The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has been demolished by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a trustworthy indicator of the expected helpful life of the training columns. But also for the price, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. In spite of its security issues this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever hope to be, as well as a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made desks that is winning over consumers from both its more affordable and costlier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Arrangement, and Devices

Developing the desk is pretty easy if you comply with the thorough directions. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and spring washing machines been available in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, framework, and spares. There’s an included hex tool for securing all of the bolts into the frame, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– simply beware 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 bolts that are fastened to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly likewise consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was very practical for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise using a floor mat to secure the rug 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 deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress programmed, suggesting the up and down arrowheads will certainly adjust the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually readjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two seconds. The memory switches are comparable in design: push to recall the elevation setup, or hold the button down for five seconds to save a brand-new elevation worth. I’m utilizing button 1 for my sitting setting and also button 4 for my standing placement, 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 brand-new desk for a couple of weeks as well as have actually documented my first impacts:

The motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next area over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to totally transition from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX model), creating the desk to get a little rough when I change my weight against the keyboard. In hindsight, I should have acquired the bar upgrade for my workdesk after determining the weight of my screens. If you plan to do a dual monitor setup, get the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I need to raise the desk higher in the early 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 mat from SmartCells, using rubber “cells” that are visualized below.

Performance

Regardless of any troubles I may have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter design, basically every one of those concerns removed as soon as I in fact got down to using this thing.

I really did not assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be also much more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. Many days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed against my wall; not necessarily since it’s that unsteady, yet just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, verifying to be just as constant on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar addition, which they declare adds even more security when purchased as a part of the bundle deal.When it concerns 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 making use of the desk for about three weeks now for everyday job (as well as complying with standing desk finest methods), whether it’s inputting out evaluations similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop every now and then. The desk stands up well against non-coastered drinks, and the coating on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and multiple wipe downs with a rag.

Though I never ever purposefully try to damage any kind of workdesks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without way too many noticeable indicators of damage.

When I gauged the sound output of the desk while it rose from a sitting placement to standing and back again, it was by much the quietest we’ve tested. I could hardly get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest issue is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer support

Currently, normally I do not include much concerning the customer care assistance of any provided business, only because I really feel that generally if an item functions the means its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I want I can state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not complete this review without stating the numerous, seemingly endless problems I came across attempting to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any type of memory handset consisted of initially, which suggested I had no other way of actually controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk concerning this issue, that got back to me around a day later with an apology as well as a guarantee that a brand-new one would be shipped shortly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our issues …
Regarding four days later on a mobile phone got here in the mail. The mobile phone at first switched on, however it wasn’t long before I saw that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, but for some factor the “memory” button handled the down feature just fine. I spoke to the company again, and also they excused the mixup as well as said they would have a new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and also control box got here. Once I installed them both the desk lastly started working the method it was expected to, however not after almost a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a company that could not bear in mind to deliver a core component of their product inside the exact same box from the outset.

Things to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand desk likewise has its very own downsides. Because no singular stand desk could record every one of the features that you might require, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a supporting bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly considering a few of our other favored desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally don’t have one. As a matter of fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it more challenging to position your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide included security, usually critical when desks are fully extended.

We have not check out any kind of issues of the security of this workdesk, so we do not think its something to actually be worried concerning, although if you truly desired a workdesk with a bar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a separate add-on bar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, simply for an extra $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing desk is among the most crucial facets of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll locate it tough to concentrate, which can result in you coming to be less curious about utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have tested with an optional cross assistance, I will certainly break down my security tests right into two sections. Both examinations will certainly include the common front to back shaking test and also a delegated appropriate wobble. The initial will lack the cross support and also the second will be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the enhancement of the cross support can boost stability by approximately 15%. I have no idea how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I examined that tottered near 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. Beyond this point it would impact your work.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble movement didn’t start until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity became bad.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not entirely tight, the movement experienced when extended to standing height will be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a workdesk frame that includes 32 bolts, there are far way too many factors at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better fit to these applications, and for a fairly obvious factor. Essentially all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that invented this industry, and their ordinary residents are a lot taller than the typical Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time ago. And they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, as well as large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not too tall, do not have an excessive quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop, and also don’t require too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you good bang for your buck.

