The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been demolished by millennials in impressive volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a reliable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the training columns. But also for the rate, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made workdesks. In spite of its security issues this is a far better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever hope to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made desks that is swaying consumers from both its less expensive and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Setup, and also Gizmos

Constructing the desk is pretty simple if you follow the thorough instructions. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, and also spring washers come in different bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, framework, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing every one of the screws into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up also consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to stabilize the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely helpful for the carpeted office floor. I’m additionally utilizing a floor mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damage at resting height, as well as push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure set, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will adjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously adjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are similar in layout: press to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to store a brand-new elevation worth. I’m utilizing button 1 for my resting setting and button 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been using the new workdesk for a couple of weeks and have actually written down my preliminary impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the following area over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (specifically this LX design), creating the desk to get a little rough when I change my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I should have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a twin screen configuration, get the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to elevate the desk higher in the morning and reduced it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely vital for long duration standing. I purchased an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are imagined listed below.

Efficiency

In spite of any type of troubles I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter style, virtually every one of those concerns washed away as soon as I in fact got down to utilizing this point.

Although I didn’t believe it was also feasible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing elevations. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall surface; not necessarily since it’s that wobbly, however just because I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, showing to be just as constant by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar enhancement, which they claim includes even more stability when bought as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for about three weeks currently for daily work (and also adhering to standing desk finest practices), whether it’s inputting out testimonials like this one from our desktop or a laptop from time to time. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, and the finish on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a rag.

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

Lastly, when I determined the noise output of the desk while it increased from a resting setting to standing as well as back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually evaluated yet. I can barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, typically I don’t include much concerning the customer support assistance of any kind of given company, just due to the fact that I really feel that generally if an item functions the method its intended to, I should not ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And also while I wish I could claim that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this testimonial without discussing the many, relatively endless problems I came across trying to obtain my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory handset included initially, which meant I had no chance of actually managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this problem, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and a guarantee that a brand-new one would be shipped out soon.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
About four days later a mobile phone arrived in the mail. The mobile phone originally turned on, however it wasn’t long prior to I observed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” switch handled the down feature just fine. I got in touch with the company again, and they apologized for the mixup and stated they would have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and also control box got here. Once I installed them both the desk finally began working the way it was meant to, yet not after practically a month of waiting as well as back and forth with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the very same box from the outset.

Things to Consider

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand desk likewise has its own downsides. Given that no single stand desk could record all of the functions that you might need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a supporting crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about several of our other preferred workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis additionally do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it more challenging to place your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they give included stability, commonly vital when desks are completely expanded.

We have not review any type of issues of the security of this workdesk, so we do not think its something to actually be concerned regarding, although if you really wanted a workdesk with a crossbar after that we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a separate add-on crossbar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, simply for an extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is one of the most crucial aspects of these workdesks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll locate it hard to focus, which might lead to you becoming much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll want to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually examined with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability examinations into two areas. Both examinations will include the regular front to back rocking test and an entrusted to right wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross support and the second will certainly be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross support can enhance stability by as much as 15%. I have no concept how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I evaluated that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking motion was bad. Yet point it would impact your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble activity didn’t start until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity became negative.

Note: It’s really important with adjustable standing desks to completely tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally tight, the motion experienced when encompassed standing height will be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a workdesk framework that includes 32 screws, there are much way too many points at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our laboratories, we have to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, and for a rather apparent reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that designed this industry, as well as their ordinary citizens are a whole lot taller than the ordinary Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time back. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing desk bases, needless to say.

