The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in excellent quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a reliable sign of the expected valuable life of the lifting columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before hope to be, and a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its less costly as well as pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Arrangement, as well as Gizmos

Constructing the desk is rather straight forward if you follow the detailed directions. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, and springtime washing machines can be found in different bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, framework, as well as spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching every one of the bolts into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality finish to them with rounded corners to stay clear of 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 setting up also includes height-adjustable rotation gears to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very handy for the carpeted office floor. I’m also making use of a floor mat to secure the carpeting from chair wheel damage at resting elevation, as well as press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure set, meaning the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually adjust the height by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 seconds. The memory switches are similar in layout: push to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to save a brand-new height value. I’m utilizing button 1 for my sitting setting as well as switch 4 for my standing position, which offers me 2 and 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the brand-new desk for a few weeks and also have actually made a note of my preliminary perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following area over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to completely shift from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I shift my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I need to have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after identifying the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a twin screen arrangement, obtain the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I require to raise the desk higher in the early morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

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

Performance

Despite any kind of issues I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter style, virtually all of those worries washed away as soon as I in fact got down to using this point.

I didn’t assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be also more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. A lot of days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, however just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, verifying to be equally as constant on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar addition, which they assert includes even more stability when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight capability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for concerning three weeks currently for day-to-day work (as well as complying with standing desk best practices), whether it’s typing out reviews such as this one from our desktop or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, as well as the finish on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and multiple clean downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never purposefully attempt to dent any type of desks too hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a set of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still stood up without a lot of visible signs of damage.

Lastly, when I gauged the noise outcome of the desk while it increased from a resting position to standing and also back once more, it was by far the quietest we’ve examined yet. I can hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Client service

Now, normally I do not consist of much concerning the customer service support of any offered business, only due to the fact that I really feel that generally if a product functions the method its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them to begin with. And also while I want I could state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this review without stating the many, apparently limitless problems I experienced trying to get my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory phone included initially, which implied I had no way of really managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk regarding this problem, who returned 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 review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Concerning 4 days later on a mobile phone arrived in the mail. The mobile phone at first activated, yet it wasn’t long before I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down switch, however, for some reason the “memory” switch dealt with the down function just fine. I got in touch with the firm once more, and they excused the mixup as well as stated they would certainly have a brand-new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and also control box arrived. Once I installed them both the desk ultimately started working the method it was meant to, but not after practically a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a business that could not bear in mind to ship a core component of their item inside the same box from the start.

Things to Consider

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand up desk additionally has its very own drawbacks. Because no particular stand desk could catch every one of the attributes that you might require, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as criterion

Not having a supporting bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering a few of our various other favored workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis additionally do not have one. In fact, this desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (much more on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more difficult to position your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they provide added stability, often crucial when workdesks are completely expanded.

We have not check out any type of complaints of the security of this desk, so we do not believe its something to actually be worried about, although if you actually desired a desk with a bar after that we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does supply a separate add-on crossbar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, simply for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is among one of the most essential aspects of these workdesks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll locate it tough to focus, which could lead to you coming to be less curious about using the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability examinations right into two areas. Both tests will consist of the normal front to back shaking examination as well as an entrusted to right wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross support and the second will be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross support can raise stability by as much as 15%. I have no suggestion just how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I evaluated 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 activity misbehaved. Beyond this point it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble motion didn’t begin up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being negative.

Note: It’s extremely vital with adjustable standing desks to totally tighten all equipment. If there is hardware that is not completely limited, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is especially true with a workdesk structure that includes 32 screws, there are far way too many points at which the desk has a chance to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our labs, we need to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will be better fit to these applications, and for a fairly noticeable factor. Essentially all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German business that invented this market, and also their typical residents are a whole lot taller than the ordinary Eastern customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. And they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not also high, don’t have an extreme amount of heavy devices on your desktop, and also do not need too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you great value.

