The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding volumes. While it lugs a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trustworthy indicator of the anticipated beneficial life of the training columns. But for the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability concerns this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever want to be, and also a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made desks that is gaining consumers from both its less costly as well as more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, and Devices

Building the desk is pretty straight forward if you follow the detailed guidelines. All of the screws, screws, washers, and also spring washing machines come in separate bags that are noted with their location: table top, framework, as well as spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening every one of the bolts right into the structure, or, appear a hex bit into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

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

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable stress configured, indicating the backwards and forwards arrowheads will change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually readjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in layout: push to remember the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a new height value. I’m making use of button 1 for my resting position and also switch 4 for my standing position, which gives me 2 and 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new desk for a couple of weeks and have documented my initial perceptions:

The motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following space over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to completely shift from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (particularly this LX model), creating the desk to obtain a little rocky when I move my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I should have acquired the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a twin display arrangement, get the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human back, I require to increase the desk higher in the early morning and also reduced it at night.

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

Performance

Regardless of any troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, practically every one of those concerns gotten rid of once I in fact came down to utilizing this point.

I really did not assume it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be even a lot more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing elevations. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, yet just because I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, proving to be equally as consistent on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar enhancement, which they claim adds much more security when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I’ve been using the desk for about three weeks currently for daily job (and also complying with standing workdesk ideal practices), whether it’s keying out evaluations such as this one from our desktop or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, as well as the finish in addition to the desk still feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it despite days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a cloth.

I never deliberately attempt to damage any type of desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without also numerous noticeable indications of damages.

Lastly, when I determined the noise outcome of the desk while it rose from a resting position to standing and back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually checked yet. I might hardly get it to make greater 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.

Client service

Now, normally I do not include much concerning the customer support assistance of any kind of offered business, only since I really feel that as a whole if a product works the method its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. As well as while I wish I can claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t finish this testimonial without discussing the countless, seemingly limitless problems I experienced trying to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory handset included originally, which meant I had no chance of actually regulating 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 a pledge that a new one would be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The resource of all our problems …
Regarding four days later a mobile showed up in the mail. The phone originally activated, but it wasn’t long before I observed that none of the programmable switches worked, neither did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” switch took care of the down function just fine. I contacted the company once more, and they excused the mixup as well as said they would have a brand-new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel and control box showed up. As soon as I installed them both the desk ultimately began working the way it was supposed to, however not after nearly a month of waiting and backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t remember to ship a core component of their item inside the same box from the start.

Things to Think about

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand workdesk additionally has its very own downsides. Because no particular stand desk can capture every one of the features that you might require, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a stabilizing crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, particularly considering several of our various other favorite desks such as the Fully Jarvis also don’t have one. This desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (much more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it harder to position your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer included stability, typically vital when desks are fully extended.

We have not review any type of complaints of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not believe its something to truly be concerned regarding, although if you actually wanted a workdesk with a bar after that we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Conversely, StandDesk does provide a different add-on bar that you can add to the desk yourself, just for an additional $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most important aspects of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll locate it hard to concentrate, which could result in you coming to be much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll want to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have checked with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my security examinations right into two areas. Both tests will include the normal front to back rocking test and also a delegated appropriate wobble. The first will be without the cross support and the second will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross support can raise security by up to 15%. I have no concept how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking activity misbehaved. Yet factor it would influence your work.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble movement didn’t begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity came to be poor.

Keep in mind: It’s very crucial with adjustable standing workdesks to totally tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not completely tight, the motion experienced when reached standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a desk frame that includes 32 bolts, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will be better fit to these applications, as well as for a fairly evident reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this industry, as well as their ordinary people are a whole lot taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time earlier. As well as they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

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

All that may alter with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Originally we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the item high quality he needs out of numerous Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The new style is apparently mosting likely to be a lot easier to set up and also have a heftier crossbar design, among other refinements. He states the brand-new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” setup, alleviating our issue regarding side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever concerns market we’ll upgrade you here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent news on the business is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office and also has moved it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trustworthy indication of the anticipated helpful life of the training columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a far better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before hope to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its cheaper and pricier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Configuration, and also Gadgets

