The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in excellent quantities. While it carries a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a trustworthy indicator of the expected helpful life of the lifting columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is a terrific lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security problems this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before wish to be, and also a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made desks that is winning over consumers from both its less expensive and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Arrangement, and Devices

Developing the desk is quite simple if you follow the in-depth directions. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, and also springtime washing machines come in different bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, framework, and also spares. There’s an included hex device for securing every one of the bolts into the structure, or, appear a hex little bit into your power tool– just be careful not to over-tighten.

All of the components have a top quality surface to them with rounded edges to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are attached to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up likewise includes height-adjustable rotation equipments to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely helpful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally utilizing a floor mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, as well as push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress configured, indicating the up and down arrows will certainly change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually adjust the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are similar in style: push to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a brand-new height worth. I’m making use of switch 1 for my sitting placement as well as button 4 for my standing position, 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 workdesk for a couple of weeks as well as have actually documented my initial impacts:

The motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next room over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (especially this LX design), creating the desk to obtain a little rough when I move my weight versus the key-board. In knowledge, I should have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a dual display configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I require to raise the desk higher in the morning and also reduced it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely crucial for long period of time standing. I bought an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are envisioned listed below.

Efficiency

Regardless of any issues I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, basically all of those issues gotten rid of when I actually came down to using this point.

Although I really did not think it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing elevations. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed versus my wall surface; not always since it’s that wobbly, but just because I want as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, confirming to be equally as steady on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they assert adds a lot more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it comes to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I’ve been making use of the desk for about three weeks currently for daily work (and also following standing workdesk finest methods), whether it’s inputting out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop once in a while. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, and the coating in addition to the desk still feels equally as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and multiple clean downs with a cloth.

I never ever deliberately attempt to damage any type of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a set of tricks onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without also lots of noticeable signs of damages.

Last but not least, when I measured the noise result of the desk while it climbed from a resting placement to standing and back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually tested yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, normally I do not include much regarding the customer care support of any type of offered company, only due to the fact that I really feel that in general if a product functions the means its meant to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. And while I wish I can state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t finish this review without mentioning the many, seemingly endless troubles I came across attempting to obtain my desk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any memory mobile included initially, which meant I had no way of actually controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk about this problem, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and a promise that a brand-new one would be shipped shortly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The resource of all our issues …
Regarding four days later a mobile phone arrived in the mail. The phone at first turned on, but it had not been long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down button, but for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down feature just great. I spoke to the company again, and they apologized for the mixup as well as said they would have a brand-new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel as well as control box got here. When I installed them both the desk ultimately started working the method it was intended to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and backward and forward with a firm that could not remember to deliver a core element of their product inside the very same box from the outset.

Points to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable features, this stand up workdesk additionally has its very own downsides. Given that no single stand workdesk could capture all of the features that you may need, you might take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as requirement

Not having a stabilizing bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering several of our various other favored desks such as the Completely Jarvis likewise do not have one. This desk 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 limitation, making it harder to position your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they offer added stability, typically important when desks are totally prolonged.

We have not check out any kind of grievances of the stability of this desk, so we do not believe its something to truly be worried regarding, although if you actually desired a desk with a crossbar then we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does provide a different add-on bar that you can include to the desk yourself, simply for an additional $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is among the most important aspects of these desks. Without a stable desk you’ll find it tough to concentrate, which could bring about you coming to be much less interested in using the desk at standing elevation. To get the best return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when making use of the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security tests into 2 sections. Both examinations will certainly include the normal front to back shaking test as well as a delegated ideal wobble. The first will be without the cross support and the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross assistance can raise stability by up to 15%. I have no idea just how they generated that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I tested that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking motion was bad. Yet point it would influence your job.

With Cross Support

Front to Back: Including the cross assistance does not impact the shaking motion. 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 boosted the wobble movement for reduced elevations. With the cross support the wobble activity didn’t begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity became bad.

Keep in mind: It’s really essential with adjustable standing desks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally limited, the activity experienced when reached standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is particularly true with a desk frame that includes 32 screws, there are far a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our laboratories, we need to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be better suited to these applications, and also for a fairly noticeable factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that invented this industry, and their ordinary residents are a great deal taller than the average Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time ago. As well as they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, as well as large experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not also high, don’t have an extreme quantity of heavy devices on your desktop computer, and also do not require also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will offer you excellent bang for your buck.