All that might transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to release at some time in the future. Initially we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to materialize, as well as Yu states he’s had problem getting the item top quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried working with. The new layout is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to set up and also have a heftier crossbar design, among other improvements. He claims the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, relieving our worry concerning side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever involves market we’ll upgrade you here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current news on the business is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles workplace and has relocated it to join with all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has actually been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trusted indicator of the anticipated useful life of the training columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security issues this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever wish to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining clients from both its cheaper and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, as well as Devices

Constructing the desk is quite direct if you comply with the thorough guidelines. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, as well as spring washers come in different bags that are noted with their location: table top, framework, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for securing all of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– just be careful not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a top quality finish to them with rounded corners to prevent 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 setting up also consists of height-adjustable turning equipments to support the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very practical for the carpeted home office floor. I’m likewise utilizing a flooring mat to protect the carpeting from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, as well as press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable stress set, implying the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in layout: push to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a brand-new elevation worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting position as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which offers me 2 and 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the new desk for a couple of weeks and have actually listed my first perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the next space over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to completely shift from sitting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In knowledge, I ought to have bought the bar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a dual monitor configuration, get the crossbar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to raise the desk higher in the morning and also reduced it in the evening.

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

Performance

Despite any type of troubles I might have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter layout, practically every one of those concerns gotten rid of once I in fact came down to utilizing this thing.

Although I didn’t think it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be a lot more steady than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing elevations. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not always because it’s that shaky, yet even if I want as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, showing to be just as steady by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar enhancement, which they claim includes even more stability when acquired as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks currently for daily job (and adhering to standing workdesk ideal techniques), whether it’s typing 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 coating on top of the desk still really feels equally as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and several clean downs with a rag.

Though I never ever intentionally attempt to dent any desks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a set of secrets onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without a lot of noticeable indications of damages.

Lastly, when I determined the noise result of the desk while it rose from a resting placement to standing and back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually evaluated yet. I can hardly get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer care

Now, normally I don’t consist of much concerning the customer service assistance of any offered firm, just since I feel that as a whole if a product functions the way its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them to begin with. As well as while I desire I might state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not finish this evaluation without mentioning the countless, relatively limitless problems I encountered attempting to obtain my desk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory handset consisted of initially, which meant I had no chance of in fact managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk regarding this problem, that got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a guarantee that a new one would certainly be shipped out soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our issues …
Concerning four days later a handset got here in the mail. The phone initially turned on, yet it wasn’t long before I observed that none of the programmable switches functioned, neither did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” button managed the down feature just great. I contacted the firm again, and also they excused the mixup and also said they would certainly have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my brand-new panel and also control box got here. As soon as I installed them both the desk finally began working the means it was intended to, yet not after practically a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core part of their item inside the very same box from the start.

Points to Think about

Despite its bankable features, this stand up workdesk also has its very own drawbacks. Given that no particular stand workdesk can capture all of the functions that you might need, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as requirement

Not having a maintaining bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about a few of our various other favored workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis also do not have one. In fact, this desk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (more on this later on also).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it tougher to put your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they offer included security, frequently essential when desks are completely expanded.

We have not review any grievances of the security of this workdesk, so we don’t believe its something to truly be concerned about, although if you really desired a desk with a bar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Additionally, StandDesk does provide a different add-on crossbar that you can add to the desk yourself, just for an added $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most important aspects of these desks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll find it difficult to concentrate, which could lead to you coming to be much less thinking about using the desk at standing elevation. To get the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to be happy when making use of the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security examinations into two areas. Both examinations will include the regular front to back shaking examination and an entrusted to right wobble. The very first will lack the cross assistance and the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the enhancement of the cross assistance can boost stability by up to 15%. I have no idea how they generated that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I tested that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking activity was bad. Beyond this point it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not begin until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became poor.

Keep in mind: It’s very crucial with adjustable standing desks to fully tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not totally tight, the movement experienced when encompassed standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a desk framework that includes 32 screws, there are far way too many points at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually checked in our laboratories, we have to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, as well as for a fairly obvious reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this industry, as well as their ordinary residents are a lot taller than the typical Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time earlier. And also they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

Yet if you’re not also high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of hefty equipment on your desktop, and also don’t need also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you good bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to materialize, as well as Yu states he’s had trouble getting the product top quality he requires out of numerous Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The new layout is apparently going to be a lot easier to put together and also have a heftier crossbar design, among other improvements. He says the new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, easing our issue about side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever involves market we’ll upgrade you right here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current news on the business is that Yu shut the tiny Los Angeles workplace and also has actually moved it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

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