Building the desk is quite direct if you adhere to the thorough directions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, as well as springtime washers been available in separate bags that are noted with their destination: table top, framework, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for securing every one of the bolts into the framework, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power device– just beware not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally includes height-adjustable rotation equipments to stabilize the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really useful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally making use of a floor mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damages at resting height, and push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The switches are all variable stress configured, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously change the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory switches are similar in design: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to store a new elevation worth. I’m making use of switch 1 for my resting position as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been utilizing the brand-new desk for a few weeks and have actually jotted down my preliminary impressions:

The electric motors are quiet but can be listened to in the next area over. It takes probably 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 (specifically this LX design), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I shift my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I must have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my screens. If you plan to do a twin display arrangement, get the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human back, I require to elevate the desk higher in the early morning and lower it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely essential for long duration standing. I acquired an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, using rubber “cells” that are pictured listed below.

Efficiency

Despite any kind of problems I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, basically all of those problems removed as soon as I in fact came down to utilizing this thing.

Although I didn’t assume it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be much more steady than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing heights. Many days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall; not always due to the fact that it’s that unsteady, however just because I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, showing to be equally as consistent by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s bar addition, which they declare includes a lot more stability when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 pounds of weight ability.

I have actually been using the desk for regarding 3 weeks now for everyday work (and adhering to standing desk ideal methods), whether it’s keying out testimonials like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every now and then. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, and also the finish in addition to the desk still really feels equally as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and multiple wipe downs with a cloth.

Though I never ever intentionally try to damage any kind of desks as well hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still stood up without way too many visible indications of damage.

When I gauged the noise output of the workdesk while it increased from a sitting setting to standing and also back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually evaluated. I could barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, normally I do not consist of much about the client service assistance of any kind of provided firm, just due to the fact that I feel that in general if a product works the method its meant to, I should not ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. And also while I wish I could claim that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t complete this evaluation without mentioning the many, relatively endless troubles I came across attempting to get my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory phone included originally, which meant I had no other way of in fact regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk concerning this concern, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and an assurance that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Regarding four days later on a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The phone initially turned on, but it had not been long prior to I observed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” button handled the down function simply fine. I got in touch with the business again, and also they excused the mixup and also stated they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my new panel and control box got here. As soon as I mounted them both the desk finally began functioning the way it was expected to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting as well as back and forth with a business that could not remember to deliver a core element of their product inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Things to Consider

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand up desk also has its very own disadvantages. Because no singular stand workdesk could capture all of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a maintaining bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly considering a few of our various other favorite desks such as the Completely Jarvis also do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (much more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to put your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give added stability, usually vital when desks are fully expanded.

We have not read any type of grievances of the security of this desk, so we do not assume its something to really be concerned about, although if you actually desired a desk with a crossbar after that we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is just one of the most vital elements of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which might lead to you ending up being less thinking about making use of the desk at standing height. To obtain the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually examined with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security examinations into two sections. Both examinations will consist of the regular front to back rocking test and also a left to appropriate wobble. The very first will certainly be without the cross assistance and the second will certainly be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can boost security by approximately 15%. I have no suggestion just how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I tested that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking activity was bad. Beyond this factor it would impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble movement really did not begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being negative.

Note: It’s very important with adjustable standing desks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the motion experienced when reached standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is especially real with a desk frame that consists of 32 screws, there are much a lot of points at which the desk has a chance to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our laboratories, we have to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability simply isn’t there for a big mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be better matched to these applications, as well as for a rather evident reason. Essentially all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this sector, and their ordinary people are a whole lot taller than the ordinary Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a very long time ago. And also they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

But if you’re not also high, do not have an excessive amount of heavy devices on your desktop computer, as well as don’t require also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you great bang for your buck.

All that may change with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and Yu states he’s had problem getting the product high quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new design is allegedly going to be a lot easier to set up and have a heftier crossbar layout, among other refinements. He claims the brand-new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, relieving our worry regarding side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before comes to market we’ll update you below. However we’re not holding our breath any longer as one of the most current news on the business is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles office as well as has transferred it to accompany all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

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