The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a trusted indicator of the expected valuable life of the lifting columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever wish to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made desks that is gaining clients from both its less expensive as well as pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, as well as Devices

Constructing the desk is pretty simple if you follow the in-depth instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washing machines, as well as springtime washers can be found in separate bags that are marked with their destination: table top, framework, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for securing every one of the bolts right into the framework, or, appear a hex little bit into your power tool– just take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top quality finish to them with rounded corners to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are secured to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up additionally consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to stabilize the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely valuable for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally utilizing a floor mat to shield the carpeting from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable stress configured, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly readjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory buttons are comparable in style: press to recall the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to save a new elevation value. I’m using button 1 for my resting setting and also button 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the brand-new workdesk for a couple of weeks as well as have written down my preliminary impacts:

The motors are quiet but can be listened to in the next area over. It takes probably 25 secs for the desk to completely change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (specifically this LX version), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In knowledge, I ought to have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my displays. If you plan to do a twin display configuration, obtain the bar.

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

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

Efficiency

Despite any kind of troubles I may have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter layout, virtually all of those issues removed once I actually got down to using this thing.

I didn’t believe it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even extra stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing elevations. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall surface; not always because it’s that wobbly, yet just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, proving to be just as stable by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they assert includes much more stability when acquired as a part of the bundle deal.When it involves weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 lbs of weight capacity.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for about 3 weeks now for daily 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 computer every now and then. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the surface in addition to the desk still feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never ever intentionally try to damage any type of desks also hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without a lot of visible signs of damage.

When I measured the noise result of the workdesk while it increased from a sitting setting to standing as well as back again, it was by much the quietest we’ve examined. I can hardly get it to make more than concerning 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 Service

Currently, usually I don’t consist of much about the client service support of any kind of provided company, only since I really feel that generally if an item functions the way its intended to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them in the first place. As well as while I wish I might state that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this review without stating the many, apparently countless troubles I encountered attempting to obtain my desk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory mobile phone consisted of initially, which meant I had no chance of actually regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this concern, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and also a pledge that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Regarding 4 days later a mobile arrived in the mail. The phone originally switched on, however it wasn’t long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable switches worked, neither did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch handled the down feature simply fine. I contacted the company again, and also they excused the mixup and stated they would certainly have a new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and also control box got here. As soon as I installed them both the desk ultimately started working the means it was intended to, however not after virtually a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t bear in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Consider

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand workdesk additionally has its own disadvantages. Because no singular stand workdesk can catch all of the functions that you might require, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

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

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it more challenging to put your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they supply added stability, frequently crucial when workdesks are totally prolonged.

We have not read any complaints of the security of this desk, so we do not assume its something to actually be concerned about, although if you really wanted a workdesk with a bar after that we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The stability of a standing desk is just one of one of the most vital facets of these workdesks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll find it tough to focus, which can lead to you coming to be less curious about utilizing the desk at standing height. To get the most effective 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 into two areas. Both tests will certainly consist of the normal front to back rocking examination as well as a delegated appropriate wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross support as well as the secondly will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross assistance can boost security by up to 15%. I have no suggestion how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking movement misbehaved. Yet point it would impact your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble activity for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble motion didn’t start until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be bad.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely important with flexible standing desks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not completely limited, the activity experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is specifically real with a workdesk frame that consists of 32 screws, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our laboratories, we need to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the stability simply isn’t there for a big mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better fit to these applications, as well as for a relatively apparent reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that designed this industry, as well as their ordinary residents are a lot taller than the typical Asian consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time back. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, as well as sheer experience making standing desk bases, needless to say.

However if you’re not as well high, do not have an inordinate quantity of heavy tools on your desktop, as well as don’t require also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you great value.

