The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and has been demolished by millennials in excellent volumes. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a reputable indication of the anticipated beneficial life of the lifting columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a terrific lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its security concerns this is a far much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever wish to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining clients from both its cheaper as well as more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Configuration, as well as Gadgets

Building the desk is quite direct if you adhere to the detailed instructions. All of the screws, screws, washers, as well as spring washers been available in different bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, frame, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for fastening every one of the bolts into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power device– just beware not to over-tighten.

All of the components have a high quality finish to them with rounded edges to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are fastened to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly likewise includes height-adjustable turning equipments to stabilize the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely helpful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m likewise making use of a floor mat to secure the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting height, as well as push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, suggesting the up and down arrowheads will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously adjust the height by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for two secs. The memory switches are comparable in layout: press to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to store a brand-new elevation worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my resting position and also switch 4 for my standing position, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new workdesk for a few weeks as well as have actually documented my initial impressions:

The motors are quiet but can be heard in the next area over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to totally shift from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (especially this LX model), causing the desk to obtain a little rocky when I move my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after identifying the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a double display arrangement, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to raise the desk higher in the morning and reduced it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely crucial for long duration standing. I purchased an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, making use of rubber “cells” that are pictured below.

Performance

Despite any troubles I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, virtually every one of those concerns gotten rid of when I in fact got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t think it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be even more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall surface; not always since it’s that shaky, yet just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, proving to be just as steady by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar addition, which they assert includes much more stability when acquired as a part of the plan 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 ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks now for daily work (and following standing desk best practices), whether it’s inputting out testimonials such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every so often. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the finish on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also numerous wipe downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never deliberately try to dent any workdesks also hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a set of keys onto it from a range, as an example), it still stood up without a lot of visible indications of damages.

When I gauged the noise output of the workdesk while it increased from a sitting position to standing as well as back again, it was by much the quietest we’ve evaluated. I could barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Now, typically I do not consist of much about the customer support assistance of any type of offered business, only because I really feel that generally if a product works the way its intended to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them to begin with. And while I desire I could state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this testimonial without stating the various, relatively limitless problems I encountered trying to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory mobile phone consisted of initially, which meant I had no way of actually managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk concerning this issue, that 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 resource of all our problems …
About 4 days later a phone got here in the mail. The mobile phone originally switched on, however it wasn’t long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down switch, however, for some factor the “memory” button managed the down feature simply great. I got in touch with the firm once again, and also they apologized for the mixup and said they would certainly have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel as well as control box got here. As soon as I mounted them both the desk lastly started working the means it was expected to, yet not after practically a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that couldn’t bear in mind to ship a core part of their item inside the same box from the start.

Things to Think about

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand up desk additionally has its own disadvantages. Given that no particular stand desk can capture all of the features that you may need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as standard

Not having a maintaining crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially taking into consideration some of our various other favorite workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis also don’t have one. This workdesk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later also).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it tougher to put your legs conveniently listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide included security, often important when desks are fully expanded.

We have not read any kind of issues of the security of this workdesk, so we do not assume its something to truly be concerned about, although if you actually wanted a workdesk with a bar then we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does use a separate add-on bar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, just for an additional $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most crucial aspects of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll find it difficult to concentrate, which can bring about you becoming much less interested in making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have tested with an optional cross support, I will break down my security tests right into two sections. Both examinations will certainly include the normal front to back rocking examination and also a left to right wobble. The initial will be without the cross assistance and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross assistance can enhance stability by approximately 15%. I have no concept exactly how they created that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I examined that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking movement was bad. Beyond this point it would certainly influence your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble movement didn’t begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being negative.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely important with adjustable standing workdesks to completely tighten all hardware. If there is hardware that is not completely limited, the activity experienced when included standing height will certainly be exaggerated. This is specifically real with a desk frame that consists of 32 screws, there are far too many points at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our labs, we need to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better fit to these applications, and for a rather obvious factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this industry, and also their average residents are a whole lot taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time back. And they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

However if you’re not also high, don’t have an extreme quantity of hefty equipment on your desktop, and also don’t need too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent bang for your buck.

