The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has actually been gobbled up by millennials in impressive quantities. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a trustworthy indicator of the expected beneficial life of the lifting columns. But also for the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its security problems this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever hope to be, as well as a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is swaying customers from both its less expensive as well as costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, and also Gizmos

Building the desk is rather direct if you comply with the detailed directions. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, as well as springtime washers been available in different bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening every one of the screws into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– simply beware not to over-tighten.

All of the components have an excellent quality coating to them with rounded edges to prevent 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 assembly additionally consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very practical for the carpeted home office floor. I’m additionally using a flooring mat to safeguard the carpet from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, suggesting the up and down arrows will readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are comparable in design: press to remember the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to keep a brand-new height worth. I’m using button 1 for my resting placement as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been using the brand-new workdesk for a few weeks as well as have actually written down my first impacts:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next room over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to completely transition from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (especially this LX design), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I shift my weight against the keyboard. In knowledge, I ought to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a dual screen setup, obtain the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I need to raise the desk higher in the morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue mat is definitely necessary for long period of time standing. I acquired an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, using rubber “cells” that are imagined below.

Efficiency

In spite of any issues I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, pretty much every one of those concerns washed away when I actually got down to utilizing this point.

Although I didn’t think it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be much 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 versus my wall; not necessarily because it’s that wobbly, but just because I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, showing to be just as steady on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar addition, which they assert adds a lot more stability when acquired as a part of the plan deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been using the desk for about 3 weeks currently for everyday job (and also complying with standing workdesk ideal practices), whether it’s inputting out reviews similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every so often. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and the finish on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and several wipe downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never intentionally try to damage any desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still stood up without a lot of visible indications of damages.

When I gauged the sound outcome of the desk while it climbed from a sitting placement to standing and back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually checked. I can barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest worry is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer care

Now, normally I do not consist of much concerning the customer service support of any type of provided company, only because I feel that in general if a product works the means its supposed to, I should not ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. As well as while I desire I might claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this review without discussing the countless, apparently limitless issues I experienced trying to obtain my workdesk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any kind of memory mobile phone included originally, which implied I had no other way of really controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk concerning this problem, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a pledge that a new one would be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our problems …
About four days later on a handset got here in the mail. The phone initially activated, yet it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” switch took care of the down feature just fine. I contacted the firm once again, and they apologized for the mixup as well as claimed they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my new panel as well as control box got here. When I installed them both the desk ultimately started working the means it was meant to, however not after virtually a month of waiting and also back and forth with a firm that couldn’t remember to deliver a core element of their product inside the same box from the start.

Things to Consider

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand workdesk additionally has its very own downsides. Since no singular stand workdesk might capture all of the features that you might need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as requirement

Not having a supporting bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, particularly considering a few of our other favored desks such as the Completely Jarvis additionally do not have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later too).

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

We have not check out any complaints of the stability of this desk, so we don’t assume its something to really be concerned regarding, although if you truly wanted a workdesk with a crossbar after that we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing desk is one of the most vital facets of these desks. Without a steady desk you’ll locate it difficult to concentrate, which could lead to you ending up being less curious about using the desk at standing height. To get the most effective return on your investment, you’ll intend to enjoy when using the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will break down my stability tests into 2 sections. Both tests will certainly consist of the common front to back shaking examination and an entrusted to ideal wobble. The very first will certainly lack the cross support and also the secondly will be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can raise stability by up to 15%. I have no suggestion just how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I evaluated that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking motion misbehaved. Yet point it would influence your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not start up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity came to be bad.

Note: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not completely tight, the movement experienced when extended to standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a desk framework that consists of 32 bolts, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our laboratories, we have to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a big mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better matched to these applications, and also for a fairly apparent reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that created this sector, and their typical citizens are a great deal taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. As well as they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

However if you’re not as well tall, do not have an excessive amount of hefty devices on your desktop computer, and don’t require also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you excellent value.

