The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a dependable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. But for the cost, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability problems this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever want to be, and also 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 more affordable and pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, and also Devices

Constructing the desk is quite easy if you adhere to the comprehensive guidelines. Every one of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and also springtime washers can be found in separate bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for attaching every one of the screws right into the structure, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power device– simply take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a high quality finish to them with rounded edges to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are attached to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly likewise includes height-adjustable turning gears to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really valuable for the carpeted office flooring. I’m likewise utilizing a floor mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damages at resting height, and press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure set, meaning the up and down arrowheads will change 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 switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are similar in style: push to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for five secs to store a brand-new elevation worth. I’m making use of switch 1 for my sitting setting and switch 4 for my standing setting, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I could need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the brand-new workdesk for a few weeks and also have listed my initial perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the next room over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to totally change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In knowledge, I need to have acquired the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my screens. If you prepare to do a dual monitor arrangement, get the crossbar.

Since gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I need to elevate the desk higher in the morning as well as reduced it at night.

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

Performance

In spite of any troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, basically every one of those problems removed as soon as I really came down to using this point.

Although I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be much more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing elevations. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall surface; not always since it’s that shaky, but just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, confirming to be just as stable on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar enhancement, which they declare adds much more security when acquired as a part of the plan deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for about 3 weeks now for day-to-day work (and also complying with standing desk ideal practices), whether it’s typing out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop computer periodically. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and the finish on top of 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 and also multiple clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never purposefully attempt to dent any workdesks also hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of secrets onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without way too many noticeable signs of damages.

Lastly, when I measured the sound outcome of the desk while it rose from a sitting placement to standing as well as back once again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually tested yet. I might hardly get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest issue is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, usually I do not consist of much regarding the customer service support of any type of offered company, just due to the fact that I really feel that as a whole if an item works the means its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. As well as while I desire I could say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t finish this evaluation without stating the numerous, apparently limitless issues I experienced trying to get my desk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which suggested I had no other way of in fact regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk concerning this issue, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and also a promise that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our problems …
About four days later on a handset showed up in the mail. The mobile phone at first switched on, however it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down button, but for some reason the “memory” switch managed the down function just fine. I got in touch with the firm once more, as well as they apologized for the mixup as well as claimed they would certainly have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and control box showed up. As soon as I mounted them both the desk finally started functioning the means it was intended to, but not after almost a month of waiting as well as to and fro with a firm that couldn’t remember to deliver a core part of their item inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Things to Take into consideration

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand desk additionally has its own downsides. Considering that no single stand workdesk can capture all of the features that you may require, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a stabilizing bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, particularly taking into consideration several of our other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis likewise don’t have one. Actually, this desk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (extra on this later too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it more difficult to put your legs conveniently listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they supply included stability, frequently vital when workdesks are fully expanded.

We have not check out any kind of grievances of the security of this desk, so we don’t believe its something to actually be worried regarding, although if you really desired a desk with a bar after that we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a different add-on bar that you can add to the workdesk yourself, just for an additional $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing desk is just one of the most vital facets of these workdesks. Without a secure desk you’ll locate it hard to focus, which can bring about you coming to be much less interested in making use of the desk at standing height. To get the best return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability tests into two sections. Both examinations will include the regular front to back rocking test and also a left to ideal wobble. The very first will lack the cross assistance as well as the secondly will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can boost stability by up to 15%. I have no suggestion just how they generated that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I tested that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity was bad. Beyond this point it would affect your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for reduced elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble activity really did not begin till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became bad.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely essential with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not totally tight, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is especially true with a desk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are far a lot of factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually checked in our labs, we have to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a huge mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better fit to these applications, as well as for a rather obvious factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this market, and their average people are a whole lot taller than the typical Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. As well as they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not also high, don’t have an extreme quantity of heavy tools on your desktop, as well as do not require too large of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent bang for your dollar.

