The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has actually been demolished by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it brings a ten-year warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a reputable indicator of the expected useful life of the lifting columns. But also for the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever hope to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its more affordable and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and Gizmos

Building the desk is rather easy if you adhere to the thorough instructions. All of the screws, screws, washers, and also springtime washers come in different bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s an included hex device for attaching every one of the bolts into the framework, or, appear a hex bit into your power device– just be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality coating to them with rounded edges to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are attached to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really handy for the carpeted office flooring. I’m also making use of a floor mat to secure the carpet from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure set, indicating the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly change the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are comparable in design: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five secs to save a new height value. I’m making use of button 1 for my resting position and button 4 for my standing position, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been using the new desk for a few weeks and have actually written down my initial impacts:

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following room over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to fully shift from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (particularly this LX version), triggering the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I should have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a double display setup, get the crossbar.

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

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any kind of troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, basically every one of those problems gotten rid of as soon as I in fact got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t believe it was also feasible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be much more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing elevations. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, but even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, showing to be just as steady on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar addition, which they assert adds a lot more security when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been using the desk for regarding 3 weeks currently for day-to-day work (as well as complying with standing desk best practices), whether it’s keying out testimonials such as this one from our desktop or a laptop computer from time to time. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, and also the finish on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it as well as multiple clean downs with a cloth.

I never purposefully attempt to dent any desks also hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a collection of secrets onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without too several visible indicators of damage.

When I measured the sound result of the workdesk while it increased from a sitting setting to standing as well as back once again, it was by much the quietest we’ve checked. I could hardly get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your biggest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Now, normally I do not consist of much regarding the customer service assistance of any given business, just since I really feel that generally if a product works the means its expected to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And while I desire I might say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t finish this review without discussing the various, relatively unlimited issues I encountered attempting to obtain my desk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent didn’t have any kind of memory phone consisted of originally, which meant I had no other way of really regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk regarding this concern, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and an assurance that a new one would be shipped quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our problems …
Regarding four days later a mobile arrived in the mail. The mobile phone originally turned on, however it wasn’t long before I discovered that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” button dealt with the down function just great. I got in touch with the business again, as well as they excused the mixup as well as said 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 as well as control box showed up. As soon as I installed them both the desk lastly started functioning the method it was supposed to, but not after virtually a month of waiting and also to and fro with a business that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core component of their product inside the very same box from the get-go.

Things to Think about

Despite its bankable functions, this stand workdesk likewise has its own disadvantages. Because no singular stand desk could record every one of the functions that you might need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a supporting crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about some of our various other preferred desks such as the Totally Jarvis also don’t have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (more on this later on also).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to position your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer included security, often vital when workdesks are totally extended.

We have not check out any kind of issues of the stability of this desk, so we don’t believe its something to truly be worried regarding, although if you really wanted a workdesk with a crossbar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Conversely, StandDesk does use a different add-on crossbar that you can include in the desk yourself, just for an additional $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most essential facets of these workdesks. Without a stable workdesk you’ll discover it difficult to concentrate, which can lead to you becoming less curious about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my stability examinations into two sections. Both examinations will include the regular front to back rocking test and an entrusted to right wobble. The very first will certainly lack the cross support and also the second will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross support can boost security by up to 15%. I have no idea just how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I checked that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking motion was bad. Beyond this factor it would impact your job.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for reduced elevations. With the cross support the wobble movement didn’t begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being poor.

Keep in mind: It’s very crucial with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten all equipment. If there is hardware that is not completely limited, the motion experienced when reached standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is particularly true with a workdesk frame that includes 32 screws, there are far too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our laboratories, we need to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better matched to these applications, and for a fairly apparent factor. Essentially all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German companies that invented this sector, and also their ordinary people are a lot taller than the typical Asian customer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time back. And they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also sheer experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not as well tall, do not have an excessive quantity of heavy tools on your desktop, and don’t require also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you great bang for your buck.

