The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been demolished by millennials in excellent quantities. While it carries a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a dependable sign of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. However, for the cost, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made workdesks. In spite of its security issues this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before intend to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over customers from both its less costly and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and Gadgets

Developing the desk is rather simple if you adhere to the comprehensive directions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washing machines come in different bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, structure, as well as spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening every one of the bolts into the framework, or, appear a hex bit into your power device– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a top 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 assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up likewise consists of height-adjustable turning equipments to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely helpful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m also using a floor mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, as well as press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The switches are all variable stress programmed, indicating the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly change 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 switch for two secs. The memory buttons are comparable in style: push to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a brand-new elevation worth. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting position as well as switch 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 using the brand-new workdesk for a couple of weeks and also have actually jotted down my initial impacts:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the following space over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to fully shift from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (specifically this LX model), triggering the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight against the keyboard. In knowledge, I need to have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a double screen setup, obtain the crossbar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I need to increase the desk greater in the early morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

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

Performance

Despite any problems I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, virtually every one of those issues removed when I actually got down to using this point.

Although I didn’t assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be a lot more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall surface; not always due to the fact that it’s that unsteady, yet even if I want as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, showing to be equally as steady on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar enhancement, which they declare includes much more stability when purchased as a part of the bundle deal.When it involves weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for about three weeks now for day-to-day job (and also complying with standing workdesk finest techniques), whether it’s keying out testimonials like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every so often. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, as well as the coating on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also numerous clean downs with a rag.

Though I never ever purposefully try to dent any kind of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a set of secrets onto it from a distance, for example), it still stood up without way too many noticeable indications of damages.

Last but not least, when I measured the sound output of the desk while it increased from a sitting setting to standing as well as back again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually checked yet. I could hardly get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Now, usually I do not consist of much regarding the customer support support of any given firm, just due to the fact that I really feel that as a whole if a product functions the method its expected to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them in the first place. And while I desire I can state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not finish this testimonial without stating the many, seemingly limitless problems I came across attempting to get my workdesk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory phone included originally, which implied I had no chance of in fact regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk about this issue, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and a promise that a brand-new one would be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our troubles …
About four days later a mobile showed up in the mail. The mobile phone initially activated, yet it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches functioned, neither did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” switch dealt with the down function simply fine. I got in touch with the business once more, as well as they excused the mixup and also said they would have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel as well as control box showed up. Once I installed them both the desk lastly started functioning the means it was meant to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a company that could not keep in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the same box from the start.

Points to Think about

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand workdesk also has its own downsides. Given that no singular stand desk can record all of the functions that you may need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a stabilizing crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration some of our other preferred desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally don’t have one. This desk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (much more on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a barrier, making it more challenging to position your legs conveniently listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they provide included security, usually vital when desks are completely extended.

We have not check out any type of issues of the security of this workdesk, so we do not think its something to truly be concerned about, although if you really desired a workdesk with a bar then we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does supply a different add-on crossbar that you can include to the desk on your own, simply for an added $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is just one of the most important aspects of these desks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which could lead to you becoming less interested in utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability examinations right into 2 sections. Both examinations will consist of the common front to back shaking test and also an entrusted to right wobble. The first will certainly be without the cross assistance and 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 approximately 15%. I have no concept exactly how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I checked that wobbled 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 factor it would certainly impact your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion didn’t start till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became bad.

Keep in mind: It’s really crucial with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when included standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a workdesk structure that includes 32 screws, there are much too many points at which the desk has a chance to move.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our labs, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better fit to these applications, and also for a relatively apparent reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this market, as well as their typical people are a whole lot taller than the average Oriental consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a very long time ago. And also they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, and also sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not too high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of heavy devices on your desktop, and also do not require as well wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you great bang for your dollar.

All that may change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to release sometime in the future. Initially we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to appear, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the item quality he requires out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted working with. The brand-new layout is apparently going to be a lot easier to assemble and have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few refinements. He claims the new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, reducing our concern regarding side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever comes to market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent news on the business is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually relocated it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it carries a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not always a reputable indication of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability problems this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before want to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over clients from both its cheaper and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and Devices

Constructing the desk is quite direct if you adhere to the thorough instructions. All of the screws, screws, washing machines, and springtime washers can be found in different bags that are noted with their location: table top, structure, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for securing all of the bolts into the frame, or, pop in a hex bit into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

All of the components have a premium 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 assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly likewise consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was very valuable for the carpeted home office floor. I’m likewise using a flooring mat to safeguard the rug from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, as well as push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable stress programmed, indicating the up and down arrowheads will adjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in design: press to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a new elevation worth. I’m using button 1 for my sitting position and also button 4 for my standing position, which provides me 2 and 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been using the brand-new workdesk for a few weeks and have actually written down my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the following room over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to fully shift from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (specifically this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rough when I move my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I must have purchased the bar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a dual screen setup, get the bar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I need to increase the desk higher in the early morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

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

Performance

Despite any type of problems I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, virtually every one of those issues washed away once I really got down to utilizing this point.

I really did not think it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even much more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing elevations. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed against my wall; not necessarily because it’s that shaky, yet even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, verifying 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 bar addition, which they declare includes much more security when bought as a part of the package deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been using the desk for regarding three weeks now for daily job (and complying with standing desk ideal practices), whether it’s typing out testimonials such as this one from our desktop or a laptop computer every so often. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the coating on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it as well as several clean downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never purposefully try to damage any type of desks too hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, as an example), 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 sitting position to standing and back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually examined yet. I can barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your biggest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer care

Now, typically I don’t consist of much concerning the customer care assistance of any offered business, just due to the fact that I feel that as a whole if an item works the way its intended to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And also while I desire I can say that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not finish this testimonial without mentioning the countless, apparently unlimited troubles I ran into trying to obtain my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any memory phone included initially, which meant I had no other way of in fact controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this concern, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and an assurance that a new one would be shipped out soon.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our troubles …
Regarding 4 days later on a phone arrived in the mail. The mobile originally switched on, yet it had not been long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down feature simply fine. I spoke to the company once more, and also they apologized for the mixup as well as said they would certainly have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and also control box showed up. As soon as I mounted them both the desk lastly started working the method it was meant to, yet not after almost a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a company that could not remember to deliver a core element of their item inside the very same box from the beginning.

Points to Consider

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk likewise has its own drawbacks. Given that no single stand desk can record every one of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as requirement

Not having a supporting crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering a few of our other preferred desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it harder to place your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give included stability, usually crucial when desks are completely expanded.

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

Conversely, StandDesk does provide a different add-on bar that you can add to the desk on your own, just for an added $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is one of the most important facets of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll discover it difficult to focus, which could cause you coming to be less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to enjoy 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 certainly break down my stability examinations into two areas. Both examinations will certainly include the common front to back shaking examination and an entrusted to ideal wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross assistance as well as the second will certainly be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross support can increase security by up to 15%. I have no concept just how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking activity misbehaved. Yet point it would influence your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not begin till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being bad.

Note: It’s very crucial with flexible standing desks to completely tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the movement experienced when extended to standing height will be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 screws, there are far way too many factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we need to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better matched to these applications, and also for a fairly obvious factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this sector, as well as their ordinary people are a lot taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time ago. And they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

But if you’re not also tall, do not have an inordinate quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, and do not require too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you excellent value.

All that could alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch at some point in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the item high quality he needs out of several Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new layout is apparently going to be much easier to put together and also have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few improvements. He states the new base will be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, minimizing our worry concerning side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever pertains to market we’ll upgrade you below. But we’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent information on the business is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles workplace and has moved it to accompany all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

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