The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been demolished by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it carries a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a trustworthy indicator of the expected useful life of the training columns. But for the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever wish to be, and a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made desks that is swaying customers from both its less expensive and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Arrangement, and also Gizmos

Constructing the desk is quite straight forward if you follow the detailed guidelines. All of the screws, screws, washing machines, and springtime washers can be found in separate bags that are marked with their destination: table top, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex device for securing all of the bolts into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– simply beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality coating to them with rounded edges to prevent 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 assembly also consists of height-adjustable turning equipments to stabilize the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely helpful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m additionally using a flooring mat to shield the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting height, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, implying the up and down arrowheads will readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly change the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory buttons are similar in layout: push to recall the elevation setup, or hold the button down for five seconds to save a brand-new elevation value. I’m utilizing button 1 for my resting setting and also button 4 for my standing setting, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the new workdesk for a few weeks and also have actually made a note of my initial perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following room over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX version), creating the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a twin monitor configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I need to raise the desk greater in the early morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

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

Performance

In spite of any type of troubles I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, practically all of those concerns gotten rid of once I in fact got down to using this thing.

I didn’t assume it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even much more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall; not always because it’s that shaky, but just because I desire as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, proving to be just as constant by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s bar enhancement, which they claim adds even more stability when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for concerning 3 weeks currently for everyday job (as well as complying with standing desk ideal practices), whether it’s typing out evaluations like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, and also the coating on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also multiple wipe downs with a dustcloth.

I never ever intentionally attempt to dent any workdesks too hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of keys onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without also several visible indications of damage.

Finally, when I gauged the noise outcome of the desk while it rose from a resting placement to standing and back again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually evaluated yet. I can barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Client service

Currently, usually I don’t include much concerning the client service assistance of any kind of provided business, just due to the fact that I really feel that generally if a product works the means its supposed to, I should not ever have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I desire I could say that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not complete this testimonial without pointing out the numerous, relatively unlimited problems I ran into attempting to get my desk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any type of memory phone included initially, which implied I had no other way of really managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this problem, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and also a pledge that a brand-new one would be shipped soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our problems …
Regarding 4 days later on a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The handset at first switched on, but it had not been long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down button, but for some factor the “memory” button dealt with the down feature simply fine. I contacted the company again, and also they apologized for the mixup as well as said they would have a new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my brand-new panel as well as control box arrived. When I mounted them both the desk finally began functioning the means it was supposed to, but not after virtually a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a company that couldn’t bear in mind to ship a core component of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Points to Consider

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand up workdesk likewise has its very own disadvantages. Because no single stand workdesk might record every one of the attributes that you may require, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration several of our other favored desks such as the Fully Jarvis also don’t have one. In fact, this workdesk 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 more challenging to put your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they give included security, usually crucial when workdesks are completely prolonged.

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

Alternatively, StandDesk does supply a separate add-on crossbar that you can include in the desk yourself, just for an added $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of the most vital facets of these workdesks. Without a stable workdesk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which can lead to you coming to be less curious about making use of the desk at standing height. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll want to be happy when making use of the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have examined with an optional cross support, I will break down my security examinations right into two areas. Both tests will consist of the regular front to back shaking test and also a left to appropriate wobble. The first will certainly lack the cross assistance and the second will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross support can enhance stability by approximately 15%. I have no suggestion how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I examined that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity was bad. Beyond this factor it would certainly affect your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble activity for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble movement didn’t start until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being negative.

Note: It’s very crucial with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not entirely tight, the motion experienced when included standing height will be exaggerated. This is specifically real with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 bolts, there are much too many factors at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our laboratories, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the stability simply isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be better fit to these applications, as well as for a rather obvious reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this market, as well as their average people are a whole lot taller than the average Oriental consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time back. As well as they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

If you’re not as well tall, don’t have an excessive amount of heavy devices on your desktop, as well as do not require also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you great bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to release sometime in the future. Originally we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to appear, and also Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the item quality he needs out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The brand-new design is allegedly going to be much easier to assemble and have a heftier crossbar design, among other improvements. He states the new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” setup, alleviating our concern regarding side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