All that might alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to release sometime in the future. Initially we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the product high quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new layout is allegedly going to be much easier to assemble and also have a heftier bar layout, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” setup, easing our issue concerning side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever comes to market we’ll upgrade you here. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current news on the company is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually transferred it to join with all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in impressive volumes. While it brings a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trusted indication of the anticipated helpful life of the lifting columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its security issues this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before want to be, and also 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 cheaper and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and also Gizmos

Building the desk is rather easy if you comply with the thorough directions. All of the screws, screws, washing machines, and spring washers can be found in different bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening all of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power device– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have an excellent quality coating to them with rounded corners to avoid 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 also consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really helpful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally making use of a flooring mat to secure the carpeting from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, and also push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The switches are all variable stress configured, implying the up and down arrowheads will certainly change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly adjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory switches are similar in style: push to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for five seconds to store a brand-new elevation worth. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting position and switch 4 for my standing position, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new desk for a few weeks and have actually jotted down my first impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next room over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (specifically this LX model), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I must have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a dual monitor arrangement, get the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human back, I need to elevate the desk higher in the early morning as well as lower it at night.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely vital for long period of time standing. I purchased an Octagonal mat from SmartCells, using rubber “cells” that are visualized listed below.

Efficiency

In spite of any type of issues I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter style, pretty much every one of those issues gotten rid of as soon as I actually got down to utilizing this thing.

I didn’t think it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even a lot more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing elevations. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that shaky, however just because I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, showing to be equally as stable by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they claim includes even more stability when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 pounds of weight ability.

I have actually been using the desk for concerning 3 weeks now for day-to-day work (and also adhering to standing desk best practices), whether it’s inputting out evaluations like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every now and then. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, as well as the finish on top of the desk still really feels equally as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and several wipe downs with a rag.

Though I never ever deliberately try to damage any type of desks too hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a set of secrets onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without too many visible signs of damage.

Last but not least, when I gauged the noise outcome of the desk while it climbed from a resting setting to standing and back once more, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually tested yet. I might barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, normally I do not include much concerning the client service assistance of any type of given company, just due to the fact that I really feel that generally if a product functions the means its meant to, I should not ever have a reason to call them in the first place. And while I wish I might say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t finish this testimonial without stating the countless, relatively endless issues I came across trying to get my workdesk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any type of memory handset included initially, which meant I had no way of in fact regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk regarding this concern, that got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a guarantee that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our problems …
Regarding four days later a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The handset initially turned on, yet it wasn’t long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” button dealt with the down function simply fine. I called the business once more, and also they apologized for the mixup as well as stated they would certainly have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and control box arrived. When I installed them both the desk finally began functioning the way it was intended to, however not after practically a month of waiting and backward and forward with a firm that could not bear in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the very same box from the outset.

Things to Consider

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand workdesk also has its very own drawbacks. Since no single stand workdesk might record every one of the attributes that you may require, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a supporting bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly taking into consideration several of our various other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis also do not have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (extra on this later as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more challenging to place your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they provide included security, often important when workdesks are totally extended.

We have not check out any type of issues of the security of this desk, so we don’t assume its something to actually be concerned regarding, although if you actually desired a workdesk with a bar after that we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of the most crucial aspects of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll locate it difficult to concentrate, which can result in you coming to be much less curious about using the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the best return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to be happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have actually tested with an optional cross support, I will break down my security examinations right into two areas. Both examinations will certainly include the normal front to back shaking examination and an entrusted to ideal wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross assistance and the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross assistance can increase security by up to 15%. I have no idea how they generated that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking activity was bad. Beyond this factor it would affect your work.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not start up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became poor.

Note: It’s extremely important with adjustable standing desks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the movement experienced when extended to standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is especially true with a desk structure that consists of 32 screws, there are much way too many points at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our labs, we have to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better fit to these applications, and also for a rather evident factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this industry, as well as their ordinary residents are a lot taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. As well as they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not also tall, do not have an inordinate quantity of hefty tools on your desktop, and do not need too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you good value.

All that may change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had problem getting the product top quality he requires out of numerous Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new style is apparently mosting likely to be much easier to set up as well as have a heftier crossbar style, among other improvements. He states the brand-new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our problem about side-load worrying on the training columns.

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

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