All that could transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to launch at some point in the future. Originally we were told 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 difficulty obtaining the item quality he requires out of numerous Chinese factories he’s attempted working with. The new design is supposedly going to be much easier to set up and have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be provided in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, reducing our issue concerning side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before involves market we’ll upgrade you right here. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent news on the business is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles workplace as well as has transferred it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, as well as has been demolished by millennials in excellent volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not necessarily a trusted indication of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. In spite of its security concerns this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before want to be, and a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying clients from both its less expensive as well as more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, as well as Devices

Building the desk is rather simple if you adhere to the detailed instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and spring washers been available in separate bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, structure, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing all of the bolts into the frame, or, appear a hex bit right into your power tool– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have an excellent quality surface 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 consists of height-adjustable turning gears to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very useful for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise utilizing a floor mat to safeguard the carpet from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress programmed, meaning the up and down arrows will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously change the height by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in style: push to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to keep a brand-new elevation worth. I’m using button 1 for my resting setting and button 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

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

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the next space over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to fully shift from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (especially this LX design), causing the desk to get a little rough when I change my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the bar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a twin screen configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to increase the desk greater in the morning and also lower it in the evening.

An anti-fatigue mat is definitely important for long period of time standing. I bought an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are pictured below.

Performance

Regardless of any type of problems I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, practically every one of those worries removed when I in fact came 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 stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing elevations. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall surface; not always because it’s that wobbly, however even if I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, verifying to be equally as constant by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they assert includes much more stability when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it comes to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for regarding 3 weeks now for everyday work (and following standing workdesk finest techniques), whether it’s keying out evaluations similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop periodically. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, and also the coating on top of the desk still really feels equally as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it as well as several wipe downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never ever deliberately attempt to dent any type of workdesks also hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without way too many visible indications of damages.

When I determined the sound output of the workdesk while it climbed from a sitting setting to standing as well as back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve checked. 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, normally I do not include much regarding the customer support support of any given firm, only since I feel that generally if a product functions the way its intended to, I should not ever have a reason to call them in the first place. And while I want I might state that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t finish this review without discussing the various, apparently limitless issues I ran into attempting to obtain my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any kind of memory handset consisted of initially, which suggested I had no chance of in fact managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this issue, that got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a guarantee that a new one would be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning four days later on a mobile phone got here in the mail. The mobile at first switched on, but it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches worked, neither did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” button managed the down feature simply fine. I got in touch with the firm once again, as well as they excused the mixup and claimed they would certainly have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and also control box showed up. When I mounted them both the desk lastly started working the means it was expected to, however not after nearly a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a company that could not keep in mind to ship a core part of their product inside the same box from the start.

Points to Consider

Despite its bankable attributes, this stand workdesk additionally has its own downsides. Since no particular stand desk can catch all of the functions that you might need, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as requirement

Not having a maintaining crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about several of our other favorite workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis likewise don’t have one. This desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later on as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it tougher to place your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they supply included security, usually essential when workdesks are totally expanded.

We have not review any kind of problems of the security of this desk, so we do not think its something to really be concerned regarding, although if you truly desired a workdesk with a crossbar then we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is among the most essential aspects of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll find it tough to concentrate, which might lead to you becoming much less interested in utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll want 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 support, I will certainly break down my security examinations into two sections. Both tests will include the normal front to back shaking test and also a left to best wobble. The initial will lack 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 enhance stability by up to 15%. I have no concept just how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I checked that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking activity was bad. Beyond this point it would certainly influence your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble movement for lower elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble motion didn’t begin until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity became bad.

Note: It’s extremely essential with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten all hardware. If there is hardware that is not entirely tight, the activity experienced when extended to standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a desk framework that includes 32 bolts, there are far too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our laboratories, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, and also for a fairly apparent reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German firms that created this sector, and also their average citizens are a great deal taller than the average Asian customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time back. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, as well as large experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

If you’re not too high, do not have an excessive quantity of hefty tools on your desktop computer, as well as do not need too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will offer you good bang for your dollar.

All that might transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the product top quality he needs out of several Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new design is supposedly going to be much easier to set up as well as have a heftier bar layout, among other improvements. He says the brand-new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” arrangement, easing our concern concerning side-load stressing on the training columns.

If this new base ever involves market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any longer as the most current information on the company is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace and has transferred it to join with all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

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