The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has been demolished by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it brings a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a trustworthy indication of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. But also for the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before want to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining clients from both its less costly and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and also Gadgets

Developing the desk is quite straight forward if you adhere to the thorough guidelines. All of the screws, screws, washers, as well as springtime washing machines can be found in different bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for fastening all of the screws right into the structure, or, appear a hex bit into your power tool– just take care not to over-tighten.

All of the components have an excellent quality finish to them with rounded corners to prevent 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 consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really handy for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise making use of a floor mat to secure the carpet from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, meaning the backwards and forwards arrowheads will change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously adjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in style: push to remember the elevation setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to store a new height worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting position and also switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and 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 couple of weeks as well as have made a note of my preliminary impressions:

The motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the next space over. It takes perhaps 25 secs for the desk to completely shift from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (especially this LX model), creating the desk to obtain a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I should have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a twin screen configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I need to raise the desk higher in the early morning and lower it at night.

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

Performance

In spite of any type of troubles I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter layout, practically every one of those issues gotten rid of as soon as I really came down to utilizing this point.

I really did not assume it was also feasible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be even much more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed versus my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, but just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, proving to be just as consistent on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar enhancement, which they assert adds much more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 lbs of weight ability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for concerning 3 weeks now for everyday work (as well as adhering to standing workdesk best methods), whether it’s typing out evaluations similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every so often. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and the surface on top of the desk still feels just as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it as well as multiple clean downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never deliberately attempt to damage any type of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without way too many visible signs of damages.

Lastly, when I determined the noise result of the desk while it rose from a sitting setting to standing and back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually tested yet. I could hardly get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Currently, normally I do not consist of much concerning the customer care assistance of any given firm, only due to the fact that I really feel that generally if a product functions the way its meant to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them to begin with. And also while I wish I could claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not complete this review without mentioning the various, relatively limitless problems I experienced attempting to get my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any type of memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which indicated I had no other way of in fact regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk concerning this problem, who returned to me around a day later with an apology as well as a promise that a new one would be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our issues …
Concerning 4 days later on a mobile arrived in the mail. The mobile phone initially switched on, yet it wasn’t long before I discovered that none of the programmable switches functioned, neither did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” button handled the down feature just great. I got in touch with the company once again, and 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 two weeks later on my brand-new panel as well as control box arrived. When I mounted them both the desk lastly started functioning the way it was intended to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and backward and forward with a firm that could not remember to ship a core component of their item inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Things to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand up desk also has its very own drawbacks. Given that no particular stand desk could capture all of the features that you may need, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a supporting bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about several of our various other preferred workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis likewise do not have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (more on this later also).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it more difficult to put your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide added security, commonly essential when desks are completely prolonged.

We have not check out any type of complaints of the security of this workdesk, so we don’t assume its something to actually be worried about, although if you really desired a workdesk with a crossbar after that we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Conversely, StandDesk does supply a different add-on bar that you can contribute to the desk yourself, just for an extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of one of the most vital elements of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll find it difficult to focus, which can lead to you coming to be less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll intend to enjoy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability tests into two areas. Both tests will certainly include the regular front to back shaking test and a delegated best wobble. The first will certainly lack the cross support and also the secondly will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase security by approximately 15%. I have no suggestion just how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity was bad. Yet factor it would certainly affect your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble movement really did not start until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became bad.

Note: It’s very crucial with flexible standing desks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not totally tight, the motion experienced when encompassed standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a desk framework that consists of 32 screws, there are much too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our labs, we have to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security just isn’t there for a huge mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will be better fit to these applications, and for a rather evident factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that developed this market, as well as their average people are a whole lot taller than the average Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a very long time ago. And also they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, 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 hefty tools on your desktop computer, and do not require as well large of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you great bang for your buck.