All that may transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to materialize, and Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the product top quality he requires out of numerous Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The new design is supposedly going to be much easier to put together and have a heftier bar design, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be provided in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” configuration, easing our issue about side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this new base ever pertains to market we’ll upgrade you here. But we’re not holding our breath any longer as the most current information on the business is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles office as well as has actually moved it to accompany all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in excellent quantities. While it brings a ten-year warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not always a reliable indication of the expected helpful life of the training columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its security issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before wish to be, as well as a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is swaying consumers from both its less expensive and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, as well as Devices

Building the desk is pretty simple if you follow the comprehensive directions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and springtime washing machines can be found in separate bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for fastening all of the screws into the frame, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a premium quality surface to them with rounded corners to avoid 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 assembly likewise includes height-adjustable rotation gears to stabilize the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely handy for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise using a floor mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and also push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The switches are all variable stress configured, suggesting the backwards and forwards arrows will change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are similar in layout: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a brand-new elevation value. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting position as well as button 4 for my standing position, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I could need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new workdesk for a few weeks and also have actually written down my initial impacts:

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following space over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (specifically this LX model), causing the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I should have acquired the crossbar upgrade for my desk after identifying the weight of my screens. If you prepare to do a double screen arrangement, get the crossbar.

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

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

Performance

Regardless of any issues I may have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter design, basically every one of those problems washed away once I really got down to using this point.

Although I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall; not always since it’s that shaky, yet just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, proving to be equally as consistent by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar enhancement, which they assert includes much more security when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I have actually been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks now for day-to-day job (as well as complying with standing desk best practices), whether it’s inputting out testimonials like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every so often. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, as well as the coating on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and multiple wipe downs with a rag.

I never ever deliberately attempt to dent any type of desks as well hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without as well many noticeable signs of damage.

When I determined the noise result of the workdesk while it increased from a sitting setting to standing as well as back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually tested. I could hardly get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Client service

Currently, typically I don’t consist of much about the customer service support of any type of provided business, just since I really feel that as a whole if a product functions the method its intended to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. As well as while I desire I can claim that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not finish this testimonial without mentioning the countless, apparently limitless issues I encountered attempting to obtain my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory mobile consisted of initially, which meant I had no way of in fact regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk regarding this concern, who returned 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 4 days later a handset showed up in the mail. The handset initially turned on, but it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” button managed the down function just fine. I contacted the business once again, as well as they excused the mixup as well as claimed they would certainly have a new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel as well as control box arrived. Once I installed them both the desk finally started working the way it was intended to, however not after virtually a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a business that couldn’t remember to deliver a core element of their item inside the same box from the get-go.

Points to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand desk additionally has its own drawbacks. Given that no singular stand desk can catch all of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as standard

Not having a supporting bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly considering some of our various other favored workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis also don’t have one. In fact, this workdesk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later on too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it harder to position your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they offer included stability, typically important when desks are completely prolonged.

We have not read any kind of issues of the security of this workdesk, so we don’t think its something to really be concerned about, although if you actually wanted a desk with a bar after that we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does use a separate add-on bar that you can add to the desk yourself, simply for an added $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most vital elements of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which could cause you coming to be much less interested in utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll wish to be happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my stability tests into 2 areas. Both examinations will include the regular front to back rocking test as well as a left to best wobble. The very first will lack the cross support as well as the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross assistance can enhance security by as much as 15%. I have no suggestion just how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity was bad. Beyond this point it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Support

Front to Back: Adding the cross support does not impact the shaking movement. The StandDesk Simple began to experienced a shaking motion at 36″. By 41″ the shaking movement misbehaved.

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion really did not begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became negative.

Note: It’s very crucial with flexible standing workdesks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the movement experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is especially real with a desk structure that includes 32 bolts, there are far a lot of points at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better fit to these applications, and for a rather noticeable reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this sector, as well as their typical citizens are a whole lot taller than the average Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time back. And also they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and sheer experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

If you’re not as well high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of hefty devices on your desktop computer, and also don’t require as well large of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent bang for your dollar.

All that could alter with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch sometime in the future. Initially we were informed 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 item high quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The new design is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to put together and also have a heftier crossbar layout, among other improvements. He states the brand-new base will be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” setup, alleviating our problem about side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this new base ever concerns market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent information on the company is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles workplace and also has moved it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing desk with outstanding efficiency has been introduce with the new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing desk. While limited in size and also color alternatives, it has actually taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the most effective standing desk under $400.