The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a dependable indicator of the anticipated beneficial life of the lifting columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security concerns this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever wish to be, and also a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made desks that is winning over clients from both its less costly as well as costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, as well as Gadgets

Building the desk is pretty simple if you adhere to the in-depth instructions. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, as well as spring washing machines can be found in different bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, frame, as well as spares. There’s an included hex device for attaching all of the screws right into the frame, or, appear a hex bit into your power tool– simply take care not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a premium quality finish to them with rounded corners to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are secured to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally includes height-adjustable turning gears to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really practical for the carpeted home office floor. I’m additionally utilizing a flooring mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable stress set, suggesting the up and down arrowheads will readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly change the elevation by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in style: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to store a new elevation worth. I’m using button 1 for my sitting position and also switch 4 for my standing placement, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new desk for a few weeks as well as have actually written down my first perceptions:

The motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the following area over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (specifically this LX version), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I must have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a twin screen arrangement, get the crossbar.

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

An anti-fatigue mat is definitely crucial for long duration standing. I acquired an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, making use of rubber “cells” that are visualized listed below.

Efficiency

Regardless of any troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, virtually every one of those issues gotten rid of once I actually got down to utilizing this point.

Although I didn’t believe it was even feasible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be much more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and standing elevations. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed versus my wall surface; not always since it’s that shaky, but even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, verifying to be just as constant on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar addition, which they claim adds a lot more stability when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for regarding 3 weeks currently for daily work (and complying with standing workdesk best practices), whether it’s inputting out reviews similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer once in a while. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, and also the coating on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and numerous wipe downs with a cloth.

Though I never intentionally try to dent any workdesks too hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of secrets onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without a lot of noticeable indications of damage.

Last but not least, when I measured the sound outcome of the desk while it rose from a resting setting to standing and also back once more, it was without a doubt the quietest we’ve tested yet. I could barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your most significant issue 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 service support of any kind of given business, just because I feel that generally if a product works the way its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. And also while I wish I can state that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t finish this review without discussing the numerous, relatively endless troubles I came across trying to obtain my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any type of memory mobile phone included originally, which suggested I had no way of actually controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this concern, that returned to me around a day later with an apology as well as a guarantee that a new one would certainly be shipped shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
About four days later on a phone showed up in the mail. The phone initially activated, however it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down button, but for some factor the “memory” switch handled the down feature simply fine. I contacted the company once again, as well as they excused the mixup as well as claimed they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my brand-new panel and also control box showed up. Once I mounted them both the desk finally began working the means it was expected to, yet not after nearly a month of waiting and also back and forth with a business that couldn’t remember to ship a core element of their item inside the same box from the start.

Points to Think about

Despite its bankable functions, this stand up workdesk also has its very own disadvantages. Since no singular stand desk might catch every one of the features that you may need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as requirement

Not having a maintaining bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically considering a few of our various other preferred desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally do not have one. This desk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later on as well).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more difficult to place your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they supply included stability, typically crucial when desks are completely extended.

We have not check out any kind of issues of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not believe its something to really be worried regarding, although if you truly desired a desk with a bar after that we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a separate add-on bar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, just for an added $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most crucial aspects of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which could result in you ending up being less curious about using the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to be happy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will break down my stability examinations into two sections. Both examinations will consist of the normal front to back shaking test and a left to appropriate wobble. The initial will lack the cross support as well as the secondly will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross assistance can enhance security by up to 15%. I have no suggestion how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I tested that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking movement was bad. Yet factor it would influence your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for lower elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble activity really did not begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be negative.

Note: It’s really essential with adjustable standing desks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely tight, the activity experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a desk frame that includes 32 screws, there are far too many points at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our laboratories, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be better fit to these applications, and also for a relatively evident reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this industry, and their average residents are a great deal taller than the average Oriental consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. And they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and sheer experience making standing desk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not too high, don’t have an excessive quantity of heavy tools on your desktop, and also do not require too large of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you excellent bang for your dollar.

