The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it lugs a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a reputable indicator of the expected valuable life of the training columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability problems this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever intend to be, as well as a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is swaying customers from both its more affordable as well as costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and Devices

Constructing the desk is rather direct if you follow the detailed instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washers come in separate bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching all of the screws right into the framework, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power device– just be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have an excellent quality surface to them with rounded corners to stay clear of 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 assembly also consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really practical for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m also using a floor mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, and also press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, suggesting the up and down arrowheads will readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously adjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory switches are similar in layout: press to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to save a new elevation worth. I’m utilizing button 1 for my resting placement and switch 4 for my standing position, which offers me 2 and also 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new desk for a couple of weeks and also have listed my first impressions:

The motors are quiet but can be listened to in the following room over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to totally transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (especially this LX design), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I ought to have bought the bar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a double screen arrangement, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human back, I need to raise the desk higher in the morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely vital for long duration standing. I purchased an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are pictured listed below.

Performance

Regardless of any kind of troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, virtually all of those problems removed as soon as I in fact came down to utilizing this thing.

Although I didn’t believe it was also feasible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting 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 wobbly, but just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, verifying to be equally as consistent on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar enhancement, which they declare includes even more stability when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 lbs of weight ability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for regarding 3 weeks currently for everyday work (and also complying with standing workdesk best methods), whether it’s keying out reviews like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, as well as the coating on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and slick as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as several clean downs with a rag.

I never ever deliberately attempt to dent any kind of desks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a collection of secrets onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without as well lots of visible indications of damages.

When I gauged the noise result of the desk while it rose from a resting placement to standing as well as back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually evaluated. I can barely get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your biggest issue is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Currently, usually I don’t consist of much concerning the customer service support of any offered company, only because I feel that in general if an item works the means its intended to, I should not ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And also while I desire I might say that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this evaluation without mentioning the various, relatively countless problems I came across attempting to get my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any kind of memory handset consisted of originally, which suggested I had no way of in fact controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk about this issue, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and a guarantee that a new one would certainly be shipped soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our issues …
About four days later a phone showed up in the mail. The mobile originally turned on, however it wasn’t long before I noticed that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down button, but for some reason the “memory” switch handled the down feature simply great. I spoke to the business again, and they apologized for the mixup and stated they would have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and control box arrived. As soon as I installed them both the desk ultimately began working the means it was expected to, yet not after almost a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t bear in mind to deliver a core part of their product inside the same box from the start.

Points to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk likewise has its own downsides. Since no single stand desk can record every one of the features that you may need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering some of our other favored workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis likewise do not have one. Actually, this desk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on also).

The crossbar is seen by some as a barrier, making it more difficult to position your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they offer included security, often important when workdesks are fully expanded.

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

Alternatively, StandDesk does use a separate add-on crossbar that you can contribute to the desk yourself, just for an extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is among one of the most important aspects of these workdesks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll find it tough to concentrate, which can result in you coming to be less interested in using the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to be happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually examined with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability examinations into two sections. Both examinations will consist of the regular front to back shaking examination as well as an entrusted to ideal wobble. The very first will certainly be without the cross assistance and also the second will be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can raise security by as much as 15%. I have no concept just how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I evaluated that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking motion misbehaved. Beyond this point it would influence your work.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not start till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be poor.

Note: It’s really important with flexible standing desks to totally tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the activity experienced when reached standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is especially real with a desk frame that includes 32 bolts, there are much a lot of points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our labs, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a big mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better matched to these applications, as well as for a relatively obvious reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that created this sector, and also their typical people are a whole lot taller than the average Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a very long time back. And also they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and large experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

Yet if you’re not too high, don’t have an inordinate amount of hefty devices on your desktop computer, as well as do not require also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will give you great bang for your buck.

All that might alter with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to release sometime in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, as well as Yu states he’s had trouble getting the product high quality he requires out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The new style is supposedly going to be much easier to put together as well as have a heftier bar style, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, relieving our concern regarding side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this new base ever before concerns market we’ll update you right here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most recent news on the company is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles workplace and also has actually transferred it to accompany all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding performance has been present through the brand-new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While restricted in dimension and color choices, it has taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the most effective standing desk under $400.

