The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it carries a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not always a dependable indication of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. However, for the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its stability problems this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever hope to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made desks that is winning over consumers from both its more affordable and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Arrangement, and Gizmos

Building the desk is rather straight forward if you follow the in-depth guidelines. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and spring washing machines can be found in different bags that are marked with their destination: table top, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for fastening all of the bolts right into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit into your power device– simply take care not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a top quality coating to them with rounded corners to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are fastened to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up also includes height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very practical for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally making use of a floor mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, and also press 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, implying the up and down arrows will adjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly adjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in design: press to remember the elevation setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to keep a new height worth. I’m utilizing button 1 for my resting setting as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been using the brand-new desk for a couple of weeks and have made a note of my preliminary perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the following space over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to fully shift from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (specifically this LX version), triggering the desk to obtain a little rough when I change my weight against the key-board. In knowledge, I need to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a twin screen configuration, get the bar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I need to elevate the desk greater in the morning as well as lower it at night.

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

Efficiency

Despite any kind of troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, basically all of those worries removed as soon as I really came down to using this point.

I didn’t think it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be also much more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing elevations. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that wobbly, yet just because I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, showing to be equally as consistent by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar addition, which they declare includes a lot more security when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been using the desk for about three weeks currently for everyday job (and also following standing desk best practices), whether it’s typing out reviews like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer 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 glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also several clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never intentionally attempt to damage any kind of workdesks also hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of tricks onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without way too many visible indicators of damage.

Finally, when I measured the noise output of the desk while it increased from a resting position to standing and also back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve tested yet. I could barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Client service

Currently, typically I do not consist of much regarding the customer service support of any given company, only since I really feel that generally if a product works the method its expected to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I wish I might state that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t complete this evaluation without discussing the many, apparently countless troubles I came across attempting to get my workdesk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory mobile phone included originally, which indicated I had no other way of in fact managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this concern, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and a pledge that a new one would be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our problems …
Concerning 4 days later a phone got here in the mail. The handset originally activated, but it had not been long before I discovered that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” button managed the down feature simply fine. I got in touch with the business once more, as well as they excused the mixup and also claimed they would certainly have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my new panel as well as control box got here. When I installed them both the desk finally began working the means it was supposed to, but not after nearly a month of waiting and also to and fro with a company that could not remember to ship a core component of their product inside the very same box from the start.

Points to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk additionally has its very own drawbacks. Given that no particular stand desk might capture all of the attributes that you might need, you might take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a maintaining crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about several of our various other preferred desks such as the Completely Jarvis also don’t have one. This workdesk does have one if you desire, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to position your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they supply added security, typically critical when desks are totally expanded.

We have not check out any type of problems of the stability of this desk, so we do not think its something to really be concerned regarding, although if you actually wanted a workdesk with a crossbar then we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a different add-on crossbar that you can include to the desk on your own, just for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is one of the most important elements of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll discover it tough to focus, which could result in you coming to be less interested in utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when using the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the first desk that I have checked with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability examinations into two sections. Both tests will include the normal front to back shaking test and also a left to right wobble. The initial will be without the cross support and the second will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross assistance can boost stability by approximately 15%. I have no concept how they generated that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I examined that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking movement misbehaved. Yet point it would certainly affect your job.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble movement for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble activity didn’t begin up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion ended up being poor.

Note: It’s very crucial with adjustable standing workdesks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the motion experienced when included standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is especially real with a desk framework 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 have actually tested in our labs, we have to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better suited to these applications, and for a relatively apparent factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German firms that designed this industry, and also their average people are a whole lot taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. And also they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, as well as large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not too high, do not have an excessive quantity of hefty tools on your desktop computer, and also do not need as well broad of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you good bang for your buck.