All that could change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to launch sometime in the future. Initially we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the item quality he requires out of several Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new layout is apparently mosting likely to be a lot easier to assemble as well as have a heftier bar style, to name a few refinements. He says the brand-new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, easing our worry about side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before involves market we’ll upgrade you below. 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 and has actually moved it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with impressive performance has actually been present via the brand-new joint endeavor between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While limited in dimension as well as shade choices, it has actually taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago standing as the very best standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not always a reputable sign of the anticipated beneficial life of the lifting columns. But also for the cost, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability issues this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before want to be, and also a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining customers from both its less costly as well as costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, as well as Devices

Constructing the desk is pretty easy if you comply with the detailed directions. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, as well as spring washers come in different bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, framework, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for fastening all of the bolts into the frame, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have an excellent quality finish to them with rounded corners to stay clear of cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are fastened to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up additionally includes height-adjustable turning equipments to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really practical for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise utilizing a floor mat to safeguard the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, as well as push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress programmed, indicating the backwards and forwards arrowheads will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continuously readjust 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 setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to save a new elevation worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my resting setting as well as button 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been using the brand-new workdesk for a couple of weeks as well as have listed my first impressions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the next space over. It takes probably 25 secs for the desk to completely change from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (specifically this LX design), triggering the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight versus the keyboard. In hindsight, I ought to have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a dual monitor setup, get the bar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to increase the desk higher in the early morning and also lower it in the evening.

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

Performance

In spite of any kind of troubles I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter design, virtually every one of those concerns gotten rid of when I in fact got down to utilizing this point.

I really did not assume it was also feasible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be even extra stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and standing elevations. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed against my wall; not necessarily since it’s that unsteady, yet even if I desire as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, showing to be equally as stable by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they claim adds a lot more security when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it pertains to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for about 3 weeks now for day-to-day job (and also adhering to standing desk finest practices), whether it’s inputting out testimonials such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every now and then. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, as well as the surface on top of the desk still really feels equally as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as several wipe downs with a cloth.

I never purposefully attempt to damage any type of desks too hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a set of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without as well several visible signs of damages.

Finally, when I measured the sound result of the desk while it climbed from a sitting position to standing and also back once again, it was without a doubt the quietest we’ve examined yet. I could hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your most significant concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Client service

Currently, usually I don’t include much regarding the client service support of any given business, only since I really feel that generally if an item works the means its expected to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. And also while I want I can claim that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not complete this testimonial without pointing out the countless, relatively endless troubles I experienced trying to obtain my desk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out really did not have any type of memory handset included initially, which implied I had no other way of actually regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this concern, that got back to me around a day later on with an apology as well as a guarantee that a brand-new one would be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The resource of all our problems …
About 4 days later on a handset showed up in the mail. The handset originally turned on, yet it wasn’t long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” switch dealt with the down function just fine. I spoke to the firm once more, and they excused the mixup as well as claimed they would certainly have a new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel and also control box arrived. As soon as I installed them both the desk finally began functioning the way it was expected to, however not after virtually a month of waiting and also back and forth with a firm that couldn’t remember to deliver a core component of their item inside the very same box from the outset.

Points to Think about

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand up workdesk likewise has its own disadvantages. Given that no singular stand workdesk could record every one of the features that you might need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a maintaining crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering some of our various other favored desks such as the Totally Jarvis also do not have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later also).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more difficult to position your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they offer added stability, commonly essential when workdesks are totally extended.

We have not check out any kind of complaints of the stability of this desk, so we don’t believe its something to truly be worried concerning, 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 include to the workdesk yourself, just for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of one of the most crucial facets of these workdesks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which could lead to you ending up being much less thinking about utilizing the desk at standing height. To get the best return on your investment, you’ll want to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability tests into two sections. Both tests will include the common front to back shaking test as well as a delegated appropriate wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross assistance as well as the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can enhance stability by as much as 15%. I have no concept how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking movement was bad. Yet point it would affect your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

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

Note: It’s very essential with flexible standing desks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not entirely tight, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is especially real with a workdesk frame that includes 32 bolts, there are far too many factors at which the desk has a chance to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve examined in our labs, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better suited to these applications, and for a rather apparent factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that designed this industry, and also their typical people are a great deal taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time back. And also they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, as well as sheer experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not as well high, don’t have an excessive quantity of hefty devices on your desktop, as well as do not require too large of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you great bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to emerge, and also Yu states he’s had trouble getting the item top quality he requires out of several Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new style is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to set up as well as have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” setup, alleviating our problem regarding side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever comes to market we’ll upgrade you right here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any longer as the most current information on the business is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles office and also has actually transferred it to accompany all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

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