Yet if you’re not too high, don’t have an extreme amount of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, and also don’t need too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you good bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Initially 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 item high quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The new design is allegedly mosting likely to be much easier to set up and also have a heftier crossbar style, to name a few refinements. He says the brand-new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, alleviating our problem concerning side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever concerns market we’ll update you below. However we’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent information on the firm is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office and also has actually moved it to accompany all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a reliable indicator of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security problems this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever want to be, and a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying consumers from both its less costly and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Configuration, and also Devices

Constructing the desk is quite straight forward if you adhere to the detailed guidelines. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, as well as spring washing machines come in separate bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, framework, and spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening all of the bolts right into the framework, or, appear a hex bit right into your power device– just be careful not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up additionally includes height-adjustable rotation equipments to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very useful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m also making use of a flooring mat to protect the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, implying the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory switches are similar in design: press to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to save a brand-new elevation worth. I’m making use of switch 1 for my sitting position and also switch 4 for my standing position, which offers me 2 and also 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been using the brand-new desk for a couple of weeks and have written down my first impressions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following room over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX design), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I must have bought the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a double monitor arrangement, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to elevate the desk higher in the early morning as well as lower it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue mat is definitely necessary for long period of time standing. I purchased an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are visualized listed below.

Performance

Regardless of any type of problems I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter layout, pretty much all of those issues washed away once I really came down to using this point.

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

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, confirming to be equally as constant on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar addition, which they declare includes even more security when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for concerning 3 weeks now for day-to-day work (and also adhering to standing desk finest methods), whether it’s inputting out evaluations similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, and also the surface in addition to the desk still feels just as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as several wipe downs with a cloth.

I never purposefully attempt to dent any desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without as well lots of visible indications of damages.

When I gauged the noise outcome of the desk while it increased from a resting setting to standing as well as back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually checked. I might barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your most significant problem is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer care

Now, typically I do not include much regarding the customer care assistance of any offered business, only since I feel that as a whole if an item functions the method its meant to, I should not ever have a reason to call them to begin with. As well as while I wish I might state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t complete this testimonial without stating the various, apparently countless problems I came across trying to obtain my desk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any type of memory phone consisted of initially, which suggested I had no chance of in fact controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk concerning this concern, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and a pledge that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our issues …
Regarding four days later on a phone showed up in the mail. The handset at first switched on, however it had not been long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” button handled the down function simply great. I contacted the business again, and also they apologized for the mixup as well as claimed they would certainly have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel and control box arrived. As soon as I installed them both the desk finally began functioning the way it was intended to, but not after virtually a month of waiting and to and fro with a business that could not keep in mind to deliver a core component of their product inside the same box from the start.

Things to Consider

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand workdesk likewise has its very own drawbacks. Because no singular stand workdesk could record all of the features that you may need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a stabilizing crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration a few of our other preferred workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis likewise do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later on also).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it tougher to place your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they offer added stability, frequently important when desks are completely prolonged.

We have not check out any complaints of the stability of this desk, so we do not think its something to actually be worried regarding, although if you really desired a workdesk with a crossbar then we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a separate add-on crossbar that you can add to the desk yourself, just for an additional $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is just one of the most crucial aspects of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll find it tough to focus, which could bring about you coming to be less curious about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when using the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have tested with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security tests into two areas. Both examinations will certainly include the regular front to back shaking examination as well as a left to ideal wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross support and the secondly will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co claims that the enhancement of the cross assistance can boost security by up to 15%. I have no suggestion just how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking motion was bad. Beyond this point it would impact your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Adding 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 got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion came to be bad.

Note: It’s extremely vital with flexible standing desks to fully tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not totally limited, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 bolts, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our labs, we need to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability simply isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better matched to these applications, and also for a fairly obvious reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this industry, and their average citizens are a whole lot taller than the average Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long time ago. And also they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

Yet if you’re not too tall, don’t have an inordinate quantity of hefty equipment on your desktop computer, and also don’t need too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent value.

All that might transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch at some point in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the product quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The new layout is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to put together and also have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few refinements. He states the brand-new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” arrangement, easing our worry concerning side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever pertains to market we’ll upgrade you here. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent news on the business is that Yu closed the little 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 new $399 standing workdesk with impressive efficiency has actually been introduce through the new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While restricted in size and also color alternatives, it has taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago standing as the very best standing desk under $400.