The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has been gobbled up by millennials in impressive volumes. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a reputable indicator of the anticipated useful life of the training columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability problems this is a far better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before want to be, as well as a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying consumers from both its cheaper as well as more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, as well as Gizmos

Building the desk is rather straight forward if you adhere to the detailed directions. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, and also springtime washers can be found in separate bags that are noted with their destination: table top, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing every one of the bolts right into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit into your power device– just beware not to over-tighten.

All 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 screws that are secured to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up also includes height-adjustable turning gears to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really useful for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise making use of a flooring mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damage at resting elevation, and push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure set, meaning the backwards and forwards arrows will change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously readjust the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are similar in design: press to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for five secs to save a new height value. I’m making use of switch 1 for my resting setting and also switch 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 and 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new desk for a couple of weeks and also have actually made a note of my initial impressions:

The motors are quiet however can be heard in the following room over. It takes perhaps 25 secs for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (particularly this LX version), creating the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I should have purchased the bar upgrade for my workdesk after identifying the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a twin display setup, get the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I need to elevate the desk greater in the morning and lower it at night.

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

Performance

In spite of any problems I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter style, pretty much all of those problems washed away when I really came down to using this point.

I really did not believe it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be even much more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, yet even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, confirming to be just as constant on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar enhancement, which they claim adds much more security 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 rated for as much as 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for about three weeks currently for everyday work (and following standing desk best methods), whether it’s inputting out reviews like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer periodically. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, and also the finish on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it despite days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also numerous clean downs with a rag.

I never deliberately attempt to damage any type of desks too hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without too several noticeable indications of damage.

Lastly, when I measured the sound result of the desk while it climbed from a sitting position to standing and also back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve tested yet. I might hardly get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your most significant concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Client service

Now, generally I do not consist of much regarding the client service support of any type of provided business, only because I feel that as a whole if an item functions the means its meant to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I want I might claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I just can not complete this review without pointing out the many, seemingly endless issues I came across trying to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory mobile phone included initially, which suggested I had no other way of in fact managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this problem, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and a promise that a brand-new one would be shipped quickly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our issues …
About 4 days later on a phone arrived in the mail. The mobile at first activated, yet it had not been long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down feature simply fine. I called the company once again, as well as they excused the mixup as well as stated they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and control box got here. As soon as I mounted them both the desk ultimately started working the means it was expected to, but not after almost a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core element of their product inside the exact same box from the outset.

Things to Think about

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand up desk also has its very own downsides. Because no singular stand workdesk might catch all of the features that you may require, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as standard

Not having a maintaining bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, particularly considering a few of our other favored desks such as the Completely Jarvis additionally don’t have one. In fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later on as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as a barrier, making it more difficult to place your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they supply added stability, usually crucial when desks are completely expanded.

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

Conversely, StandDesk does provide a different add-on bar that you can contribute to the desk on your own, just for an extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing desk is among the most vital elements of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll locate it hard to focus, which can bring about you becoming less interested in using the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to be happy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have actually examined with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability tests right into two areas. Both tests will consist of the normal front to back shaking examination and an entrusted to best wobble. The very first will certainly lack the cross support and the second will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross assistance can increase security by as much as 15%. I have no concept exactly how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that tottered 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 movement was bad. Yet point it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for lower elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble movement didn’t start till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity ended up being negative.

Keep in mind: It’s very crucial with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when reached standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a workdesk structure that includes 32 bolts, there are much too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our laboratories, we have to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better fit to these applications, as well as for a fairly apparent factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this sector, as well as their average people are a great deal taller than the typical Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time back. And they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not too tall, don’t have an inordinate quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop, as well as don’t require also vast of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you excellent bang for your buck.

