The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and has been demolished by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not always a reliable indication of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability problems this is a far much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before intend to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made desks that is swaying customers from both its cheaper and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and also Gadgets

Constructing the desk is pretty direct if you comply with the thorough instructions. All of the screws, screws, washers, and also spring washing machines can be found in separate bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching every one of the screws right into the frame, or, appear a hex bit right into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have an excellent quality finish to them with rounded edges to stay clear of 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 setting up also consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really valuable for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise making use of a floor mat to secure the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting height, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress programmed, indicating the backwards and forwards arrows will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two seconds. The memory switches are comparable in style: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to keep a new elevation value. I’m making use of button 1 for my resting setting as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which offers me 2 and 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been utilizing the new desk for a couple of weeks and also have actually written down my initial perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following space over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to completely shift from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX version), creating the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight versus the key-board. In knowledge, I need to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my screens. If you prepare to do a twin display configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I need to increase the desk higher in the early morning and also lower it in the evening.

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

Performance

Regardless of any type of problems I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, basically every one of those issues removed as soon as I actually came down to using this thing.

Although I really did not think it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be much more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed versus my wall surface; not always due to the fact that it’s that unsteady, but just because I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, verifying to be just as consistent on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they declare includes a lot more security when purchased 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 lbs of weight capacity.

I have actually been making use of the desk for about three weeks now for everyday job (as well as adhering to standing desk ideal methods), whether it’s inputting out testimonials like this one from our desktop or a laptop every so often. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, and also the surface in addition to the desk still really feels just as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also numerous wipe downs with a dustcloth.

I never intentionally try to dent any desks also hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a set of tricks onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without too numerous visible indications of damage.

Finally, when I determined the sound result of the desk while it climbed from a sitting position to standing and also back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually checked yet. I might barely get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest concern is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, generally I don’t include much about the customer care assistance of any type of provided firm, only because I really feel that in general if an item works the means its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And also while I desire I might claim that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t finish this review without stating the countless, seemingly countless problems I experienced trying to get my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any type of memory handset included initially, which indicated I had no chance of actually regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this concern, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and also an assurance that a brand-new one would be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our troubles …
Concerning four days later a phone got here in the mail. The phone at first turned on, however it had not been long before I discovered that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down switch, but for some factor the “memory” switch handled the down feature simply great. I called the company again, and they apologized for the mixup and also claimed they would certainly have a new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel and also control box showed up. As soon as I installed them both the desk lastly started working the method it was supposed to, but not after virtually a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a firm that could not bear in mind to deliver a core component of their product inside the same box from the start.

Points to Think about

Despite its bankable features, this stand up workdesk likewise has its own disadvantages. Because no singular stand workdesk can record all of the features that you may require, you might take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a maintaining crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about some of our 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 (extra on this later on also).

The bar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it tougher to position your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide included stability, frequently essential when workdesks are completely prolonged.

We have not read any type of complaints of the stability of this desk, so we do not think its something to really be worried concerning, although if you truly wanted a desk with a crossbar then we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does use a different add-on crossbar that you can include to the workdesk yourself, just for an added $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most essential elements of these desks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll locate it hard to concentrate, which might cause you ending up being much less curious about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will break down my security tests right into 2 areas. Both tests will certainly include the common front to back rocking examination and an entrusted to ideal wobble. The initial will be without the cross assistance as well as the second will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can boost stability by approximately 15%. I have no concept just how they developed that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I tested 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 rocking movement misbehaved. Yet factor it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble movement didn’t begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be negative.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely important with adjustable standing desks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the motion experienced when reached standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is specifically true with a desk structure that includes 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 tested in our laboratories, we need to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktop computers, as the stability simply isn’t there for a large mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better matched to these applications, and also for a fairly noticeable factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that invented this market, and their ordinary people are a lot taller than the average Asian customer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time ago. And they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and also sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not also high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of hefty devices on your desktop, and don’t need also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will offer you great bang for your dollar.

All that might transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to release sometime in the future. Originally we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to appear, and also Yu states he’s had trouble getting the item top quality he requires out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The new layout is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to set up as well as have a heftier bar design, to name a few refinements. He says the brand-new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” arrangement, easing our concern concerning side-load worrying on the training columns.