All that might change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to launch 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 appear, and also Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the product quality he requires out of several Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new style is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to put together as well as have a heftier crossbar layout, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, minimizing our issue regarding side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before comes to market we’ll update you here. But we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most recent information on the company is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles workplace and also has actually transferred it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with excellent efficiency has been present through the brand-new joint endeavor between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While restricted in dimension and also color options, it has taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the best standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding volumes. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a reputable sign of the anticipated beneficial life of the training columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security problems this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before want to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is swaying clients from both its more affordable as well as pricier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Configuration, and also Gizmos

Developing the desk is quite simple if you adhere to the comprehensive instructions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, as well as springtime washing machines been available in separate bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, frame, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for securing every one of the screws into the structure, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power tool– simply take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a premium quality finish to them with rounded corners to avoid 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 consists of height-adjustable turning equipments to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely handy for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally using a floor mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damage at resting elevation, as well as press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, suggesting the backwards and forwards arrowheads will readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually adjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in style: push to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five seconds to store a brand-new elevation value. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting position and also switch 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been using the new desk for a couple of weeks and have listed my initial impacts:

The motors are quiet but can be listened to in the next area over. It takes probably 25 secs for the desk to fully transition from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (specifically this LX model), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I shift my weight against 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 intend to do a double monitor arrangement, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to increase the desk higher in the morning as well as lower it at night.

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

Performance

Regardless of any kind of issues I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter layout, pretty much all of those problems removed once I actually got down to utilizing this thing.

I really did not assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be also much more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and standing heights. A lot of days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall; not always because it’s that shaky, yet even if I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, verifying to be just as stable on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar addition, which they declare adds much more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for concerning three weeks currently for day-to-day work (and also following standing desk ideal techniques), whether it’s typing out reviews like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every now and then. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, and the coating in addition to the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also numerous clean downs with a cloth.

I never purposefully try to damage any type of desks also hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without as well many visible indicators of damages.

Last but not least, when I gauged the sound output of the desk while it rose from a resting position to standing and back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve examined yet. I might barely get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, typically I do not consist of much regarding the customer care assistance of any offered business, just since I feel that as a whole if a product works the means its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. And while I desire I could claim that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this testimonial without pointing out the many, apparently endless troubles I encountered trying to obtain my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any memory handset consisted of initially, which indicated I had no way of in fact controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk about this issue, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and a pledge that a new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning four days later a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The mobile phone initially turned on, however it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” button dealt with the down feature simply great. I got in touch with the company again, and also they apologized for the mixup and said they would have a brand-new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and control box showed up. When I installed them both the desk finally began functioning the method it was expected to, however not after virtually a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that could not keep in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the same box from the outset.

Points to Consider

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand up desk likewise has its own drawbacks. Considering that no singular stand desk might record all of the functions that you might require, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as standard

Not having a supporting crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially considering a few of our other favorite workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis additionally do not have one. In fact, this desk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (more on this later also).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it harder to put your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they offer added stability, usually critical when workdesks are totally prolonged.

We have not read any problems of the security of this desk, so we do not believe its something to truly be worried about, although if you really desired a desk with a crossbar after that we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does use a separate add-on bar that you can include to the workdesk on your own, just for an extra $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most essential facets of these desks. Without a steady desk you’ll find it difficult to focus, which could cause you ending up being less interested in making use of the desk at standing height. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll wish to be happy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my stability tests right into two sections. Both examinations will certainly include the regular front to back shaking examination and an entrusted to best wobble. The first will lack the cross support and also the secondly will be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase stability by approximately 15%. I have no concept how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I evaluated that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking motion was bad. Yet point it would influence your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

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

Note: It’s really vital with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally limited, the movement experienced when extended to standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a desk framework that includes 32 screws, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a chance to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our labs, we need to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the security simply isn’t there for a large mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be better fit to these applications, and for a rather obvious factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that invented this market, as well as their average citizens are a lot taller than the typical Oriental consumer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time ago. And also they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and also sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

Yet if you’re not as well high, do not have an inordinate amount of hefty tools on your desktop computer, and don’t need as well wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you good bang for your buck.

All that may alter with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had problem getting the item top quality he requires out of several Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new style is allegedly going to be a lot easier to construct as well as have a heftier crossbar layout, among other improvements. He states the new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our worry about side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this new base ever comes to market we’ll upgrade you right here. But we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most current news on the company is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles office as well as has actually moved it to accompany all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

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