The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has been gobbled up by millennials in impressive quantities. While it lugs a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trusted indicator of the expected beneficial life of the training columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability issues this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before hope to be, and 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 more affordable and also costlier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Configuration, and also Gadgets

Developing the desk is rather easy if you adhere to the comprehensive guidelines. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washing machines come in different bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, structure, and spares. There’s an included hex device for securing all of the screws right into the framework, or, appear a hex bit into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

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

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up likewise includes height-adjustable turning gears to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very valuable for the carpeted office flooring. I’m also using a flooring mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damage at resting elevation, and also press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure set, implying the backwards and forwards arrows will readjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly change the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are comparable in style: push to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a new height worth. I’m using button 1 for my sitting setting and also button 4 for my standing position, which offers me 2 and also 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been using the brand-new desk for a couple of weeks and have actually made a note of my preliminary perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the next space over. It takes possibly 25 secs for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based on my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (especially this LX version), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I move my weight versus the keyboard. In knowledge, I must have acquired the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a twin screen arrangement, obtain the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I require to raise the desk greater in the morning as well as reduced it at night.

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

Efficiency

Despite any kind of issues I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter style, virtually all of those issues removed as soon as I actually got down to using this point.

I didn’t believe it was even feasible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be even extra steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. A lot of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall; not always because it’s that wobbly, however even if I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, confirming to be equally as stable on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar enhancement, which they claim includes much more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for regarding three weeks currently for everyday work (and also adhering to standing workdesk best techniques), whether it’s typing out reviews similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop computer periodically. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, as well as the coating on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and multiple clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never deliberately try to dent any type of desks as well hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a set of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still stood up without too many noticeable indications of damages.

Last but not least, when I gauged the noise result of the desk while it climbed from a resting setting to standing and also back once more, it was by far the quietest we’ve examined yet. I might hardly get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest concern is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Now, typically I don’t consist of much regarding the customer care support of any offered company, just due to the fact that I feel that as a whole if an item functions the way its supposed to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. And also while I want I could claim that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this review without discussing the countless, relatively countless issues I ran into trying to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory phone included initially, which implied I had no chance of really controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk regarding this problem, who returned to me around a day later with an apology and also a promise that a brand-new one would be shipped shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
About 4 days later a handset arrived in the mail. The phone at first switched on, but it had not been long before I saw that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down button, but for some reason the “memory” switch took care of the down function simply fine. I called the business again, and also they excused the mixup and stated they would certainly have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my brand-new panel and control box showed up. As soon as I mounted them both the desk ultimately started working the method it was meant to, yet not after nearly a month of waiting and also to and fro with a company that could not bear in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Points to Take into consideration

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

Lack of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration a few of our other preferred workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis likewise don’t have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (extra on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more challenging to place your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they offer included security, typically vital when workdesks are fully extended.

We have not review any type of issues of the stability of this workdesk, so we don’t believe its something to truly be concerned regarding, although if you actually desired a workdesk with a bar after that we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a separate add-on bar that you can add to the desk on your own, simply for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is just one of one of the most important facets of these desks. Without a stable workdesk you’ll locate it hard to focus, which can cause you becoming much less thinking about using the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll want to be happy when using the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my security examinations into 2 sections. Both tests will certainly include the common front to back rocking test and also an entrusted to best wobble. The initial will certainly lack the cross assistance and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can raise security by as much as 15%. I have no idea how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I checked that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking movement was bad. Beyond this factor it would influence your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion didn’t start until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion came to be poor.

Note: It’s really essential with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when encompassed standing height will be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a workdesk framework that includes 32 screws, there are far a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we need to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, and for a fairly obvious reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this sector, and also their average people are a whole lot taller than the average Eastern consumer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time back. And they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also large experience making standing desk bases, needless to say.

