The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has actually been gobbled up by millennials in impressive volumes. While it brings a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a reputable indicator of the expected useful life of the training columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. In spite of its stability concerns this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever hope to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over customers from both its more affordable and also costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and also Gadgets

Building the desk is pretty straight forward if you comply with the thorough directions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washers can be found in separate bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex device for securing every one of the bolts into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power tool– just beware 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 bolts that are secured to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly likewise includes height-adjustable turning gears to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was very helpful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m additionally using a floor mat to secure 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 investment. The switches are all variable stress programmed, indicating the up and down arrows will change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually change the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory buttons are similar in style: push to remember the height setup, or hold the button down for five seconds to save a brand-new elevation worth. I’m using button 1 for my sitting placement as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been using the new workdesk for a few weeks and have documented my first impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following area over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to completely change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX design), triggering the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I should have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a double screen configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human back, I require to elevate the desk higher in the early morning and reduced it at night.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any problems I might have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter design, basically all of those concerns removed as soon as I in fact got down to utilizing this point.

I really did not believe it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be also much more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that wobbly, yet just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, showing to be just as stable on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they claim adds much more stability when purchased as a part of the package deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks now for everyday job (as well as adhering to standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s typing out evaluations like this one from our desktop or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk stands up well against non-coastered drinks, and also the coating on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it despite days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also numerous wipe downs with a rag.

I never deliberately try to dent any kind of desks also hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without also many visible indicators of damage.

Last but not least, when I gauged the sound outcome of the desk while it rose from a sitting position to standing and back once more, it was without a doubt the quietest we’ve examined yet. I can hardly get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest problem is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Currently, usually I don’t include much regarding the client service assistance of any type of offered company, just due to the fact that I feel that in general if an item functions the means its meant to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And also while I want I might say that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t finish this review without discussing the many, apparently limitless issues I came across attempting to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any type of memory phone consisted of originally, which meant I had no chance of actually controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk about this concern, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and an assurance that a new one would be shipped shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning four days later on a mobile showed up in the mail. The mobile phone originally turned on, but it had not been long before I saw that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch handled the down function simply fine. I got in touch with the company again, and they excused the mixup and also stated they would have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my brand-new panel and also control box showed up. When I installed them both the desk lastly started working the way it was supposed to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a firm that could not keep in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the very same box from the get-go.

Things to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand up desk also has its own downsides. Because no particular stand workdesk might catch every one of the attributes that you might need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a maintaining bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about some of our other preferred workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis also don’t have one. This desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (extra on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it harder to position your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they provide included security, often vital when workdesks are completely extended.

We have not read any type of issues of the security of this desk, so we do not think its something to truly be concerned concerning, although if you truly desired a workdesk with a bar after that we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does provide a separate add-on crossbar that you can include to the workdesk yourself, simply for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is among the most crucial elements of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll discover it difficult to focus, which could lead to you coming to be less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll want to enjoy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually tested with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security tests into two sections. Both tests will consist of the normal front to back rocking examination and also an entrusted to best wobble. The first will lack the cross support and also the second will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross assistance can raise security by as much as 15%. I have no suggestion exactly how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I checked that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking activity misbehaved. Beyond this point it would impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

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

Note: It’s extremely important with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not entirely tight, the activity experienced when encompassed standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a desk structure that includes 32 screws, there are much too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually checked in our labs, we need to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the stability simply isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be better suited to these applications, as well as for a fairly obvious reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that developed this sector, and also their ordinary people are a whole lot taller than the average Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time earlier. As well as they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

But if you’re not as well high, don’t have an extreme quantity of hefty equipment on your desktop, as well as don’t need too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will offer you good bang for your buck.