All that could change with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to emerge, and also Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the item quality he needs out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new layout is apparently going to be a lot easier to assemble and have a heftier crossbar layout, among other improvements. He claims the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, relieving our concern concerning side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever comes to market we’ll update you here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most current information on the company is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office as well as has actually transferred it to accompany all its other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding efficiency has been present with the brand-new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing workdesk. While limited in dimension and also color alternatives, it has taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the best standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has actually been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trustworthy indication of the expected helpful life of the training columns. But also for the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability issues this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever intend to be, and a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is swaying clients from both its cheaper and costlier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and Devices

Building the desk is rather simple if you comply with the detailed instructions. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, and springtime washers can be found in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for fastening all of the screws right into the frame, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– just be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top quality coating 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 assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly also consists of height-adjustable turning gears to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really practical for the carpeted office floor. I’m also using a floor mat to protect the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, as well as push 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 arrowheads will certainly readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly change the elevation by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in design: press to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to save a new elevation worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my sitting placement and button 4 for my standing placement, which offers me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the brand-new desk for a few weeks and also have documented my initial perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next room over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (especially this LX model), triggering the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In knowledge, I ought to have bought the bar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my displays. If you plan to do a dual screen setup, get the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I require to raise the desk greater in the morning and lower it at night.

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any issues I may have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter design, practically every one of those worries gotten rid of as soon as I really got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t believe it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be a lot more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting as well as standing heights. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed versus my wall surface; not always since it’s that wobbly, however even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, showing to be just as steady on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar enhancement, which they assert adds a lot more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for concerning three weeks currently for daily job (and also following standing workdesk ideal practices), whether it’s typing out testimonials like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every now and then. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the coating on top of the desk still feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also several clean downs with a rag.

Though I never purposefully try to dent any workdesks as well hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a set of tricks onto it from a distance, for example), it still stood up without way too many noticeable signs of damages.

Lastly, when I gauged the noise outcome of the desk while it climbed from a resting placement to standing and back again, it was by far the quietest we’ve evaluated yet. I can hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest problem is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, normally I do not include much regarding the customer care support of any kind of given firm, just because I really feel that as a whole if an item functions the way its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. And also while I want I might state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this evaluation without discussing the countless, seemingly unlimited problems I encountered trying to obtain my desk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory mobile phone included initially, which indicated I had no way of in fact managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this issue, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and also an assurance that a brand-new one would be shipped quickly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our issues …
Concerning 4 days later a handset got here in the mail. The mobile phone originally turned on, but it wasn’t long before I discovered that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” button managed the down function simply great. I contacted the firm once more, and also they apologized for the mixup and said they would have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel and control box showed up. When I installed them both the desk ultimately started functioning the way it was expected to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a company that could not bear in mind to ship a core part of their item inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Things to Take into consideration

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand up desk likewise has its own disadvantages. Since no singular stand desk might catch all of the functions that you might need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as requirement

Not having a supporting bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically thinking about several of our various other favorite workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis also don’t have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (more on this later as well).

The bar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to put your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they supply included security, often crucial when desks are fully extended.

We have not review any type of grievances of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not believe its something to actually be worried concerning, although if you truly desired a desk with a bar then we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does supply a different add-on bar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, simply for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is among one of the most crucial elements of these workdesks. Without a steady desk you’ll discover it tough to focus, which could result in you ending up being much less curious about using the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross support, I will break down my security examinations into 2 areas. Both tests will consist of the typical front to back rocking examination and also a delegated ideal wobble. The initial will certainly lack the cross support and the secondly will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross support can increase security by as much as 15%. I have no idea just how they generated that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking motion misbehaved. Beyond this point it would certainly impact your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble movement for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not start until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became negative.

Note: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not completely tight, the movement experienced when reached standing elevation will be exaggerated. This is especially real with a workdesk frame that includes 32 screws, there are far 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 narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better fit to these applications, and for a relatively noticeable factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this sector, and their typical people are a whole lot taller than the average Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time back. As well as they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

Yet if you’re not also tall, don’t have an extreme amount of hefty devices on your desktop computer, and also don’t need also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you great value.

All that could alter with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to release 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 materialize, as well as Yu states he’s had problem getting the product high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The new style is apparently mosting likely to be a lot easier to put together and also have a heftier bar design, to name a few improvements. He states the brand-new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, easing our concern about side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

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

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