The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it carries a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trustworthy indicator of the expected valuable life of the lifting columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a terrific lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before wish 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 gaining clients from both its less expensive and also costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and Gadgets

Building the desk is quite easy if you comply with the detailed guidelines. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and also springtime washing machines come 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 screws right into the structure, or, appear a hex bit right into your power tool– just take care not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up additionally includes height-adjustable rotation gears to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very practical for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally utilizing a flooring mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damage at resting height, as well as press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure programmed, indicating the up and down arrows will certainly adjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually adjust the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two seconds. The memory switches are similar in layout: push to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a 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 could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new workdesk for a few weeks and have actually made a note of my first impacts:

The motors are quiet however can be heard in the following room over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to fully change from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX design), causing the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I should have purchased the bar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a double monitor arrangement, get the bar.

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

An anti-fatigue floor covering is absolutely essential for long period of time standing. I purchased an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are imagined listed below.

Performance

Despite any kind of problems I may have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter style, practically all of those concerns removed as soon as I actually got down to using this point.

I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be even a lot more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing heights. A lot of days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that shaky, however just because I desire as much security 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 enhancement, which they claim includes even more security when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it involves weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for about 3 weeks currently for daily work (and also adhering to standing workdesk finest techniques), whether it’s typing out testimonials like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop periodically. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, and the surface on top of the desk still really feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and several clean downs with a dustcloth.

I never ever purposefully try to damage any kind of desks too hard, during some lighter tests (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without too many noticeable signs of damages.

Finally, when I gauged the sound output of the desk while it increased from a resting position to standing and back once more, it was without a doubt the quietest we’ve tested yet. I can barely get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your largest worry is the whirr of your motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, normally I don’t include much concerning the customer service assistance of any type of offered firm, just since I feel that generally if an item works the means its intended to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I wish I could state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this review without pointing out the numerous, relatively countless problems I came across trying to obtain my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any kind of memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which implied I had no other way of in fact managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this problem, that returned to me around a day later on with an apology as well as a pledge that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning 4 days later a handset showed up in the mail. The phone initially turned on, however it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable switches functioned, neither did the down button, but for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down function just fine. I called the company again, as well as they excused the mixup and also said they would have a new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel as well as control box arrived. As soon as I mounted them both the desk ultimately began working the method it was supposed to, however not after nearly a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core component of their product inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Points to Think about

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand workdesk also has its own drawbacks. Considering that no singular stand desk could record every one of the functions that you might require, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a maintaining bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, particularly taking into consideration some of our other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis also don’t have one. As a matter of fact, this workdesk does have one if you desire, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it tougher to place your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they supply added security, usually crucial when desks are totally extended.

We have not read any issues of the stability of this desk, so we do not believe its something to really be concerned about, although if you actually desired a desk with a crossbar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The security of a standing desk is one of the most vital facets of these desks. Without a stable desk you’ll find it difficult to focus, which can bring about you coming to be less curious about making use of the desk at standing height. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have examined with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability tests right into 2 sections. Both tests will certainly include the regular front to back shaking test and also a left to best wobble. The first will be without the cross assistance and the secondly will be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross support can boost stability by as much as 15%. I have no idea how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I checked that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking motion misbehaved. 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 started to experienced a shaking activity at 36″. By 41″ the shaking activity misbehaved.

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not start up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity became poor.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely vital with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not completely tight, the movement experienced when reached standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a desk structure that includes 32 bolts, there are far a lot of factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our labs, we need to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much 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 much better matched to these applications, and for a relatively obvious factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that created this market, and also their typical citizens are a great deal taller than the ordinary Asian consumer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time earlier. And also they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

But if you’re not also high, don’t have an extreme amount of hefty devices on your desktop, as well as don’t need also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you good bang for your buck.

