The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and also has been demolished by millennials in excellent quantities. While it brings a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a reliable indication of the anticipated beneficial life of the lifting columns. However, for the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a far much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before intend to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over consumers from both its cheaper and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and also Gadgets

Developing the desk is pretty direct if you adhere to the thorough instructions. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and springtime washers can be found in separate bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, framework, as well as spares. There’s an included hex device for fastening all of the screws right into the framework, or, appear a hex little bit into your power device– simply take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a top quality coating to them with rounded corners to stay clear of cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are secured to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly additionally includes height-adjustable rotation gears to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very handy for the carpeted home office floor. I’m also using a flooring mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress configured, meaning the up and down arrows will adjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly change the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory buttons are comparable in style: press to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to save a new elevation value. I’m making use of switch 1 for my sitting position as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which offers me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new workdesk for a couple of weeks and also have actually documented my preliminary impressions:

The motors are quiet but can be heard in the next space over. It takes maybe 25 seconds 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 (especially this LX version), triggering the desk to get a little rocky when I shift my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I must have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a twin screen arrangement, obtain the bar.

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

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

Efficiency

Despite any type of troubles I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, virtually all of those problems removed when I really got down to utilizing this thing.

Although I didn’t believe it was even feasible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be even more steady 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 necessarily since it’s that wobbly, yet even if I want as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, proving to be just as constant on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar addition, which they declare includes even more stability when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for as much as 350 lbs of weight ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for regarding 3 weeks currently for everyday job (as well as adhering to standing workdesk finest techniques), whether it’s typing out testimonials such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every so often. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the coating on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as multiple wipe downs with a cloth.

I never ever purposefully attempt to dent any desks too hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a set of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without also numerous noticeable indicators of damages.

When I measured the sound outcome of the workdesk while it rose from a sitting position to standing and back once more, it was by much the quietest we’ve evaluated. I might hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest issue is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer support

Now, typically I don’t include much regarding the customer service support of any type of offered business, only because I really feel that in general if an item functions the means its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them in the first place. And also while I want I could say that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can not finish this review without pointing out the various, relatively limitless troubles I experienced attempting to obtain my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any type of memory phone consisted of originally, which indicated I had no other way of actually managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk about this issue, who returned to me around a day later with an apology as well as an assurance that a new one would be shipped out soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our problems …
Concerning four days later on a handset got here in the mail. The mobile phone at first turned on, yet it wasn’t long before I saw that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” switch handled the down feature just fine. I spoke to the business once more, and also they excused the mixup and stated they would certainly have a new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and control box arrived. Once I installed them both the desk ultimately started working the way it was intended to, but not after virtually a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Consider

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand up workdesk also has its very own downsides. Since no singular stand workdesk might capture every one of the functions that you may need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about a few of our various other preferred workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis additionally do not have one. This desk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (a lot more on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it more challenging to place your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide added stability, commonly important when desks are fully prolonged.

We have not read any type of issues of the stability of this workdesk, so we don’t believe its something to truly be concerned about, although if you really wanted a workdesk with a crossbar after that we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is among one of the most crucial facets of these workdesks. Without a steady desk you’ll find it tough to concentrate, which could lead to you becoming much less curious about making use of 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 very first workdesk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my stability tests into two areas. Both examinations will consist of the common front to back shaking test and also an entrusted to ideal wobble. The very first will be without the cross assistance and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross assistance can boost stability by as much as 15%. I have no idea exactly how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking motion misbehaved. Yet factor it would certainly impact your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble movement really did not start up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became negative.

Note: It’s very vital with flexible standing desks to totally tighten all equipment. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the movement experienced when encompassed standing elevation will be exaggerated. This is particularly true with a workdesk framework that consists of 32 bolts, there are much too many points at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our laboratories, we have to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better matched to these applications, as well as for a rather obvious reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that developed this sector, and their average residents are a lot taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time back. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not too high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, as well as don’t require too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you excellent value.