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and has actually been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it brings a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trusted indication of the expected helpful life of the lifting columns. But also for the cost, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security problems this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before want to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its less costly and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Configuration, and also Gadgets

Developing the desk is rather simple if you follow the detailed guidelines. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, and springtime washers come in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, framework, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening all of the screws right into the frame, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly also includes height-adjustable turning equipments to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really helpful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise using a flooring mat to secure the carpet from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, and also press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure configured, suggesting the up and down arrowheads will change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are similar in layout: push to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five secs to store a brand-new elevation worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting position and also switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new desk for a couple of weeks and also have written down my preliminary impressions:

The motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next area over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX version), triggering the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I should have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a dual monitor configuration, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I need to elevate the desk higher in the morning and also reduced it at night.

An anti-fatigue mat is definitely important for long duration standing. I bought an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, making use of rubber “cells” that are imagined listed below.

Efficiency

In spite of any kind of issues I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, practically all of those problems washed away once I in fact came down to using this point.

Although I really did not assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be even more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall surface; not always since it’s that shaky, yet just because I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, proving to be just as steady by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s bar addition, which they declare includes even more security when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 pounds of weight capability.

I’ve been using the desk for concerning three weeks currently for day-to-day work (and also following standing desk ideal practices), whether it’s typing out testimonials such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, and also the finish on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as numerous wipe downs with a cloth.

I never purposefully try to damage any desks also hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without also many noticeable signs of damage.

When I determined the sound outcome of the workdesk while it increased from a resting placement to standing and also back once again, it was by much the quietest we’ve examined. I might barely get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant worry is the whirr of your electric motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, generally I do not include much about the client service assistance of any kind of provided company, just since I feel that in general if an item functions the method its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I want I could state that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not finish this evaluation without pointing out the numerous, apparently countless issues I encountered trying to get my workdesk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory handset included initially, which meant I had no other way of in fact managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this concern, who returned to me around a day later with an apology and an assurance that a new one would be shipped out soon.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our problems …
Concerning four days later a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The mobile phone originally activated, yet it had not been long before I noticed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down button, but for some reason the “memory” switch took care of the down feature simply great. I contacted the business once more, and also they excused the mixup and said they would have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel and control box got here. As soon as I installed them both the desk lastly began functioning the way it was intended to, yet not after practically a month of waiting and to and fro with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core part of their product inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Things to Think about

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand workdesk additionally has its own downsides. Since no particular stand desk might capture all of the attributes that you may require, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about some of our other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis also don’t have one. In fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (extra on this later also).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to place your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give included stability, often crucial when desks are totally expanded.

We have not check out any type of complaints of the security of this desk, so we don’t assume its something to actually be worried about, although if you truly desired a desk with a bar then we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Conversely, StandDesk does use a different add-on crossbar that you can contribute to the desk yourself, just for an added $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is just one of the most important elements of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which could cause you ending up being much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the best return on your investment, you’ll want to be happy when using the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will break down my security tests right into 2 areas. Both examinations will consist of the normal front to back rocking examination and also a delegated right wobble. The first will lack the cross assistance and also the second will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross support can enhance stability by approximately 15%. I have no suggestion exactly how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I checked that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking movement was bad. Yet point it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble movement for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not begin till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion ended up being poor.

Keep in mind: It’s very important with flexible standing desks to totally tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the motion experienced when extended to standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is especially true with a desk structure that includes 32 bolts, there are far too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our laboratories, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, and for a relatively apparent factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that designed this market, as well as their average residents are a great deal taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time ago. And also they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not too tall, don’t have an inordinate quantity of hefty tools on your desktop computer, and don’t require too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you great value.

All that may transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to launch sometime in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to appear, and Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the product quality he needs out of a number of Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new design is supposedly going to be much easier to set up and have a heftier bar design, among other refinements. He says the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” arrangement, reducing our problem about side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this new base ever comes to market we’ll upgrade you here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current information on the firm is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles office as well as has moved it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

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