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 told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to emerge, and Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the product top quality he requires out of several Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new style is allegedly going to be much easier to assemble as well as have a heftier bar layout, to name a few refinements. He states the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, reducing our concern regarding side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before comes to market we’ll update you here. However we’re not holding our breath any longer as the most current information on the company is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office and has actually moved it to accompany all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has actually been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it lugs a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a dependable sign of the expected helpful life of the training columns. But for the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability problems this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever intend to be, and also a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying clients from both its less costly as well as pricier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, and also Devices

Building the desk is rather direct if you comply with the comprehensive guidelines. All of the screws, screws, washers, and springtime washing machines come in different bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, structure, as well as spares. There’s an included hex tool for securing every one of the bolts into the frame, or, appear a hex bit right into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

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

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure set, suggesting the up and down arrows will change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously readjust the height by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in layout: push to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to store a new height value. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting position and button 4 for my standing position, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the new desk for a few weeks and also have actually listed my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the next space over. It takes probably 25 secs for the desk to completely transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I ought to have acquired the bar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a twin screen setup, obtain the crossbar.

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

An anti-fatigue mat is definitely essential for long period of time standing. I acquired an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, making use of rubber “cells” that are envisioned below.

Performance

Despite any kind of problems I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter layout, practically all of those concerns gotten rid of when I really got down to using this thing.

I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be even much more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing heights. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall; not necessarily since it’s that shaky, however just because I desire as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, showing 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 crossbar enhancement, which they claim includes a lot more stability when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight ability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks currently for daily work (as well as adhering to standing workdesk finest practices), whether it’s inputting out evaluations such as this one from our desktop or a laptop computer periodically. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the coating on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple wipe downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never ever intentionally try to damage any type of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a set of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still stood up without a lot of noticeable indications of damages.

When I gauged the noise output of the desk while it increased from a resting setting to standing as well as back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually examined. I can hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, usually I don’t include much about the client service assistance of any type of offered business, just since I feel that generally if a product functions the method its meant to, I should not ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I desire I could state that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not finish this evaluation without discussing the numerous, seemingly countless issues I came across trying to obtain my desk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any kind of memory handset consisted of initially, which meant I had no chance of in fact regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk concerning this issue, that got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a pledge that a new one would certainly be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our issues …
About four days later on a handset showed up in the mail. The mobile phone initially switched on, yet it wasn’t long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down button, however, for some reason the “memory” switch handled the down function just great. I got in touch with the company again, and they apologized for the mixup and also stated they would certainly have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel as well as control box arrived. Once I installed them both the desk lastly started functioning the way it was intended to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting as well as back and forth with a company that could not remember to ship a core component of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Think about

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand up desk also has its very own disadvantages. Because no particular stand desk can catch all of the attributes that you may need, you might take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a supporting bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly considering some of our other favorite desks such as the Completely Jarvis likewise don’t have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (more on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it tougher to place your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they provide included stability, usually critical when workdesks are fully expanded.

We have not read any type of complaints of the security of this desk, so we do not believe its something to truly be concerned regarding, although if you truly wanted a desk with a crossbar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does use a different add-on bar that you can add to the desk yourself, just for an extra $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing desk is among one of the most crucial facets of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll locate it difficult to focus, which can cause you becoming much less interested in using the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll want to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will break down my stability tests right into two sections. Both examinations will include the normal front to back shaking examination and also a left to best wobble. The very first will lack the cross assistance and the second will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co claims that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase security by approximately 15%. I have no idea how they generated that number.

Without Cross Support

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

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble activity didn’t begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became poor.

Note: It’s very crucial with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally limited, the motion experienced when reached standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is especially real with a desk framework that consists of 32 screws, there are much a lot of points at which the desk has a chance to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our laboratories, we need to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the security just isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be better suited to these applications, and for a fairly evident reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German companies that created this market, and also their ordinary citizens are a great deal taller than the typical Eastern customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a very long time ago. And also they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, as well as sheer experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

If you’re not too tall, do not have an inordinate quantity of hefty devices on your desktop computer, and also do not require too broad of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you excellent bang for your dollar.

All that might change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to release at some point in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to appear, and also Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the product high quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The new layout is supposedly going to be much easier to put together as well as have a heftier crossbar layout, among other improvements. He states the brand-new base will certainly be provided in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” configuration, minimizing our issue about side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever concerns market we’ll upgrade you 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 workplace and has moved it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

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