The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding volumes. While it brings a ten-year warranty (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a dependable sign of the anticipated helpful life of the lifting columns. But also for the rate, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made workdesks. In spite of its stability issues this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever want to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining customers from both its more affordable and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and also Gizmos

Constructing the desk is rather straight forward if you follow the detailed directions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, as well as springtime washers can be found in different bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing every one of the bolts right into the frame, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up also includes height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was very practical for the carpeted home office floor. I’m also using a floor mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, suggesting the up and down arrows will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually change the height by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory switches are comparable in style: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a new elevation worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting placement as well as button 4 for my standing setting, which offers me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might need 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 documented my first impressions:

The motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the following room over. It takes perhaps 25 secs for the desk to fully transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (specifically this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have acquired the bar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a twin display configuration, obtain the bar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I require to increase the desk greater in the early morning as well as lower it in the evening.

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

Performance

In spite of any type of issues I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter design, pretty much every one of those problems gotten rid of once I in fact came down to using this thing.

Although I really did not assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be much more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting and standing heights. Many days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall; not necessarily since it’s that unsteady, yet even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, confirming to be equally as constant on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they assert includes even more stability when purchased as a part of the package deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 pounds of weight capability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for about three weeks now for day-to-day work (and also adhering to standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s inputting out testimonials such as this one from our desktop or a laptop every so often. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, and also the finish in addition to the desk still really feels equally as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it despite days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never deliberately try to damage any kind of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a set of keys onto it from a range, as an example), it still held up without too many noticeable signs of damage.

Last but not least, when I gauged the sound result of the desk while it climbed from a sitting setting to standing and also back once more, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually checked yet. I could hardly get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, typically I do not consist of much about the customer service assistance of any type of offered firm, only because I really feel that as a whole if an item works the way its expected to, I should not ever have a factor to call them to begin with. As well as while I wish I can state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this review without pointing out the numerous, seemingly countless troubles I ran into trying to get my workdesk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory mobile included originally, which implied I had no way of really regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk about this problem, that got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a promise that a new one would be shipped quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our problems …
About 4 days later on a phone got here in the mail. The mobile originally switched on, yet it had not been long prior to I observed that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” button handled the down feature just fine. I called the business once more, as well as they excused the mixup and also claimed they would certainly have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel and also control box got here. When I mounted them both the desk ultimately started working the means it was expected to, however not after virtually a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a business that could not bear in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Points to Consider

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

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a stabilizing crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about some of our other preferred workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis likewise don’t have one. Actually, this desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later on too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it tougher to position your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give added security, frequently vital when workdesks are fully prolonged.

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

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

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is among the most important elements of these workdesks. Without a steady desk you’ll discover it tough to focus, which could result in you ending up being less interested in utilizing 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.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability tests right into two areas. Both tests will include the regular front to back shaking examination and also a delegated right wobble. The very first will certainly lack the cross support 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 idea exactly how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked 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. Beyond this point it would certainly influence your work.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not begin until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity ended up being bad.

Note: It’s really crucial with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not entirely tight, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 bolts, there are much a lot of points at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our laboratories, we have to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a big mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be better suited to these applications, as well as for a fairly noticeable reason. Essentially all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this market, and their ordinary citizens are a great deal taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time back. And they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, as well as large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

But if you’re not also high, don’t have an extreme quantity of hefty equipment on your desktop computer, and don’t require as well wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you excellent bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to release at some time in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to appear, and also Yu states he’s had problem getting the item high quality he needs out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new layout is apparently going to be a lot easier to assemble and also have a heftier bar design, to name a few refinements. He states the brand-new base will be provided in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, minimizing our issue regarding side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this new base ever concerns market we’ll update you right here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most current news on the firm is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles workplace as well as has transferred it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in impressive quantities. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a reliable indication of the expected useful life of the training columns. However, for the rate, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security concerns this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever wish to be, and also a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its cheaper and costlier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, and also Devices

Building the desk is quite easy if you adhere to the comprehensive instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, as well as spring washing machines been available in different bags that are marked with their destination: table top, frame, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for attaching every one of the bolts right into the framework, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a high quality finish to them with rounded edges to prevent 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 additionally consists of height-adjustable turning equipments to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very useful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise using a flooring mat to shield the carpeting from chair wheel damage at resting height, and press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

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

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new desk for a couple of weeks and have jotted down my initial impressions:

The motors are quiet but can be heard in the following space over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (specifically this LX design), triggering the desk to obtain a little rough when I move my weight against the keyboard. In knowledge, I need to have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a dual monitor setup, get the bar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to raise the desk greater in the early morning and also reduced it at night.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any kind of issues I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, virtually every one of those worries washed away once I in fact came down to utilizing this thing.

Although I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way 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 against my wall; not always due to the fact that it’s that wobbly, however just because I desire as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, confirming to be just as constant 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 bought as a part of the package deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight capability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for concerning three weeks now for daily job (as well as following standing workdesk best methods), whether it’s inputting out reviews similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop computer every so often. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the surface on top of the desk still 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 also multiple clean downs with a rag.

Though I never intentionally try to dent any workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still stood up without way too many visible indicators of damage.

Lastly, when I determined the noise output of the desk while it increased from a sitting position to standing as well as back once again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually examined yet. I can barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest problem is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Now, usually I don’t consist of much regarding the customer service support of any type of provided firm, only due to the fact that I feel that generally if a product works the means its supposed to, I should not ever have a reason to call them to begin with. As well as while I want I can say that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not finish this review without stating the many, seemingly countless problems I came across attempting to obtain my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any kind of memory handset consisted of initially, which indicated I had no chance of really managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this concern, who returned to me around a day later with an apology and also a promise that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our troubles …
Regarding four days later a phone showed up in the mail. The mobile originally turned on, however it had not been long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down button, however, for some reason the “memory” switch dealt with the down feature just fine. I spoke to the firm once more, and they excused the mixup and also said they would certainly have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel as well as control box got here. When I mounted them both the desk lastly started working the means it was expected to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that couldn’t remember to deliver a core element of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Points to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk also has its very own drawbacks. Because no single stand desk might catch all of the functions that you may require, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as standard

Not having a stabilizing bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially taking into consideration a few of our other favored desks such as the Fully Jarvis also don’t have one. In fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it more difficult to position your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they provide added stability, typically essential when workdesks are completely extended.

We have not check out any kind of grievances of the security of this workdesk, so we do not assume its something to really be concerned about, although if you truly wanted a workdesk with a bar then we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Alternatively, StandDesk does provide a different add-on crossbar that you can contribute to the desk on your own, just for an additional $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing desk is one of the most crucial aspects of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which can lead to you coming to be much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing height. To obtain 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 very first workdesk that I have actually tested with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security tests into two sections. Both examinations will certainly include the common front to back rocking examination and also a left to best wobble. The very 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 addition of the cross support can increase stability by as much as 15%. I have no idea just how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that wobbled 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 point it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble activity really did not begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being poor.

Note: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a desk structure that consists of 32 bolts, there are far way too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the stability simply isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, as well as for a fairly evident factor. Essentially all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that invented this industry, as well as their average residents are a whole lot taller than the average Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time ago. And also they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, as well as large experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not as well high, do not have an excessive amount of heavy devices on your desktop, and also do not require also vast of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you good bang for your dollar.

All that might transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to release sometime 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, and also Yu states he’s had problem getting the item quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new layout is apparently mosting likely to be much easier to put together and also have a heftier crossbar style, to name a few refinements. He says the new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, alleviating our worry about side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever before involves market we’ll upgrade you below. But we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most recent news on the company is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles workplace as well as has moved it to join with all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

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