All that could transform with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch at some point in the future. Initially we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the product top quality he requires out of numerous Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new style is supposedly mosting likely to be much easier to put together as well as have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few refinements. He claims the brand-new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, minimizing our issue about side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before concerns market we’ll upgrade you below. We’re not holding our breath any longer as the most current news on the company is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office and also has transferred it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has been gobbled up by millennials in excellent volumes. While it carries a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trustworthy indication of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. But for the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made workdesks. In spite of its stability issues this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever want to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made desks that is swaying customers from both its cheaper as well as more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Arrangement, as well as Devices

Building the desk is rather simple if you adhere to the detailed instructions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and spring washers come in separate bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, framework, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for attaching all of the screws into the framework, or, appear a hex bit into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top 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 assembly additionally consists of height-adjustable turning gears to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really useful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally making use of a floor mat to secure the carpet from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, and also press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable stress set, implying the up and down arrows will readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two secs. The memory switches are similar in design: press to remember the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to save a new height value. I’m using switch 1 for my resting position and button 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the brand-new workdesk for a few weeks and also have actually listed my preliminary impacts:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following room over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to totally shift from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (particularly this LX version), creating the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my displays. If you plan to do a twin screen arrangement, obtain the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human back, I need to elevate the desk greater in the morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

Despite any kind of troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, pretty much every one of those worries removed as soon as I in fact came down to utilizing this point.

Although I really did not assume it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be much 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 pressed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that wobbly, but even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, verifying to be just as consistent on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar enhancement, which they assert includes much more stability when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it comes to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight ability.

I have actually been using the desk for concerning three weeks currently for everyday work (and adhering to standing desk ideal practices), whether it’s inputting out reviews similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop once in a while. The desk stands up well against non-coastered drinks, and also the surface on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it despite days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also several wipe downs with a rag.

Though I never deliberately attempt to dent any kind of desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of keys onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without a lot of visible signs of damages.

Last but not least, when I gauged the sound outcome of the desk while it rose from a resting position to standing and also back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually checked yet. I could hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, generally I do not consist of much about the customer support assistance of any kind of given business, just because I really feel that generally if an item works the method its supposed to, I should not ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And also while I desire I could claim that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not complete this evaluation without mentioning the many, seemingly limitless issues I came across trying to get my workdesk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any type of memory phone included originally, which implied I had no other way of actually regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk concerning this problem, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and also a promise that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning four days later on a mobile showed up in the mail. The mobile initially activated, yet it had not been long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” button managed the down feature just fine. I called the firm once again, and also they excused the mixup and claimed they would certainly have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and control box arrived. As soon as I mounted them both the desk finally started functioning the way it was meant to, yet not after almost a month of waiting and backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t remember to ship a core element of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Take into consideration

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand up desk additionally has its own downsides. Because no singular stand desk can record all of the attributes that you might require, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as standard

Not having a supporting crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about some of our various other preferred desks such as the Fully Jarvis likewise do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to position your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide added stability, typically vital when desks are completely expanded.

We have not review any grievances of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not believe its something to really be concerned concerning, although if you really wanted a desk with a crossbar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Additionally, StandDesk does use a separate add-on bar that you can include in the desk on your own, just for an extra $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is among one of the most crucial aspects of these desks. Without a steady desk you’ll find it difficult to concentrate, which could result in you coming to be much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have actually tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my security examinations right into two sections. Both tests will include the regular front to back rocking examination and an entrusted to right wobble. The initial will be without the cross support and the secondly will be with it. Just 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 exactly how they generated that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I evaluated that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking motion was bad. Yet point it would impact your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble movement for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble activity didn’t begin until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became poor.

Keep in mind: It’s really essential with flexible standing desks to totally tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when extended to standing elevation will be exaggerated. This is especially real with a desk frame that consists of 32 screws, there are much way too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our labs, we have to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability simply isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be better matched to these applications, and also for a rather apparent factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this market, and their ordinary residents are a great deal taller than the ordinary Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. And also they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, as well as sheer experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not as well tall, don’t have an excessive amount of heavy equipment on your desktop, as well as do not require as well large of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you excellent bang for your buck.

All that may transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to appear, as well as Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the product high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The new style is apparently going to be much easier to assemble and have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few refinements. He states the brand-new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, relieving our issue concerning side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever comes 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 closed the little Los Angeles office as well as has transferred it to join with all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

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