The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive volumes. While it lugs a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a reputable sign of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its stability problems this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before want to be, as well as a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made desks that is swaying consumers from both its cheaper and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and Devices

Developing the desk is pretty direct if you comply with the comprehensive directions. All of the screws, screws, washers, and springtime washing machines can be found in separate bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, structure, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching all of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– just take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality finish to them with rounded edges to prevent 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 additionally consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely useful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m also using a floor mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable stress set, meaning the backwards and forwards arrows will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly adjust the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in style: push to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for five secs to save a brand-new elevation value. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting placement as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 and 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the new workdesk for a few weeks and have actually jotted down my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the following room over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX design), causing the desk to obtain a little rocky when I shift my weight versus the keyboard. In knowledge, I should have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a double display setup, get the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I require to elevate the desk higher in the early morning as well as reduced it at night.

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 envisioned below.

Efficiency

Regardless of any type of troubles I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter style, virtually every one of those concerns removed once I really came down to using this point.

I really did not assume it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be also more steady than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing heights. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall; not necessarily because it’s that wobbly, yet even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, 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 adds even more security when purchased as a part of the package deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for concerning 3 weeks now for everyday work (and also following standing workdesk best methods), whether it’s typing out evaluations like this one from our desktop or a laptop computer every so often. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the coating on top of the desk still feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also numerous clean downs with a cloth.

I never intentionally attempt to damage any type of workdesks too hard, during some lighter tests (throwing a collection of secrets onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without too lots of noticeable indicators of damage.

Finally, when I gauged the sound result of the desk while it rose from a sitting setting to standing as well as back once more, it was by far the quietest we’ve examined yet. I might barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest worry is the whirr of your electric motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, normally I do not consist of much about the customer support assistance of any type of offered firm, just since I really feel that in general if an item functions the way its intended to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I wish I could claim that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this review without discussing the numerous, seemingly countless issues I came across trying to obtain my workdesk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent didn’t have any kind of memory mobile consisted of originally, which meant I had no other way of really regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk regarding this issue, that got back to me around a day later with an apology as well as a pledge that a new one would certainly be shipped soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our problems …
Regarding four days later a mobile phone got here in the mail. The phone initially switched on, however it wasn’t long before I noticed that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down button, but for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down feature simply fine. I called the firm once more, as well as they excused the mixup and also claimed they would certainly have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my new panel as well as control box arrived. When I mounted them both the desk ultimately began functioning the way it was expected to, yet not after nearly a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to ship a core component of their item inside the very same box from the outset.

Things to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable features, this stand desk additionally has its very own drawbacks. Since no particular stand workdesk might capture all of the attributes that you might require, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a supporting crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly taking into consideration several of our various other favorite workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally do not have one. As a matter of fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it harder to position your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer included stability, commonly important when workdesks are fully expanded.

We have not check out any complaints of the security of this workdesk, so we don’t assume its something to truly be worried concerning, although if you really desired a workdesk with a crossbar then we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does provide a separate add-on crossbar that you can include to the workdesk on your own, simply for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is among the most important facets of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll find it hard to focus, which can cause you becoming much less curious about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will break down my stability examinations into two areas. Both tests will consist of the typical front to back shaking test and an entrusted to best wobble. The very first will be without the cross assistance and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross assistance can enhance stability by up to 15%. I have no suggestion exactly how they created that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I examined that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking motion misbehaved. Beyond this factor it would influence your work.

With Cross Support

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

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

Keep in mind: It’s extremely crucial with flexible standing desks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the activity experienced when extended to standing height will be exaggerated. This is especially true with a desk framework that includes 32 bolts, there are much way too many factors at which the desk has a chance to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be better suited to these applications, and for a rather apparent reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that created this market, as well as their ordinary citizens are a great deal taller than the ordinary Eastern consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time earlier. As well as they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, and also sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

But if you’re not too high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of heavy tools on your desktop computer, as well as do not need too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you excellent bang for your buck.

