The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in impressive volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not necessarily a dependable indicator of the expected useful life of the training columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before intend to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made desks that is winning over customers from both its less costly and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, as well as Devices

Constructing the desk is rather easy if you comply with the detailed directions. All of the screws, screws, washers, and spring washing machines come in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, framework, as well as spares. There’s an included hex tool for securing every one of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit into your power tool– just take care not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a high quality coating to them with rounded corners to prevent 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 turning gears to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really practical for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m likewise using a floor mat to safeguard the carpet from chair wheel damage at sitting elevation, as well as 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 set, implying the backwards and forwards arrows will change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly adjust the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for two seconds. The memory buttons are similar in layout: press to remember the height setup, or hold the button down for five secs to keep a new elevation value. I’m using button 1 for my resting position and button 4 for my standing position, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been using the new desk for a couple of weeks and also have jotted down my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the next space over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to fully change from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rough when I move my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I ought to have bought the bar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a double screen configuration, get the bar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I require to raise the desk higher in the morning as well as lower it at night.

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any kind of problems I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter layout, practically every one of those concerns gotten rid of once I in fact came down to utilizing this thing.

I didn’t assume it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be also more secure 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 versus my wall; not necessarily since it’s that unsteady, but even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, confirming to be just as constant on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar enhancement, which they assert adds a lot more security when bought as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight capability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for concerning 3 weeks now for everyday job (and complying with standing desk finest techniques), whether it’s inputting out evaluations similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop computer once in a while. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, and the finish 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 also multiple clean downs with a rag.

Though I never ever intentionally try to damage any kind of desks also hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without too many visible signs of damage.

Finally, when I determined the noise result of the desk while it climbed from a resting setting to standing and back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually evaluated yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest worry is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, usually I don’t include much regarding the customer care support of any type of offered company, just due to the fact that I really feel that in general if an item works the method its supposed to, I should not ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. And while I want I might claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this review without stating the numerous, relatively countless problems I encountered trying to get my desk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory mobile consisted of initially, which indicated I had no way of really controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk regarding this issue, who 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 evaluation handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Regarding four days later a mobile phone got here in the mail. The phone originally switched on, yet it wasn’t long before I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down switch, however, for some reason the “memory” button handled the down function simply great. I called the company once more, as well as they excused the mixup and also stated they would have a 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 showed up. As soon as I mounted them both the desk finally started functioning the way it was meant to, yet not after almost a month of waiting and backward and forward with a company that could not bear in mind to ship a core element of their product inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Things to Think about

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

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a supporting bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration several of our various other preferred desks such as the Fully Jarvis likewise do not have one. This desk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it harder to place your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they supply added security, usually vital when workdesks are totally expanded.

We have not read any problems of the stability of this desk, so we do not think its something to really be concerned regarding, although if you actually desired a desk with a bar then we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Alternatively, StandDesk does provide a different add-on crossbar that you can include in the desk yourself, just for an extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing desk is just 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 coming to be much less curious about utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll intend to be happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have checked with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security examinations into 2 areas. Both examinations will certainly consist of the normal front to back rocking test and also a left to right wobble. The first will certainly be without the cross support and also the second will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can raise security by up to 15%. I have no concept exactly how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking motion misbehaved. Yet factor it would impact your work.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for lower heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion didn’t begin up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became bad.

Note: It’s really important with adjustable standing desks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not totally limited, the activity experienced when reached standing elevation will be exaggerated. This is particularly real with a workdesk frame that includes 32 screws, there are far way too many factors at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve examined in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be better suited to these applications, as well as for a rather noticeable reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that designed this industry, as well as their average residents are a whole lot taller than the ordinary Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time back. As well as they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

Yet if you’re not too tall, don’t have an excessive quantity of hefty equipment on your desktop computer, as well as do not need also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you good value.