All that may change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to release at some point in the future. Initially we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to appear, and Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the item high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried working with. The brand-new style is apparently going to be much easier to assemble and have a heftier crossbar design, among other refinements. He claims the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, reducing our concern concerning side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

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

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and also has actually been gobbled up by millennials in excellent volumes. While it brings a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trusted indication of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability problems this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever want to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying clients from both its cheaper and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Setup, as well as Gizmos

Developing the desk is quite direct if you follow the comprehensive instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washing machines, as well as 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 screws right into the frame, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have an excellent quality surface to them with rounded edges to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are secured to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up also consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really helpful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m likewise using a flooring mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damages at sitting 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 switches are all variable stress configured, indicating the backwards and forwards arrowheads will change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously readjust the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are similar in design: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to save a new height worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my resting setting and switch 4 for my standing placement, which offers me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new workdesk for a few weeks and have documented my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the next area over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to fully shift from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (particularly this LX design), creating the desk to obtain a little rough when I move my weight versus the keyboard. In knowledge, I must have acquired the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a dual screen configuration, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to elevate the desk greater in the early morning and lower it at night.

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

Performance

Despite any kind of issues I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, virtually all of those concerns removed as soon as I in fact got down to using this thing.

Although I really did not think it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be much more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and standing elevations. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that shaky, but even if I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, showing to be just as steady on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar enhancement, which they assert includes much more stability when acquired as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I’ve been using the desk for concerning three weeks now for day-to-day job (as well as adhering to standing desk best methods), whether it’s typing out evaluations such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer periodically. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the surface in addition to the desk still really feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and numerous wipe downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never ever intentionally try to dent any desks too hard, during some lighter tests (throwing a set of keys onto it from a range, as an example), it still held up without too many visible indications of damages.

When I measured the noise outcome of the desk while it climbed from a resting position to standing as well as back once again, it was by much the quietest we’ve examined. I can hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your most significant worry is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Client service

Now, typically I do not consist of much regarding the customer service assistance of any kind of given company, just since I really feel that generally if a product functions the way its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. As well as while I wish I can say that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t complete this evaluation without stating the various, apparently countless problems I experienced trying to obtain my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory handset consisted of originally, which implied I had no way of really controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk about this issue, that got back to me around a day later with an apology as well as a guarantee that a brand-new one would be shipped soon.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our problems …
About four days later a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The phone at first activated, but it wasn’t long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down function simply great. I contacted the firm once again, and they apologized for the mixup as well as stated they would certainly have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel as well as control box arrived. Once I mounted them both the desk finally started functioning the method it was expected to, yet not after nearly a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a company that could not remember to ship a core part of their product inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Things to Think about

Despite its bankable functions, this stand workdesk additionally has its own disadvantages. Because no particular stand desk could record every one of the attributes that you might need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about some of our various other preferred desks such as the Fully Jarvis also don’t have one. This desk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to place your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they offer included security, typically important when desks are completely expanded.

We have not review any problems of the stability of this workdesk, so we don’t believe its something to actually be concerned concerning, although if you truly desired a workdesk with a bar then we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Alternatively, StandDesk does offer a different add-on bar that you can add to the desk on your own, just for an added $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of one of the most crucial facets of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll discover it difficult to concentrate, which could bring about you becoming much less curious about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To get the best return on your investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have actually tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability examinations right into 2 sections. Both tests will consist of the normal front to back shaking test and also an entrusted to appropriate wobble. The very first will certainly lack the cross support 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 up to 15%. I have no concept exactly how they generated that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I checked that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity was bad. Beyond this point it would affect your job.

With Cross Support

Front to Back: Including the cross assistance does not influence the rocking motion. The StandDesk Simple started to experienced a shaking movement at 36″. By 41″ the rocking activity was bad.

Delegated Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion didn’t start up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity came to be bad.

Keep in mind: It’s very vital with adjustable standing desks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when encompassed standing height will be overemphasized. This is especially real with a workdesk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are far too many points at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better matched to these applications, as well as for a relatively noticeable reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that invented this industry, as well as their average people are a whole lot taller than the average Oriental consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a very long time ago. And they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not also tall, don’t have an extreme quantity of heavy devices on your desktop computer, and also don’t need also large of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you excellent bang for your buck.

All that could change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch at some point in the future. Originally we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to materialize, and Yu states he’s had trouble getting the product quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new design is apparently mosting likely to be much easier to construct and also have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few improvements. He says the brand-new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, reducing our problem about side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this new base ever involves market we’ll update you right here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current news on the company is that Yu shut the small Los Angeles office and also has relocated it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing desk with excellent efficiency has been introduce through the brand-new joint venture between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While restricted in size and also color alternatives, it has taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the most effective standing workdesk under $400.