The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it carries a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trustworthy indication of the anticipated beneficial life of the training columns. But also for the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its security issues this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before hope to be, as well as a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its more affordable and also costlier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, and also Devices

Constructing the desk is pretty easy if you follow the thorough instructions. All of the screws, screws, washing machines, and springtime washers been available in different bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, structure, and also spares. There’s an included hex device for securing every one of the screws into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts 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 setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally includes height-adjustable turning equipments to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely valuable for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise using a flooring mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damage at resting elevation, and also press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The switches are all variable pressure set, implying the up and down arrowheads will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously change the height by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are comparable in style: press to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to save a new elevation value. I’m making use of switch 1 for my resting position and also switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been using the brand-new desk for a few weeks and have actually made a note of my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the following space over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to completely change from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (specifically this LX design), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I ought to have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my desk after identifying the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a double monitor configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I require to raise the desk greater in the morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue mat is absolutely crucial for long period of time standing. I bought an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are imagined below.

Efficiency

Regardless of any issues I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, practically all of those problems gotten rid of as soon as I in fact got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t think it was also feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall; not necessarily since it’s that wobbly, however even if I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, verifying to be equally as stable on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar enhancement, which they declare includes much more security when bought as a part of the package deal.When it pertains to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been using the desk for about 3 weeks currently for daily job (and also adhering to standing workdesk finest practices), whether it’s inputting out testimonials such as this one from our desktop or a laptop every now and then. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, as well as the coating on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a rag.

Though I never purposefully try to damage any type of desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a set of secrets onto it from a range, as an example), it still held up without way too many noticeable signs of damage.

Lastly, when I determined the sound result of the desk while it increased from a sitting placement to standing and back once again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually examined yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your most significant concern is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer care

Now, usually I do not include much concerning the client service assistance of any kind of given company, only due to the fact that I feel that in general if an item functions the way its intended to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And while I wish I might state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t finish this testimonial without discussing the countless, seemingly limitless problems I ran into attempting to obtain my desk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any type of memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which implied I had no other way of in fact controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this issue, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and also an assurance that a new one would certainly be shipped out soon.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning four days later on a handset arrived in the mail. The mobile originally turned on, however it wasn’t long prior to I observed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down button, but for some reason the “memory” switch managed the down function simply great. I got in touch with the business again, and also they excused the mixup and stated they would have a new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my new panel and also control box arrived. As soon as I mounted them both the desk finally started working the means it was intended to, but not after almost a month of waiting and also back and forth with a company that could not keep in mind to deliver a core part of their item inside the exact same box from the outset.

Things to Think about

Despite its bankable functions, this stand workdesk also has its very own drawbacks. Because no single stand desk can record all of the features that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about some of our various other preferred workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis also do not have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (much more on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it more challenging to put your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide included stability, frequently critical when workdesks are fully expanded.

We have not read any kind of grievances of the stability of this desk, so we don’t believe its something to really be worried concerning, although if you truly desired a desk with a crossbar after that we suggest you take 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 added $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of one of the most essential elements of these workdesks. Without a steady desk you’ll locate it tough to concentrate, which could cause you becoming much less thinking about utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have tested with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security tests right into two areas. Both examinations will certainly include the common front to back rocking test as well as a left to right wobble. The initial will lack the cross assistance and the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross assistance can enhance security by as much as 15%. I have no idea exactly how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I examined that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking movement misbehaved. Yet point it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble movement didn’t start until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became bad.

Note: It’s very essential with flexible standing desks to completely tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not completely limited, the movement experienced when reached standing elevation will be exaggerated. This is especially true with a workdesk framework that consists of 32 bolts, there are far too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our labs, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the stability just 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 relatively obvious reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this sector, as well as their average residents are a lot taller than the average Eastern customer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time earlier. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and sheer experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

But if you’re not too high, do not have an inordinate amount of heavy devices on your desktop computer, and do not require as well wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you excellent value.