All that may transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to release at some time in the future. Originally we were informed 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 difficulty getting the product quality he needs out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted collaborating with. The brand-new style is apparently mosting likely to be much easier to construct and also have a heftier bar style, to name a few improvements. He claims the new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, relieving our concern about side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever before comes to market we’ll upgrade you here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current news on the business is that Yu shut the small Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually relocated it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not necessarily a trustworthy sign of the anticipated useful life of the lifting columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability concerns this is a far better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever hope to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made desks that is swaying customers from both its less costly and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and Devices

Developing the desk is quite easy if you follow the detailed guidelines. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and spring washers been available in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, structure, and spares. There’s an included hex device for attaching all of the screws right into the framework, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power tool– simply beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top quality surface to them with rounded corners to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are secured to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally includes height-adjustable rotation equipments to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really valuable for the carpeted home office floor. I’m additionally making use of a floor mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure programmed, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually readjust the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory buttons are comparable in layout: push to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to save a brand-new height value. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting position and also switch 4 for my standing position, which offers me 2 and 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 few weeks and also have documented my first perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following space over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I ought to have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after identifying the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a twin screen configuration, get the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to increase the desk greater in the early morning as well as reduced it at night.

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any issues I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, virtually every one of those problems removed when I actually got down to using this point.

Although I didn’t assume it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall surface; not always due to the fact that it’s that wobbly, yet just because I desire as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, proving to be just as steady on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar addition, which they declare adds much more security when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been using the desk for regarding 3 weeks currently for everyday work (as well as following standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s keying 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 coating on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and multiple clean downs with a cloth.

I never intentionally attempt to dent any desks too hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without also several noticeable indications of damage.

Lastly, when I measured the sound output of the desk while it climbed from a resting setting to standing and back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually tested yet. I could barely get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant concern is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Now, usually I don’t consist of much concerning the customer care support of any given company, just since I really feel that in general if a product works the means its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I desire I could state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this testimonial without mentioning the numerous, relatively endless troubles I ran into attempting to obtain my workdesk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory mobile phone consisted of initially, which suggested I had no chance of actually controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this problem, that returned to me around a day later on with an apology as well as a guarantee that a new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our issues …
Concerning four days later a mobile arrived in the mail. The mobile at first switched on, yet it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” switch managed the down function just great. I got in touch with the company again, and they apologized for the mixup and also said they would have a brand-new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel as well as control box arrived. Once I installed them both the desk lastly started working the means it was intended to, however not after practically a month of waiting and also to and fro with a firm that could not bear in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Points to Take into consideration

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand up workdesk also has its very own disadvantages. Given that no particular stand workdesk can catch every one of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as requirement

Not having a maintaining bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially taking into consideration a few of our various other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis additionally don’t have one. This desk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more challenging to put your legs conveniently listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they give added stability, usually crucial when desks are completely prolonged.

We have not read any type of issues of the security of this desk, so we do not believe its something to actually be worried regarding, although if you truly wanted a desk with a bar after that we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Additionally, StandDesk does supply a different add-on crossbar that you can include in the desk on your own, just for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is among the most vital elements of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll locate it hard to concentrate, which can lead to you ending up being much less thinking about using the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when utilizing 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 examinations right into two sections. Both examinations will include the common front to back rocking test as well as a left to right wobble. The first will certainly be without the cross assistance and the secondly will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross support can raise security by as much as 15%. I have no suggestion just how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking movement misbehaved. Yet point it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble movement didn’t start until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be bad.

Note: It’s really essential with adjustable standing desks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely tight, the motion experienced when extended to standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a workdesk framework that includes 32 bolts, there are much too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our labs, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a huge mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be better fit to these applications, and for a relatively evident reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German business that invented this sector, as well as their typical citizens are a lot taller than the ordinary Asian customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long time back. As well as they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

If you’re not as well tall, don’t have an inordinate quantity of hefty devices on your desktop, and don’t need also broad of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you good bang for your buck.

All that may transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to release at some point in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to appear, and Yu states he’s had problem getting the product high quality he needs out of several Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new style is allegedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to assemble and also have a heftier crossbar style, among other refinements. He states the new base will be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, relieving our problem about side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

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

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