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

All that could transform with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had trouble getting the item high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The new style is supposedly going to be a lot easier to set up and have a heftier bar layout, among other improvements. He says the new base will be provided in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” setup, relieving our concern regarding side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever comes to market we’ll upgrade you right here. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most recent information on the company is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office and has moved it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has been demolished by millennials in excellent quantities. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not necessarily a dependable indicator of the anticipated helpful life of the training columns. However, for the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability issues this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever want to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining clients from both its less costly and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, and also Gadgets

Constructing the desk is pretty straight forward if you comply with the in-depth guidelines. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washers can be found in different bags that are marked with their location: table top, framework, as well as spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for attaching every one of the bolts into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top quality finish to them with rounded corners 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 includes height-adjustable rotation equipments to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was very handy for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m likewise using a flooring mat to shield the carpeting from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress set, suggesting the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly adjust the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory switches are comparable in design: press to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for five secs to keep a brand-new elevation value. I’m making use of switch 1 for my resting placement as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been using the new desk for a couple of weeks as well as have listed my preliminary perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet but can be listened to in the following area over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to fully shift from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX design), creating the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I need to have acquired the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a twin monitor arrangement, obtain the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human back, I require to elevate the desk greater in the early morning as well as lower it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any type of problems I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter style, practically every one of those problems removed when I in fact got down to using this thing.

Although I really did not think it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed against my wall; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that shaky, however even if I desire as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, proving to be equally as constant by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they assert adds even more security when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 lbs of weight ability.

I have actually been using the desk for concerning 3 weeks currently for day-to-day job (and also complying with standing desk finest methods), whether it’s keying out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every so often. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, as well as the finish on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also numerous clean downs with a dustcloth.

I never deliberately try to dent any type of workdesks as well hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of tricks onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without also several noticeable signs of damages.

Last but not least, when I measured the noise outcome of the desk while it increased from a sitting setting to standing as well as back once more, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually checked yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer support

Now, normally I do not include much concerning the customer service assistance of any kind of provided firm, just since I really feel that in general if a product functions the method its intended to, I should not ever have a factor to call them to begin with. And also while I want I might state that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this testimonial without mentioning the various, seemingly endless issues I encountered attempting to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory phone consisted of originally, which implied I had no way of really controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I called StandDesk concerning this issue, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and also a promise that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our problems …
About four days later a handset showed up in the mail. The phone initially activated, yet it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” switch took care of the down feature simply great. I spoke to the business again, and also they apologized for the mixup and said they would certainly have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my new panel and also control box showed up. When I installed them both the desk ultimately started functioning the way it was meant to, yet not after almost a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a firm that could not remember to ship a core part of their item inside the same box from the outset.

Things to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable features, this stand workdesk additionally has its own disadvantages. Since no particular stand desk could capture all of the attributes that you may require, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as criterion

Not having a supporting bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering some of our other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis additionally do not have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (much more on this later on as well).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it tougher to position your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they supply added security, often important when desks are completely expanded.

We have not review any kind of complaints of the security of this workdesk, so we don’t think its something to really be worried about, although if you truly desired a workdesk with a crossbar then we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most important facets of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll locate it difficult to focus, which could bring about you ending up being much less curious about making use of the desk at standing height. To get the best return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to enjoy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have examined with an optional cross support, I will break down my security examinations into two sections. Both tests will certainly include the common front to back shaking examination as well as a left to appropriate wobble. The first will certainly be without the cross assistance as well as the secondly will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross support can increase stability by approximately 15%. I have no suggestion how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I examined that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity misbehaved. Yet factor it would certainly influence your work.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble activity really did not begin until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being bad.

Note: It’s really crucial with flexible standing desks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is hardware that is not completely limited, the motion experienced when included standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is especially real with a desk structure that includes 32 screws, there are much too many points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security simply isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be better fit to these applications, and for a relatively noticeable factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that invented this sector, and their average citizens are a great deal taller than the typical Asian consumer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time earlier. As well as they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, as well as large experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

If you’re not also high, don’t have an inordinate amount of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, and also don’t require too large of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you excellent bang for your dollar.

All that could change with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch sometime in the future. Initially we were informed 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 problem getting the item high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The new design is allegedly going to be a lot easier to set up and have a heftier crossbar style, among other refinements. He states the brand-new base will certainly be provided in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our issue concerning side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before pertains to market we’ll update you right here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current news on the business is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually relocated it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

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