All that might change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to release 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 Yu states he’s had problem obtaining the item high quality he needs out of a number of Chinese factories he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new style is apparently going to be much easier to assemble and also have a heftier bar layout, to name a few refinements. He claims the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” configuration, reducing our concern regarding side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever comes to market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current news on the company is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace and also has relocated it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing desk with remarkable efficiency has been present through the brand-new joint venture in between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While limited in dimension and shade alternatives, it has 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, as well as has been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it brings a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a trustworthy indicator of the anticipated useful life of the lifting columns. But also for the rate, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a much much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before want to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining consumers from both its cheaper and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Arrangement, and also Devices

Building the desk is rather simple if you follow the detailed instructions. All of the screws, screws, washers, and also spring washers been available in different bags that are marked with their location: table top, frame, and also spares. There’s an included hex device for securing all of the bolts into the structure, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– just beware not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a top quality coating to them with rounded edges to stay clear of 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 setting up also consists of height-adjustable turning gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very valuable for the carpeted office floor. I’m likewise utilizing a flooring mat to safeguard the carpet from chair wheel damage at resting height, as well as push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, implying the backwards and forwards arrows 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 second if you hold the button for two secs. The memory switches are comparable in style: press to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to save a new height worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting setting and switch 4 for my standing setting, which offers me 2 and 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new workdesk for a few weeks and also have actually written down my first perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the next area over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (particularly this LX version), causing the desk to get a little rough when I shift my weight against the keyboard. In knowledge, I ought to have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my displays. If you prepare to do a dual display arrangement, obtain the crossbar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to increase the desk greater in the morning as well as lower it at night.

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

Performance

Despite any problems I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter layout, basically every one of those problems gotten rid of when I in fact got down to utilizing this point.

I really did not think it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be even more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that shaky, yet just because I desire as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, showing to be just as stable on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar addition, which they declare adds much more stability when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 pounds of weight capability.

I have actually been using the desk for about three weeks currently for day-to-day work (as well as adhering to standing desk finest methods), whether it’s keying out evaluations similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every so often. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered beverages, and the coating in addition to the desk still really feels equally as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it as well as multiple wipe downs with a cloth.

I never intentionally attempt to dent any kind of workdesks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without too several visible signs of damages.

Lastly, when I measured the noise output of the desk while it climbed from a resting position to standing and also back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve tested yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Client service

Currently, usually I do not include much about the customer service support of any kind of provided business, just since I really feel that generally if an item works the means its intended to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. And while I wish I can state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this testimonial without mentioning the numerous, relatively unlimited issues I encountered trying to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent didn’t have any kind of memory phone included originally, which meant I had no way of in fact managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk about this problem, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and also a pledge that a brand-new one would be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our issues …
About four days later on a handset arrived in the mail. The phone at first turned on, however it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” button dealt with the down function just great. I contacted the company once again, as well as they excused the mixup and claimed they would have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and control box showed up. When I mounted them both the desk lastly started working the means it was intended to, but not after practically a month of waiting and also to and fro with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to ship a core element of their product inside the exact same box from the outset.

Things to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand desk likewise has its own drawbacks. Since no single stand desk might catch all of the features that you might need, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a stabilizing bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration several of our other preferred workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis also do not have one. This desk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (more on this later on as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it more difficult to put your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they supply included security, usually essential when workdesks are totally expanded.

We have not check out any kind of issues of the stability of this workdesk, so we don’t believe its something to actually be worried regarding, although if you truly wanted a desk with a bar after that we advise 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 extra $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing desk is just one of one of the most essential aspects of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it difficult to concentrate, which can result in you coming to be less interested in utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability tests right into 2 areas. Both examinations will certainly consist of the regular front to back rocking examination as well as an entrusted to right wobble. The first will lack the cross support and the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross assistance can boost security by up to 15%. I have no idea exactly how they developed that number.

Without Cross Support

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 very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking movement was bad. Beyond this point it would influence your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble activity for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble motion really did not start till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being negative.

Keep in mind: It’s really important with adjustable standing workdesks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not entirely tight, the activity experienced when encompassed standing height will be overemphasized. This is especially real with a desk frame that includes 32 screws, there are much way too many factors at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our labs, we need to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be better suited to these applications, and for a rather apparent factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that created this industry, and also their typical citizens are a whole lot taller than the typical Asian consumer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time back. As well as they have far more robotic automation, laser-cutting devices, as well as sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not as well tall, do not have an excessive quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, as well as don’t need as well wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you great bang for your buck.

All that might change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to release at some point in the future. Originally we were told we would certainly see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to emerge, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the item top quality he needs out of several Chinese factories he’s attempted working with. The brand-new layout is apparently going to be a lot easier to assemble as well as have a heftier bar layout, to name a few refinements. He claims the new base will be provided in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, easing our problem concerning side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before pertains to market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current information on the firm is that Yu shut the small Los Angeles workplace and also has transferred it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

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