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

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has actually been demolished by millennials in outstanding volumes. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a dependable indicator of the expected helpful life of the lifting columns. However, for the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability problems this is a far much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before wish to be, and a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying clients from both its less costly and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Setup, and Devices

Developing the desk is quite straight forward if you follow the comprehensive instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and springtime washers can be found in separate bags that are marked with their destination: table top, frame, as well as spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching all of the screws into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit into your power device– simply beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a high quality finish to them with rounded edges 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 setting up likewise includes height-adjustable turning gears to stabilize the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely helpful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally making use of a floor mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damage at resting height, as well as press 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 stress configured, indicating the up and down arrows will certainly change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly change the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory switches are similar in style: press to remember the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to store a brand-new elevation value. I’m using button 1 for my sitting setting as well as switch 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the brand-new desk for a couple of weeks as well as have documented my initial perceptions:

The motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the following area over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to totally shift from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (especially this LX design), triggering the desk to obtain a little rough when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I ought to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my desk after identifying the weight of my screens. If you plan to do a dual display arrangement, obtain the crossbar.

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

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

Performance

Despite any kind of problems I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, pretty much all of those concerns gotten rid of as soon as I really came down to utilizing this point.

I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be even extra secure than the Jarvis, both at resting as well as standing heights. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed versus my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that shaky, yet even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, verifying to be just as steady by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they assert adds a lot more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been using the desk for concerning three weeks now for daily work (and following standing workdesk best practices), whether it’s typing out testimonials such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop periodically. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, as well as the finish on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and numerous wipe downs with a rag.

Though I never deliberately try to damage any desks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without a lot of visible indications of damages.

When I determined the sound outcome of the desk while it climbed from a sitting setting to standing and back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually examined. I could hardly get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant worry is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer support

Now, normally I don’t consist of much about the customer support assistance of any type of offered business, only since I feel that generally if an item works the method its intended to, I should not ever have a reason to call them in the first place. And also while I want I might state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t complete this evaluation without mentioning the various, seemingly countless issues I came across attempting to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory mobile consisted of initially, which indicated I had no way of in fact regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk about this issue, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and also a guarantee that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Concerning 4 days later a mobile phone arrived in the mail. The handset initially activated, but it had not been long before I discovered that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” button managed the down function just fine. I spoke to the business once again, as well as they excused the mixup as well as claimed they would have a brand-new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel and also control box showed up. Once I installed them both the desk ultimately started functioning the way it was expected to, however not after practically a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a business that could not remember to deliver a core part of their item inside the same box from the outset.

Points to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable functions, this stand up desk additionally has its very own downsides. Because no singular stand workdesk could catch all of the functions that you might require, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as standard

Not having a maintaining bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration a few of our other preferred desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally don’t have one. Actually, this desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (extra on this later as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to put your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they supply added security, frequently crucial when desks are fully expanded.

We have not check out any problems of the security of this desk, so we do not assume its something to truly be concerned concerning, although if you actually wanted a workdesk with a bar then we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Alternatively, StandDesk does use a separate add-on crossbar that you can include in the desk on your own, just for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is just one of the most vital aspects of these desks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll discover it hard to focus, which could lead to you ending up being much less curious about utilizing the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when using the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability examinations into two sections. Both examinations will consist of the normal front to back shaking test and also a delegated right wobble. The first will certainly be without the cross assistance and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross support can raise stability by as much as 15%. I have no idea how they developed that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I examined that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking motion misbehaved. Yet point it would certainly influence your job.

With Cross Support

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

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

Note: It’s extremely essential with adjustable standing workdesks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not completely tight, the motion experienced when encompassed standing height will certainly be exaggerated. This is specifically real with a desk framework that includes 32 screws, there are much way too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our labs, we need to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better fit to these applications, as well as for a fairly noticeable reason. Essentially all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that created this industry, and also their typical citizens are a lot taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time ago. And they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

Yet if you’re not also tall, do not have an extreme quantity of hefty tools on your desktop computer, and also don’t need as well wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent bang for your buck.

All that may transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the item high quality he needs out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted dealing with. The new style is supposedly mosting likely to be much easier to set up and have a heftier crossbar layout, among other improvements. He claims the brand-new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, minimizing our problem regarding side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever involves market we’ll update you here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current news on the company is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles office as well as has actually transferred it to join with all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding efficiency has actually been introduce through the new joint venture between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While limited in size and shade alternatives, it has taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the very best standing workdesk under $400.