All that may alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch sometime in the future. Initially we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to emerge, and Yu states he’s had trouble getting the product quality he requires out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The new design is allegedly going to be much easier to set up and also have a heftier bar style, to name a few refinements. He states the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, relieving our issue about side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever before comes to market we’ll upgrade 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 shut the little Los Angeles office and also has actually transferred it to accompany all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a dependable indication of the anticipated useful life of the training columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a terrific lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security problems this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever wish to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its cheaper and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and also Gizmos

Developing the desk is rather easy if you comply with the comprehensive guidelines. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and spring washers can be found in separate bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, frame, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for fastening all of the screws into the structure, or, appear a hex little bit into your power tool– just be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top quality finish to them with rounded edges to stay clear of 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 assembly likewise includes height-adjustable turning equipments to stabilize the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really useful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m also making use of a flooring mat to shield the carpeting from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and also press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure set, suggesting the up and down arrows will certainly readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly adjust the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory switches are comparable in layout: push to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to keep a brand-new elevation worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting position as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been using the new desk for a couple of weeks and also have documented 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 completely change from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (particularly this LX design), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I should have acquired the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my screens. If you prepare to do a twin display arrangement, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to raise the desk higher in the early morning and also lower it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any type of problems I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, practically all of those worries washed away as soon as I really got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t think it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be much more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall surface; not always since it’s that wobbly, however just because I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, verifying to be equally as constant on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar enhancement, which they declare adds a lot more security when purchased 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 3 weeks currently for everyday work (as well as following standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s keying out evaluations like this one from our desktop or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, as well as the finish in addition to the desk still feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and several clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never intentionally attempt to dent any type of desks also hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for example), it still stood up without way too many noticeable indicators of damages.

When I gauged the noise output of the desk while it increased from a resting setting to standing and back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually examined. I might hardly get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant concern is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, generally I don’t include much about the customer care support of any provided firm, just since I really feel that generally if a product works the way its expected to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. As well as while I wish I could say that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this testimonial without mentioning the countless, seemingly endless problems I ran into attempting to get my workdesk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory mobile phone included originally, which indicated I had no chance of actually regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this issue, that got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a promise that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our problems …
Concerning four days later a handset arrived in the mail. The mobile initially activated, but it had not been long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” button handled the down feature simply fine. I contacted the firm once again, as well as they apologized for the mixup and also said they would certainly have a new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my new panel and control box got here. As soon as I mounted them both the desk lastly began functioning the way it was supposed to, however not after practically a month of waiting and also back and forth with a company that could not remember to deliver a core component of their product inside the exact same box from the start.

Points to Think about

In spite of its bankable features, this stand up workdesk also has its own disadvantages. Given that no singular stand workdesk might record all of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a supporting bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about several of our various other preferred workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally don’t have one. This desk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later also).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more challenging to put your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they give added stability, often vital when workdesks are completely expanded.

We have not check out any kind of problems of the security of this desk, so we do not believe its something to really be concerned about, although if you actually wanted a workdesk with a crossbar then we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does use 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 desk is among the most essential facets of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which might result in you becoming much less thinking about utilizing the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability examinations right into 2 areas. Both tests will certainly include the regular front to back rocking test and also a delegated ideal wobble. The initial will certainly lack the cross assistance and the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross support can increase security by as much as 15%. I have no idea how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I checked that tottered 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. Yet factor it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble activity for lower elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble motion really did not begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion came to be negative.

Note: It’s very important with flexible standing desks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when extended to standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is particularly real with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 screws, there are far a lot of points at which the desk has a chance to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our laboratories, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better suited to these applications, and also for a fairly apparent factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German firms that designed this industry, and also their typical people are a lot taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a very long time back. And also they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not too high, don’t have an extreme quantity of heavy devices on your desktop, and do not need also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent value.

All that could alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to release sometime in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to appear, as well as Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the product top quality he requires out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted working with. The brand-new design is apparently mosting likely to be much easier to set up and have a heftier bar style, to name a few refinements. He claims the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, alleviating our concern regarding side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this new base ever pertains to market we’ll update you here. But we’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as one of the most current news on the firm is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace and also has relocated it to accompany all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with remarkable performance has actually been introduce through the new joint venture between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While restricted in size and also shade options, it has actually taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the most effective standing workdesk under $400.