All that could transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he anticipates to release at some point in the future. Initially we were informed we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and Yu states he’s had trouble getting the product quality he needs out of several Chinese factories he’s attempted working with. The brand-new design is apparently going to be a lot easier to construct and have a heftier bar design, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, minimizing our worry concerning side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before involves market we’ll upgrade you here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any longer as the most recent news on the business is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually transferred it to join with all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing desk with excellent efficiency has actually been introduce through the new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR and also China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While restricted in dimension and color choices, it has taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the very best standing desk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has actually been gobbled up by millennials in impressive volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a reputable sign of the anticipated helpful life of the training columns. But also for the rate, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made desks. Despite its security concerns this is a far better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before want to be, and a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its less expensive and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Configuration, and Gizmos

Developing the desk is quite simple if you adhere to the detailed instructions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and springtime washing machines can be found in separate bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, framework, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for fastening all of the screws into the framework, or, appear a hex bit into your power tool– just be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a premium quality surface to them with rounded edges to avoid 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 likewise includes height-adjustable turning gears to stabilize the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely useful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m also utilizing a floor mat to secure the carpet from chair wheel damage at sitting height, as well as 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 stress programmed, indicating the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly change the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for 2 secs. The memory switches are similar in design: push to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to save a brand-new elevation worth. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting placement as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which offers 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 brand-new desk for a couple of weeks as well as have written down my initial impacts:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next area over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (especially this LX model), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I move my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after identifying the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a twin screen arrangement, obtain the bar.

Since gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I need to raise the desk higher in the morning and lower it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any kind of troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, basically all of those problems washed away as soon as I really got down to using this thing.

I didn’t assume it was also possible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be even a lot more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing heights. A lot of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that shaky, however just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, verifying to be just as constant on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar enhancement, which they claim includes even more security when bought as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet even more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for regarding 3 weeks now for day-to-day job (and also adhering to standing workdesk best practices), whether it’s inputting out evaluations such as this one from our desktop or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, as well as the finish in addition to the desk still really feels just as smooth and slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a rag.

I never intentionally try to damage any kind of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a collection of secrets onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without as well numerous noticeable signs of damages.

When I gauged the sound result of the desk while it climbed from a resting position to standing and back once more, it was by much the quietest we’ve evaluated. I could hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest concern is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Currently, normally I don’t include much regarding the customer support assistance of any provided company, only due to the fact that I feel that as a whole if an item functions the method its expected to, I should not ever have a factor to call them in the first place. And also while I desire I could say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this evaluation without stating the countless, apparently limitless problems I encountered attempting to obtain my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any memory mobile included initially, which implied I had no way of in fact controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk regarding this issue, that returned to me around a day later on with an apology and an assurance that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our troubles …
Regarding four days later on a phone showed up in the mail. The handset at first activated, yet it had not been long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” switch took care of the down feature simply fine. I got in touch with the business again, as well as they apologized for the mixup and also claimed they would certainly have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel and control box got here. As soon as I mounted them both the desk ultimately started working the method it was intended to, however not after virtually a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a business that couldn’t remember to ship a core element of their product inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Things to Consider

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

Lack of a Bar as criterion

Not having a maintaining crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, particularly considering several of our various other favored workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis likewise do not have one. As a matter of fact, this desk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later on also).

The crossbar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it more challenging to position your legs pleasantly below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they give added stability, often important when desks are fully expanded.

We have not check out any kind of grievances of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not think its something to really be worried about, although if you truly desired a workdesk with a bar after that we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing desk is among one of the most crucial elements of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it hard to focus, which might cause you coming to be less thinking about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to be happy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability tests right into 2 areas. Both examinations will consist of the normal front to back shaking examination and also an entrusted to best wobble. The initial will certainly lack the cross support and also the second will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross assistance can boost stability by as much as 15%. I have no idea exactly how they generated that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I evaluated that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking motion misbehaved. Beyond this factor it would influence your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not start up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion ended up being negative.

Note: It’s really important with adjustable standing workdesks to completely tighten all equipment. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the movement experienced when included standing height will be exaggerated. This is especially true with a workdesk framework that consists of 32 screws, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve evaluated in our labs, we need to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the stability simply isn’t there for a huge mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better suited to these applications, and also for a relatively obvious reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this market, and also their ordinary people are a lot taller than the typical Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time earlier. And also they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and also sheer experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not also high, do not have an excessive amount of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, and do not require as well broad of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will give you good bang for your buck.

All that might transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, as well as Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the item top quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried working with. The new style is supposedly mosting likely to be much easier to construct and also have a heftier bar style, among other refinements. He states the new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, alleviating our concern regarding side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever involves market we’ll upgrade you below. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent news on the firm is that Yu shut the small Los Angeles workplace and also has actually moved it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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