition, which they claim adds even more stability when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it comes to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 pounds of weight capability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for about three weeks currently for everyday work (and also following standing workdesk ideal practices), whether it’s typing out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every now and then. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, as well as the finish on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it as well as several wipe downs with a rag.

Though I never deliberately attempt to damage any kind of desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a range, as an example), it still stood up without too many visible indications of damage.

When I determined the sound output of the workdesk while it increased from a resting position to standing and also back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve tested. I might hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your largest worry is the whirr of your motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, typically I don’t include much concerning the customer service support of any offered firm, only because I feel that as a whole if a product works the way its meant to, I should not ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. As well as while I wish I can state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can not complete this testimonial without stating the numerous, seemingly endless troubles I encountered attempting to obtain my desk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which suggested I had no other way of really controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk concerning this problem, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and an assurance that a brand-new one would be shipped soon.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning 4 days later a phone showed up in the mail. The handset at first activated, but it wasn’t long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” switch took care of the down feature just great. I called the company once again, and also they excused the mixup as well as said they would have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel as well as control box arrived. Once I installed them both the desk lastly began working the way it was expected to, however not after almost a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a company that could not keep in mind to deliver a core component of their item inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Things to Take into consideration

In spite of its bankable features, this stand workdesk additionally has its own downsides. Because no single stand workdesk might capture every one of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly considering a few of our various other favored desks such as the Totally Jarvis also don’t have one. As a matter of fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later on as well).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it harder to position your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer added stability, usually crucial when workdesks are fully prolonged.

We have not check out any kind of grievances of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not assume its something to actually be worried concerning, although if you actually desired a desk with a crossbar after that we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a separate add-on bar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, simply for an extra $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is among one of the most vital facets of these desks. Without a steady desk you’ll locate it tough to focus, which can cause you coming to be less curious about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll intend to be happy when making use of the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have checked with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my stability tests right into two sections. Both tests will consist of the regular front to back rocking test and a left to ideal wobble. The very first will certainly lack the cross assistance and the second will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can raise security by as much as 15%. I have no suggestion just how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various situation. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I examined that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking movement misbehaved. Beyond this point it would certainly influence your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble activity for lower elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble activity really did not start till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became bad.

Note: It’s really essential with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally limited, the movement experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a desk framework that consists of 32 screws, there are far way too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we have to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, and also for a rather noticeable factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this market, and also their typical people are a whole lot taller than the average Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time ago. And also they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not also tall, don’t have an excessive amount of heavy tools on your desktop, and also do not need as well wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you good bang for your buck.

All that might change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch sometime in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to appear, and also Yu states he’s had problem getting the item quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s attempted collaborating with. The brand-new design is supposedly going to be a lot easier to put together and have a heftier bar layout, to name a few improvements. He states the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, reducing our worry about side-load worrying on the lifting 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 business is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually transferred it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing desk with excellent performance has been introduce through the new joint venture in between US-based iMovR and also China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While limited in size and color choices, it has actually taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the best standing workdesk under $400.