All that may alter with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to launch at some point in the future. Originally we were told 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 item top quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new layout is supposedly going to be much easier to set up as well as have a heftier bar layout, to name a few improvements. He claims the brand-new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, easing our problem concerning side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever comes to market we’ll update you here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent information on the firm is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office and also has actually transferred it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a reliable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. But also for the rate, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its security concerns this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever hope to be, as well as a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is gaining consumers from both its less costly and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, and Gadgets

Constructing the desk is rather easy if you follow the comprehensive guidelines. All of the screws, screws, washing machines, and also spring washers can be found in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, structure, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for attaching all of the screws into the framework, or, appear a hex little bit into your power device– just be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality surface to them with rounded edges to avoid 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 setting up additionally includes height-adjustable rotation gears to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really valuable for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise utilizing a flooring mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, and also press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress configured, meaning the up and down arrows will readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously change the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two seconds. The memory buttons are comparable in design: press to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to store a new height value. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting position as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 and 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the brand-new workdesk for a couple of weeks as well as have written down my first impressions:

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following space over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX model), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I must have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a twin screen setup, get the bar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to increase the desk greater in the early morning as well as lower it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any problems I may have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter layout, virtually every one of those problems gotten rid of when I really got down to utilizing this thing.

I really did not assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be also a lot more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that shaky, however even if I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, verifying 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 addition, which they claim includes a lot more stability when acquired as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for regarding 3 weeks now for everyday work (and also adhering to standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s typing out testimonials such as this one from our desktop or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, and also the finish in addition to the desk still feels equally as smooth and slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and multiple clean downs with a cloth.

I never ever intentionally attempt to dent any type of desks as well hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without as well lots of visible indicators of damage.

Last but not least, when I gauged the noise result of the desk while it climbed from a sitting position to standing as well as back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually evaluated yet. I could barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, generally I do not consist of much about the client service support of any kind of provided business, only due to the fact that I really feel that generally if a product functions the method its supposed to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I desire I might say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this testimonial without discussing the various, relatively unlimited issues I came across trying to get my desk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any memory mobile included originally, which suggested I had no other way of really controlling the up/down feature 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 shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our troubles …
About four days later on a mobile got here in the mail. The mobile initially switched on, yet it had not been long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” button dealt with the down feature just fine. I got in touch with the firm once more, and also they apologized for the mixup and also claimed they would have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel and also control box got here. When I installed them both the desk lastly began functioning the means it was meant to, however not after practically a month of waiting as well as back and forth with a business that could not remember to ship a core element of their item inside the very same box from the beginning.

Things to Think about

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand workdesk also has its very own disadvantages. Given that no singular stand desk might catch every one of the attributes that you may require, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a stabilizing crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering several of our various other favorite desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (more on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to put your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer included security, usually crucial when desks are completely extended.

We have not check out any type of issues of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not assume its something to really be worried concerning, although if you truly wanted a workdesk with a crossbar then we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most important aspects of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it difficult to concentrate, which might bring about you becoming less curious about using the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to be happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security tests into two areas. Both tests will certainly consist of the common front to back shaking examination and also a delegated best wobble. The first will certainly be without the cross support and the second will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase security by as much as 15%. I have no idea exactly how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I checked that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking activity was bad. Beyond this point it would affect your job.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble activity for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble movement didn’t begin till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became poor.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely vital with flexible standing desks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is particularly real with a desk framework that consists of 32 screws, there are far a lot of factors at which the desk has a chance to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our labs, we need to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better matched to these applications, as well as for a rather obvious factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this market, and also their ordinary citizens are a great deal taller than the average Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time back. As well as they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not as well tall, don’t have an excessive quantity of heavy tools on your desktop computer, as well as do not need also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you good bang for your buck.

All that may transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to appear, as well as Yu states he’s had trouble getting the product top quality he requires out of several Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The new design is apparently mosting likely to be much easier to construct and also have a heftier crossbar layout, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, relieving our problem regarding side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever concerns market we’ll upgrade you below. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current information on the business is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office and has actually transferred it to join with all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

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