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

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in excellent quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a reliable sign of the expected useful life of the training columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security issues this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever hope to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining clients from both its cheaper and also costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, and also Gizmos

Developing the desk is quite direct if you follow the thorough guidelines. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and spring washing machines been available in different bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening every one of the bolts right into the framework, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

All of the components have a premium quality coating to them with rounded edges to avoid 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 also includes height-adjustable turning equipments to stabilize the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was extremely handy for the carpeted office floor. I’m additionally making use of a floor mat to protect the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, as well as press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, meaning the backwards and forwards arrows will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously adjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for two seconds. The memory buttons are comparable in layout: push to recall the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to store a brand-new height worth. I’m using button 1 for my sitting position and button 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the brand-new workdesk for a couple of weeks and have made a note of my preliminary impressions:

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the next area over. It takes probably 25 secs for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based on my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX design), causing the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I should have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a double monitor arrangement, get the bar.

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

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

Efficiency

Despite any kind of problems I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, basically all of those concerns washed away as soon as I actually came down to utilizing this thing.

Although I really did not assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be even more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting as well as standing heights. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed versus my wall; not always since it’s that shaky, but even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, showing to be equally as steady by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar enhancement, which they declare adds even more stability when purchased as a part of the bundle deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks currently for everyday job (and also following standing workdesk ideal practices), whether it’s keying out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop computer every now and then. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the coating on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and numerous wipe downs with a rag.

I never ever intentionally try to damage any type of workdesks as well hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a set of secrets onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without also lots of visible signs of damage.

Last but not least, when I determined the noise output of the desk while it rose from a sitting position to standing as well as back again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually examined yet. I could hardly get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, typically I don’t consist of much regarding the customer care assistance of any given firm, just because I really feel that as a whole if a product works the method its expected to, I should not ever have a factor to call them to begin with. As well as while I wish I could claim that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t finish this testimonial without mentioning the various, seemingly endless problems I ran into attempting to get my workdesk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory phone consisted of initially, which implied I had no chance of in fact managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk about this concern, who returned to me around a day later with an apology and also a pledge that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped soon.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Regarding four days later a mobile arrived in the mail. The handset at first activated, but it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, however, for some factor the “memory” button took care of the down feature just great. I contacted the company once more, and also they apologized for the mixup and also said they would certainly have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and control box showed up. As soon as I mounted them both the desk ultimately started working the means it was supposed to, however not after practically a month of waiting as well as back and forth with a business that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core element of their product inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Think about

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk additionally has its very own downsides. Considering that no particular stand workdesk might record every one of the features that you might need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as standard

Not having a supporting crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration a few of our other favored desks such as the Completely Jarvis also do not have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it tougher to put your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they supply included security, commonly essential when workdesks are completely prolonged.

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

Alternatively, StandDesk does supply a different add-on bar that you can include in the desk yourself, just for an extra $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is among one of the most important elements of these desks. Without a steady desk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which can result in you ending up being less interested in utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when using the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability examinations right into two sections. Both tests will certainly consist of the typical front to back rocking examination as well as an entrusted to appropriate wobble. The initial will certainly lack the cross assistance and the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can boost security by up to 15%. I have no idea exactly how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined 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 factor it would affect your job.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion really did not start up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity ended up being bad.

Keep in mind: It’s really important with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten all equipment. If there is equipment that is not completely tight, the motion experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is particularly true with a workdesk structure that includes 32 bolts, there are far a lot of points at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our laboratories, we need to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better fit to these applications, and also for a rather noticeable reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that developed this market, and their typical citizens are a great deal taller than the typical Asian consumer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time ago. As well as they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and sheer experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not also tall, don’t have an excessive amount of heavy devices on your desktop computer, as well as do not need as well wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you great value.

All that might transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch at some time 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 emerge, and also Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the product high quality he needs out of a number of Chinese factories he’s attempted collaborating with. The new layout is allegedly going to be a lot easier to put together and also have a heftier bar design, among other refinements. He says the brand-new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” arrangement, reducing our concern concerning side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

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

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