All that might transform with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to release sometime in the future. Initially we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to appear, and also Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the item quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted working with. The brand-new design is allegedly mosting likely to be much easier to assemble and have a heftier bar style, among other improvements. He states the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our issue about side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before comes to market we’ll update you here. We’re not holding our breath any longer as the most current information on the firm is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office as well as has transferred it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in impressive quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trustworthy sign of the expected useful life of the training columns. However, for the cost, the StandDesk is a terrific lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before hope to be, and also a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its cheaper and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and Gizmos

Building the desk is rather straight forward if you follow the detailed guidelines. All of the screws, screws, washers, and spring washers been available in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, frame, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for fastening all of the screws right into the framework, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

All of the components have a high quality finish 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 additionally consists of height-adjustable turning gears to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was really practical for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally using a flooring mat to protect the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually adjust the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are comparable in design: press to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a brand-new height value. I’m making use of switch 1 for my sitting placement and switch 4 for my standing position, which provides me 2 and 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the new desk for a few weeks and also have actually documented my preliminary impressions:

The electric motors are quiet but can be heard in the next room over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to totally transition from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (especially this LX design), creating the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I should have acquired the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my displays. If you plan to do a double display arrangement, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human back, I require to increase the desk higher in the morning and reduced it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any kind of troubles I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter layout, basically every one of those issues gotten rid of when I really got down to using this thing.

Although I didn’t assume it was also feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be a lot more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. Many days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily since it’s that unsteady, however just because I desire as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, verifying to be equally as consistent by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they declare adds even more security when bought as a part of the package deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for as much as 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for regarding 3 weeks now for day-to-day job (and also following standing desk best methods), whether it’s typing out reviews like this one from our desktop or a laptop every so often. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, as well as the finish on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as numerous clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never intentionally attempt to damage any kind of desks also hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still stood up without a lot of noticeable indicators of damages.

Finally, when I measured the sound output of the desk while it rose from a sitting setting to standing and also back once again, it was without a doubt the quietest we’ve tested yet. I could barely get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, typically I don’t consist of much regarding the customer support assistance of any type of provided company, only because I really feel that as a whole if an item functions the way its intended to, I should not ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. And while I wish I could claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this testimonial without discussing the various, relatively unlimited issues I ran into trying to get my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any kind of memory phone included originally, which suggested I had no way of actually controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I called StandDesk concerning this concern, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and a promise that a brand-new one would be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our troubles …
About four days later on a mobile got here in the mail. The mobile phone initially switched on, yet it had not been long before I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” switch dealt with the down function simply fine. I called the firm once more, and also they excused the mixup and stated they would certainly have a brand-new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel and also control box showed up. When I mounted them both the desk finally started functioning the way it was supposed to, however not after practically a month of waiting and backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t bear in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the very same box from the start.

Points to Think about

Despite its bankable features, this stand up desk also has its very own downsides. Considering that no single stand workdesk can catch every one of the attributes that you might need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a stabilizing crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about a few of our various other preferred desks such as the Totally Jarvis likewise don’t have one. Actually, 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 an obstacle, making it tougher to put your legs comfortably listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide included security, commonly important when workdesks are totally expanded.

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

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

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is among one of the most essential aspects of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll find it hard to focus, which might bring about you becoming much less interested in using the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll want to enjoy when using the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability tests right into two areas. Both tests will certainly include the typical front to back rocking test and also an entrusted to right wobble. The first will certainly lack the cross support and also the second will certainly 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 suggestion how they developed that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I evaluated that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking motion was bad. Yet point it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble activity for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion really did not start until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became negative.

Keep in mind: It’s very crucial with flexible standing desks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when included standing height will be overemphasized. This is specifically real with a workdesk structure that includes 32 screws, there are much way too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our labs, we have to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better suited to these applications, and also for a fairly evident factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this industry, and also their ordinary citizens are a lot taller than the ordinary Asian customer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time ago. And they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

But if you’re not also tall, do not have an excessive quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop, and do not need as well wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will give you excellent value.

All that might change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch at some time 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, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the item high quality he requires out of numerous 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 design, among other refinements. He states the brand-new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, alleviating our concern regarding side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this new base ever pertains to market we’ll update you below. But we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most current information on the company is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles office as well as has transferred it to accompany all its other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding efficiency has actually been present through the new joint venture in between US-based iMovR and also China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing workdesk. While restricted in size and also color alternatives, it has actually taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago standing as the very best standing desk under $400.