The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has been demolished by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it brings a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a reliable indicator of the expected helpful life of the lifting columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security concerns this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before hope to be, and 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 more affordable and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, as well as Gizmos

Building the desk is pretty straight forward if you adhere to the thorough guidelines. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, and springtime washing machines can be found in separate bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, framework, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for attaching every one of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly also includes height-adjustable turning equipments to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very handy for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise using a flooring mat to protect the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, suggesting the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly adjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually adjust the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory buttons are similar in design: push to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for five secs to keep a brand-new height value. I’m using button 1 for my resting placement and switch 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the brand-new desk for a few weeks and have written down my preliminary impressions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following room over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to fully change from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (especially this LX version), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have acquired the bar upgrade for my workdesk after identifying the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a twin monitor setup, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I require to increase the desk higher in the early morning and lower it at night.

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

Performance

Despite any kind of troubles I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, basically all of those issues washed away when I really came down to using this thing.

Although I really did not think it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be a lot more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing elevations. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall; not always due to the fact that it’s that wobbly, however just because I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, proving to be equally as steady by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar enhancement, which they assert includes even more security when purchased as a part of the bundle deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight capability.

I’ve been using the desk for regarding 3 weeks now for everyday work (and also complying with standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s keying out reviews like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every so often. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the finish on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a rag.

I never ever purposefully attempt to damage any type of desks also hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a set of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without too several visible indicators of damages.

Lastly, when I determined the sound outcome of the desk while it increased from a resting setting to standing and also back again, it was by far the quietest we’ve checked yet. I can barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, normally I do not consist of much concerning the customer support assistance of any kind of given firm, only since I feel that generally if an item works the method its expected to, I should not ever have a reason to call them in the first place. And while I desire I can say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this evaluation without mentioning the various, apparently unlimited problems I encountered trying to get my workdesk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent didn’t have any type of memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which implied I had no way of actually controlling 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 brand-new one would be shipped quickly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
About 4 days later a phone arrived in the mail. The mobile at first switched on, however it had not been long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” button took care of the down function simply great. I spoke to the company once more, as well as they excused the mixup and also said they would have a new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and control box arrived. When I installed them both the desk lastly started working the way it was intended to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and to and fro with a firm that couldn’t remember to deliver a core part of their item inside the very same box from the get-go.

Things to Think about

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand up desk additionally has its own disadvantages. Given that no single stand desk might record all of the functions that you may require, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as criterion

Not having a maintaining bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering a few of our other favorite workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis additionally don’t have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to place your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer included security, usually critical when workdesks are totally prolonged.

We have not read any kind of complaints of the stability of this workdesk, so we don’t believe its something to really be concerned regarding, although if you really desired a desk with a crossbar then we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Conversely, StandDesk does use a different add-on bar that you can include in the desk yourself, just for an extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is among one of the most crucial facets of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll discover it difficult to focus, which can result in you becoming much less interested in making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability tests into two areas. Both tests will include the typical front to back shaking examination as well as a left to best wobble. The very first will be without the cross support and the secondly will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross assistance can raise security by approximately 15%. I have no concept how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I evaluated that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking motion misbehaved. Yet factor it would certainly influence your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for lower heights. With the cross assistance the wobble activity didn’t start till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity came to be bad.

Note: It’s really vital with flexible standing desks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a desk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are far too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our laboratories, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability simply isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better suited to these applications, and also for a relatively apparent reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this sector, and their average residents are a lot taller than the average Eastern consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time back. And they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and sheer experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not too high, do not have an extreme amount of hefty devices on your desktop, as well as don’t need as well vast of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you great bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects 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 materialize, as well as Yu states he’s had problem getting the item high quality he needs out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The new layout is apparently going to be much easier to put together and have a heftier crossbar design, among other improvements. He says the new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” arrangement, relieving our issue regarding side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever before comes to market we’ll update you below. Yet we’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent information on the company is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles workplace and also has actually relocated it to accompany all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trustworthy sign of the expected beneficial life of the lifting columns. However, for the rate, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability issues this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before intend to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is swaying clients from both its cheaper and also costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and Gadgets