All that may change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to release at some time in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the product top quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new layout is supposedly going to be much easier to assemble as well as have a heftier bar layout, among other improvements. He states the brand-new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our worry concerning side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before concerns market we’ll update you here. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent news on the firm is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles office as well as has relocated it to join with all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with excellent efficiency has been present with the brand-new joint venture between US-based iMovR and also China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing workdesk. While limited in dimension and also shade alternatives, it has actually taken the mantle away 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 excellent volumes. While it carries a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a reputable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the training columns. But also for the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability concerns this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever wish to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its more affordable and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Arrangement, and Gizmos

Building the desk is quite direct if you adhere to the in-depth instructions. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, as well as springtime washing machines been available in separate bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing all of the bolts right into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power tool– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a premium quality finish to them with rounded edges to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are attached to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely useful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally using a flooring mat to protect the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, suggesting the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly adjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in design: push to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to keep a brand-new elevation worth. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting placement and also switch 4 for my standing position, which offers me 2 as well as 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 actually jotted down my initial perceptions:

The motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following space over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to fully shift from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight against the keyboard. In knowledge, I must have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a twin monitor setup, get the bar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human back, I need to increase the desk greater in the early morning and also reduced it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

Despite any problems I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter style, virtually every one of those problems removed as soon as I in fact came down to utilizing this point.

I really did not believe it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall surface; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that shaky, yet just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, verifying to be just as stable by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar addition, which they assert adds much more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight capacity.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for concerning 3 weeks currently for everyday work (and adhering to standing desk finest methods), whether it’s keying out testimonials like this one from our desktop or a laptop periodically. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, and 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 several clean downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never ever purposefully attempt to dent any workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a set of secrets onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without a lot of noticeable indications of damage.

When I gauged the noise outcome of the desk while it climbed from a sitting setting to standing as well as back once more, it was by much the quietest we have actually evaluated. I might hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer care

Now, usually I do not consist of much about the customer service support of any kind of given business, only due to the fact that I really feel that generally if an item functions the means its intended to, I should not ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. And also while I wish I can say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can not complete this testimonial without discussing the numerous, relatively unlimited problems I encountered trying to obtain my desk assembled.

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

Standdesk testimonial handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Regarding 4 days later a mobile showed up in the mail. The mobile phone originally switched on, yet it had not been long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down button, but for some factor the “memory” button took care of the down function simply great. I contacted the company once again, as well as they excused the mixup and claimed they would have a brand-new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my new panel and also control box arrived. As soon as I installed them both the desk ultimately began functioning the way it was intended to, however not after nearly a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a company that could not bear in mind to deliver a core part of their item inside the exact same box from the start.

Things to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand up workdesk additionally has its own downsides. Because no single stand workdesk could capture all of the functions that you may need, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as requirement

Not having a maintaining crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, especially considering several of our other favored desks such as the Fully Jarvis likewise do not have one. This desk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later on as well).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more difficult to put your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give added stability, usually critical when workdesks are totally expanded.

We have not review any problems of the security of this workdesk, so we don’t assume its something to really be worried concerning, although if you really desired a workdesk with a crossbar after that we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most crucial aspects of these desks. Without a stable workdesk you’ll discover it tough to focus, which could result in you ending up being much less curious about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have checked with an optional cross support, I will break down my stability tests into 2 sections. Both examinations will certainly include the regular front to back rocking examination and also a left to appropriate wobble. The first will certainly lack the cross support and the second will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co claims that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase stability by up to 15%. I have no suggestion how they created that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I examined that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking activity misbehaved. Beyond this point it would certainly impact your work.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble movement didn’t begin until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being bad.

Note: It’s really vital with adjustable standing workdesks to totally tighten all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally tight, the motion experienced when included standing height will be exaggerated. This is particularly true with a workdesk structure that includes 32 screws, there are much way too many factors at which the desk has a chance to move.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the stability simply isn’t there for a large mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better matched to these applications, and also for a rather obvious reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that created this sector, and their average residents are a whole lot taller than the ordinary Oriental customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also sheer experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

But if you’re not too high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of heavy devices on your desktop computer, and do not require also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you excellent bang for your buck.

All that may alter with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the product quality he needs out of numerous Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The new layout is supposedly mosting likely to be much easier to set up and also have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” setup, relieving our problem regarding side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever before involves market we’ll upgrade you right here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current information on the firm is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office and also has actually moved it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing workdesk with impressive performance has been introduce via the new joint endeavor between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing workdesk. While restricted in dimension as well as shade alternatives, it has taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the very best standing workdesk under $400.