The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has actually been gobbled up by millennials in impressive volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a dependable indicator of the anticipated useful life of the lifting columns. But for the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability problems this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever intend to be, and a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made desks that is gaining customers from both its less expensive and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, and also Devices

Developing the desk is pretty easy if you follow the comprehensive instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washers been available in separate bags that are marked with their destination: table top, framework, as well as spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching every one of the bolts into the frame, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– simply take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality finish to them with rounded edges to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are fastened to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up additionally consists of height-adjustable turning equipments to stabilize the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really helpful for the carpeted office floor. I’m also utilizing a floor mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damage at resting height, as well as press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable stress programmed, meaning the up and down arrows will readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly adjust the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in style: press to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for five seconds to store a new height worth. I’m using button 1 for my resting setting as well as switch 4 for my standing setting, which offers me 2 and 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the brand-new desk for a couple of weeks as well as have actually documented my preliminary impacts:

The electric motors are quiet but can be listened to in the next area over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to completely transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (especially this LX design), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I change my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I should have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a dual screen configuration, obtain the crossbar.

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

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

Efficiency

In spite of any problems I might have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter style, basically all of those issues gotten rid of as soon as I actually came down to using this point.

I didn’t assume it was also feasible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be even more steady than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing elevations. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall surface; not necessarily since it’s that wobbly, however even if I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, verifying to be equally as consistent by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar addition, which they claim includes even more stability when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it pertains to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight capability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for concerning 3 weeks currently for day-to-day work (and also following standing workdesk best practices), whether it’s inputting out evaluations like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every so often. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, and also the surface on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as several clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never intentionally attempt to damage any type of desks too hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of tricks onto it from a distance, as an example), it still stood up without too many noticeable indications of damages.

Last but not least, when I gauged the noise result of the desk while it increased from a sitting placement to standing and also back once more, it was by far the quietest we’ve evaluated yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your largest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, normally I do not include much regarding the customer support support of any given business, just since I really feel that generally if an item works the method its meant to, I should not ever have a factor to call them in the first place. And also while I desire I can state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t finish this testimonial without pointing out the countless, apparently endless issues I came across trying to obtain my desk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory handset included originally, which meant I had no way of in fact controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this problem, that got back to me around a day later with an apology as well as an assurance that a new one would be shipped soon.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Regarding four days later on a mobile got here in the mail. The mobile at first turned on, yet it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down switch, however, for some factor the “memory” button handled the down feature just great. I spoke to the company once again, and also they apologized for the mixup and said they would have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and control box arrived. When I installed them both the desk finally started working the way it was supposed to, but not after practically a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a company that could not keep in mind to deliver a core element of their product inside the same box from the outset.

Things to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand desk also has its own disadvantages. Because no single stand workdesk could record every one of the features that you may need, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as standard

Not having a stabilizing bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, especially taking into consideration a few of our other favorite desks such as the Fully Jarvis likewise don’t have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more difficult to put your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they give included stability, often vital when workdesks are completely extended.

We have not read any grievances of the stability of this desk, so we do not think its something to truly be concerned concerning, although if you truly wanted a desk with a crossbar then we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The stability of a standing desk is among one of the most important facets of these desks. Without a steady desk you’ll locate it tough to concentrate, which might result in you coming to be much less curious about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To get the best return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when utilizing the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security examinations right into 2 areas. Both tests will certainly consist of the normal front to back shaking test as well as a left to ideal wobble. The initial will be without the cross assistance and also the second will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase stability by as much as 15%. I have no concept just how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking movement was bad. Beyond this factor it would certainly affect your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for reduced elevations. With the cross support the wobble activity didn’t begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be poor.

Keep in mind: It’s really vital with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the motion experienced when reached standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is especially true with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 screws, there are far too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually checked in our labs, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be better matched to these applications, as well as for a fairly evident factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German firms that invented this market, as well as their typical people are a great deal taller than the average Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time ago. And also they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and also large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not too tall, do not have an excessive quantity of heavy devices on your desktop, as well as don’t need too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you great bang for your dollar.