Building the desk is pretty direct if you comply with the thorough instructions. All of the screws, screws, washers, as well as springtime washers can be found in different bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex device for attaching every one of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a top quality finish to them with rounded corners 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 turning equipments to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was extremely practical for the carpeted office floor. I’m additionally using a floor mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure set, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually change the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in layout: press to recall the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to store a brand-new elevation worth. I’m making use of switch 1 for my resting position as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been utilizing the new workdesk for a couple of weeks and also have written down my preliminary impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the next space over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to completely shift from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX model), creating the desk to get a little rocky when I shift my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a twin display setup, obtain the bar.

Since gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I need to elevate the desk higher in the morning and lower it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is absolutely necessary for long duration standing. I purchased an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, making use of rubber “cells” that are visualized listed below.

Performance

In spite of any kind of troubles I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, virtually all of those concerns washed away when I really got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t think it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be even more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall; not always since it’s that wobbly, yet even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, verifying to be just as consistent 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 includes even more stability when purchased as a part of the bundle deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for about 3 weeks currently for everyday job (and also complying with standing workdesk finest methods), whether it’s typing out reviews like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every so often. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, and the coating on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as several clean downs with a rag.

I never ever intentionally try to damage any type of desks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a set of secrets onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without too many visible indicators of damages.

Lastly, when I measured the noise outcome of the desk while it rose from a sitting setting to standing and also back once again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually examined yet. I could hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Now, normally I do not consist of much concerning the client service support of any type of provided company, only since I feel that generally if an item functions the way its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. As well as while I wish I could state that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this testimonial without discussing the many, relatively unlimited troubles I encountered trying to get my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any memory handset included initially, which suggested I had no chance of really regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk regarding this issue, that returned to me around a day later on with an apology and an assurance that a new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our problems …
About four days later on a phone got here in the mail. The handset initially turned on, but it wasn’t long before I discovered that none of the programmable switches functioned, neither did the down switch, however, for some reason the “memory” button dealt with the down feature simply fine. I contacted the firm once more, and they excused the mixup as well as said they would have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel as well as control box arrived. As soon as I installed them both the desk finally started working the way it was expected to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and back and forth with a business that could not bear in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Points to Think about

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk likewise has its very own drawbacks. Given that no single stand workdesk could catch every one of the attributes that you might need, you might take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as criterion

Not having a supporting crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially considering some of our other preferred desks such as the Completely Jarvis likewise do not have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later also).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more challenging to place your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer added security, usually critical when desks are totally expanded.

We have not read any issues of the security of this workdesk, so we do not assume its something to really be worried about, although if you truly wanted a workdesk with a bar then we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most important facets of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which might bring about you becoming much less curious 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 using the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability examinations right into 2 areas. Both examinations will certainly consist of the common front to back shaking test as well as a left to best wobble. The first will be without the cross assistance as well as the secondly will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross support can boost stability by up to 15%. I have no idea just how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I checked 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. Beyond this factor it would affect your work.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble movement really did not start up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity became poor.

Keep in mind: It’s very vital with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally limited, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a desk structure that includes 32 screws, there are much too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better matched to these applications, and also for a fairly obvious factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that developed this industry, and also their average people are a lot taller than the average Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time back. And they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, as well as sheer experience making standing desk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not also tall, don’t have an extreme amount of hefty equipment on your desktop computer, and also do not require as well vast of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you good bang for your dollar.

All that might transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects 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 it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the item top quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new layout is supposedly going to be much easier to assemble as well as have a heftier crossbar layout, among other improvements. He says the new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” configuration, relieving our concern concerning side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before concerns market we’ll upgrade you below. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent information on the firm is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office and has relocated it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing desk with remarkable performance has actually been introduce through the brand-new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While limited in size and shade options, it has actually taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the most effective standing desk under $400.