All that might alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to release sometime in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the item top quality he requires out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The new style is supposedly going to be a lot easier to assemble and have a heftier crossbar style, among other improvements. He states the brand-new base will certainly be provided in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” setup, reducing our concern regarding side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before pertains to market we’ll update you here. We’re not holding our breath any longer as the most recent information on the company is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles office as well as has actually relocated it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it carries a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not always a dependable sign of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. However, for the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its security problems this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever intend to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying clients from both its more affordable and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and Gadgets

Building the desk is pretty easy if you adhere to the detailed directions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, as well as springtime washers come in separate bags that are marked with their destination: table top, structure, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing all of the screws into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit into your power tool– 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 bolts that are fastened to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up also consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very practical for the carpeted office flooring. I’m also using a floor mat to safeguard the rug from chair wheel damage at resting height, and also push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The switches are all variable pressure programmed, indicating the up and down arrows will certainly readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly change the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory buttons are comparable in design: push to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five secs to keep a brand-new height worth. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting placement and button 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new desk for a couple of weeks as well as have actually written down my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the following room over. It takes probably 25 secs for the desk to totally transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX version), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I change my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have acquired the crossbar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my screens. If you prepare to do a double display setup, obtain the crossbar.

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

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

Efficiency

Despite any problems I might have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter style, pretty much all of those problems washed away as soon as I in fact came down to utilizing this point.

I didn’t believe it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be also more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing elevations. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, but even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, showing to be just as stable on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s bar addition, which they assert includes even more security when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight capacity.

I’ve been using the desk for concerning three weeks now for day-to-day job (and also following standing workdesk finest techniques), whether it’s typing out reviews similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop from time to time. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, as well as the coating on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and several wipe downs with a rag.

I never deliberately try to dent any type of desks as well hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without too several noticeable indicators of damage.

Last but not least, when I gauged the sound result of the desk while it rose from a resting placement to standing as well as back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve tested yet. I might hardly get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest issue is the whirr of your motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, typically I do not consist of much concerning the customer support support of any type of given company, just due to the fact that I feel that as a whole if a product functions the means its expected to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. As well as while I want I might state that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t finish this review without pointing out the countless, seemingly endless issues I ran into trying to get my desk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any memory mobile phone included initially, which implied I had no other way of in fact managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this issue, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and a guarantee that a new one would be shipped shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our problems …
Regarding 4 days later on a handset showed up in the mail. The mobile at first activated, but it had not been long before I saw that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” button managed the down feature simply great. I contacted the company once more, as well as they apologized for the mixup as well as claimed they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel as well as control box showed up. When I mounted them both the desk lastly began working the method it was supposed to, yet not after almost a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t keep in mind to ship a core part of their item inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Things to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk additionally has its very own drawbacks. Considering that no singular stand desk can catch every one of the functions that you may need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as criterion

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

The bar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to position your legs conveniently listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they offer included stability, frequently vital when desks are completely expanded.

We have not read any grievances of the stability of this desk, so we do not assume its something to actually be worried concerning, although if you truly wanted a desk with a bar after that we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The stability of a standing desk is one of one of the most crucial facets of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll locate it tough to focus, which can cause you becoming less curious about using the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security examinations right into two areas. Both tests will include the regular front to back shaking examination as well as a left to right wobble. The initial will be without the cross assistance and also the second will certainly be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the enhancement of the cross assistance can raise stability by as much as 15%. I have no idea just how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking movement was bad. Beyond this point it would certainly affect your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble movement really did not begin till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity became bad.

Note: It’s very essential with adjustable standing desks to completely tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the motion experienced when encompassed standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a workdesk frame that consists of 32 screws, there are much too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our laboratories, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be better suited to these applications, and for a relatively noticeable factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German business that developed this sector, and also their typical residents are a whole lot taller than the ordinary Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time back. And they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not as well high, don’t have an excessive amount of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, and also do not need as well broad of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you great bang for your dollar.

All that could change with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch at some point in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to emerge, and Yu states he’s had problem getting the product high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The new layout is allegedly going to be a lot easier to set up and also have a heftier bar design, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, minimizing our concern regarding side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever comes to market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent information on the company is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office and also has moved it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

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