All that could transform with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to release at some time in the future. Originally we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to materialize, and Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the item high quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The brand-new layout is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to assemble and have a heftier bar style, to name a few improvements. He claims the brand-new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, relieving our problem about side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this new base ever concerns market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent information on the business is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles office as well as has relocated it to join with all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing workdesk with excellent performance has been present with the new joint venture between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing desk. While restricted in dimension and color alternatives, it has actually taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the best standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has actually been demolished by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a trustworthy indicator of the anticipated helpful life of the lifting columns. But also for the rate, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its security issues this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever want to be, as well as a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is winning over clients from both its more affordable and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Arrangement, and also Devices

Developing the desk is rather direct if you comply with the comprehensive directions. All of the screws, screws, washers, and also spring washers come in different bags that are marked with their destination: table top, framework, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for attaching all of the screws right into the frame, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have an excellent quality surface to them with rounded corners to stay clear of 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 setting up likewise includes height-adjustable turning equipments to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really valuable for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise utilizing a flooring mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, and also push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, meaning the up and down arrows will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually change the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory buttons are comparable in layout: press to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to save a brand-new height worth. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting setting as well as button 4 for my standing setting, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new desk for a few weeks and have actually made a note of my preliminary impressions:

The motors are quiet but can be listened to in the following room over. It takes probably 25 secs for the desk to fully transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (especially this LX model), creating the desk to obtain a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I ought to have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a twin monitor arrangement, get the crossbar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I require to raise the desk greater in the early morning and also lower it at night.

An anti-fatigue mat is absolutely necessary for long duration standing. I acquired an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are imagined below.

Efficiency

Regardless of any kind of issues I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, practically all of those worries gotten rid of as soon as I in fact got down to utilizing this point.

I didn’t assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be also more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing elevations. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed versus my wall; not necessarily because it’s that wobbly, yet just because I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, verifying to be equally as steady by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they assert adds much more security when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for concerning three weeks now for everyday job (as well as following standing desk best practices), whether it’s keying out testimonials such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk stands up well against non-coastered drinks, and the coating in addition to the desk still really feels equally as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and numerous wipe downs with a rag.

I never intentionally attempt to damage any kind of workdesks also hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without as well lots of visible signs of damages.

Finally, when I determined 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 examined yet. I might hardly get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, normally I don’t include much concerning the client service assistance of any type of given business, only due to the fact that I feel that in general if a product works the means its intended to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. And also while I wish I can claim that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this testimonial without mentioning the numerous, relatively countless troubles I experienced attempting to get my workdesk put together.

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

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our problems …
Regarding 4 days later on a mobile showed up in the mail. The mobile phone at first switched on, yet it had not been long prior to I observed that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, but for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down function just great. I got in touch with the firm once again, as well as they apologized for the mixup and also claimed 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 and control box arrived. Once I installed them both the desk finally started working the means it was expected to, however not after virtually a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a business that could not keep in mind to ship a core part of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Take into consideration

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand desk likewise has its very own disadvantages. Considering that no particular stand desk might capture every one of the functions that you may need, you might take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a stabilizing bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically thinking about a few of our other preferred workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally do not have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it more difficult to put your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they offer added stability, typically vital when workdesks are fully extended.

We have not review any issues of the stability of this desk, so we do not assume its something to truly be concerned regarding, although if you actually wanted a workdesk with a crossbar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most crucial elements of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll locate it difficult to concentrate, which can lead to you becoming less interested in using the desk at standing height. To get the best return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have tested with an optional cross support, I will break down my security tests into 2 sections. Both examinations will certainly include the common front to back shaking test and a left to ideal wobble. The first will be without the cross assistance and the second will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross support can boost security by as much as 15%. I have no idea just how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked 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 shaking movement was bad. Yet factor it would influence your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

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

Note: It’s very vital with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is particularly real with a desk structure that includes 32 bolts, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve examined in our laboratories, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, and for a rather obvious reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that invented this industry, and their average people are a great deal taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time ago. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

But if you’re not too tall, do not have an extreme quantity of hefty tools on your desktop, and do not need too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you great bang for your buck.

All that could alter with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to release at some time in the future. Initially we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to appear, and Yu states he’s had trouble getting the product top quality he needs out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new layout is apparently going to be a lot easier to put together as well as have a heftier crossbar layout, to name a few refinements. He states the new base will be supplied in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, relieving our worry concerning side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever concerns market we’ll upgrade you right here. We’re not holding our breath any longer as the most recent information on the firm is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually transferred it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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