The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has been demolished by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it lugs a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a reliable indication of the expected beneficial life of the lifting columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability concerns this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before hope to be, and a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its less expensive and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and also Gizmos

Constructing the desk is quite straight forward if you comply with the detailed directions. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, and spring washing machines come in separate bags that are marked with their destination: table top, structure, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching every one of the screws into the frame, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– just be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top quality surface to them with rounded corners to stay clear of cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are secured to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly also includes height-adjustable turning equipments to support the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was extremely useful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally using a floor mat to protect the rug from chair wheel damage at resting elevation, and also press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable pressure programmed, implying the up and down arrows will change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly adjust the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory switches are similar in design: push to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for five secs to save a new height value. I’m utilizing button 1 for my sitting placement as well as button 4 for my standing setting, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been using the brand-new workdesk for a few weeks and also have actually made a note of my initial impacts:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be listened to in the following space over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from resting to standing based on my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (particularly this LX version), creating the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight versus the key-board. In knowledge, I must have acquired the crossbar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a double screen arrangement, get the bar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I need to raise the desk greater in the early morning and lower it at night.

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

Performance

Despite any kind of troubles I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, pretty much every one of those concerns removed when I in fact got down to using this point.

I really did not assume it was also feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be even much more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting as well as standing heights. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that wobbly, but even if I desire as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, verifying to be just as steady on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar enhancement, which they assert includes a lot more stability when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it involves weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 lbs of weight capability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for concerning 3 weeks currently for daily job (as well as complying with standing desk ideal methods), whether it’s keying out reviews like this one from our desktop or a laptop computer periodically. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the surface on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and multiple wipe downs with a rag.

Though I never purposefully try to dent any type of workdesks as well hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a set of keys onto it from a distance, for example), it still stood up without a lot of visible signs of damage.

When I measured the noise outcome of the desk while it climbed from a sitting setting to standing and also back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually tested. I might hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your largest worry is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, normally I do not include much regarding the client service support of any kind of given company, just because I feel that generally if an item functions the means its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I wish I might say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this evaluation without stating the numerous, apparently countless problems I encountered attempting to obtain my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any memory handset included initially, which suggested I had no chance of actually managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk concerning this issue, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and a pledge that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our issues …
Regarding 4 days later a handset showed up in the mail. The mobile at first turned on, but it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, neither did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” switch dealt with the down feature just fine. I spoke to the business once more, and also they apologized for the mixup and also claimed they would certainly have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel as well as control box showed up. When I installed them both the desk lastly started working the way it was expected to, but not after practically a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that couldn’t bear in mind to ship a core component of their product inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand up workdesk additionally has its own disadvantages. Because no single stand desk might record every one of the features that you may need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a maintaining crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about a few of our various other favored workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally do not have one. This desk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it more challenging to position your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they provide added security, frequently critical when workdesks are completely extended.

We have not check out any type of problems of the stability of this desk, so we do not think its something to actually be concerned regarding, although if you really desired a workdesk with a crossbar after that we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing desk is just one of one of the most essential facets of these desks. Without a stable workdesk you’ll find it difficult to concentrate, which could lead to you becoming much less curious about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when making use of the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have tested with an optional cross support, I will break down my security examinations right into 2 sections. Both examinations will consist of the normal front to back rocking test and a left to best wobble. The initial will certainly lack the cross assistance and the secondly 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 how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I tested that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking motion was bad. Beyond this point it would influence your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for reduced elevations. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being negative.

Keep in mind: It’s very essential with flexible standing desks to fully tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the activity experienced when extended to standing height will be exaggerated. This is especially true with a desk framework that consists of 32 screws, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our laboratories, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better fit to these applications, and also for a fairly apparent reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this sector, as well as their typical people are a lot taller than the typical Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time ago. As well as they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and large experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

If you’re not also high, do not have an inordinate quantity of heavy tools on your desktop computer, and also don’t need too vast of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you good bang for your dollar.

All that may change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Originally 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 getting the item high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new design is supposedly mosting likely to be much easier to put together and have a heftier crossbar style, to name a few improvements. He says the brand-new base will be supplied in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, alleviating our concern concerning side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before concerns market we’ll update you here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most current news on the firm is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles workplace and has moved it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

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

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has actually been demolished by millennials in excellent volumes. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not necessarily a dependable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. For the rate, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and also other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its security problems this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before wish to be, as well as a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over customers from both its cheaper and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Arrangement, and also Gizmos

Developing the desk is quite direct if you comply with the in-depth guidelines. Every one of the screws, bolts, washers, as well as spring washing machines can be found in separate bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, structure, and spares. There’s an included hex tool for securing all of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality surface to them with rounded edges 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 includes height-adjustable turning equipments to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was extremely valuable for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally utilizing a flooring mat to safeguard the carpet from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, and push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the investment. The switches are all variable pressure set, meaning the up and down arrowheads will adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually adjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory switches are similar in style: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for five secs to keep a new height value. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting setting as well as switch 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 and 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 and have actually made a note of my preliminary impacts:

The electric motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following room over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to fully shift from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (specifically this LX model), creating the desk to obtain a little rocky when I move my weight against the key-board. In knowledge, I ought to have acquired the crossbar upgrade for my desk after identifying the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a twin display configuration, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to elevate the desk higher in the early morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

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

Performance

Regardless of any type of problems I might have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter style, practically all of those worries removed when I really came down to utilizing this thing.

I didn’t think it was also feasible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be also a lot more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and standing heights. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall surface; not always since it’s that shaky, however just because I want as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, confirming to be just as steady by itself 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 bought as a part of the package deal.When it comes to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more stats with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 lbs of weight capability.

I’ve been using the desk for concerning three weeks currently for day-to-day job (as well as complying with standing desk ideal techniques), whether it’s keying out reviews like this one from our desktop or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, and the surface on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple wipe downs with a dustcloth.

I never ever purposefully attempt to damage any desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without as well numerous visible indications of damage.

Lastly, when I measured the sound result of the desk while it rose from a resting setting to standing as well as back once again, it was by far the quietest we have actually tested yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer care

Currently, normally I don’t include much concerning the client service support of any provided business, only because I really feel that as a whole if an item works the method its intended to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them to begin with. And while I desire I might claim that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t finish this evaluation without pointing out the many, relatively limitless problems I experienced trying to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any type of memory phone consisted of originally, which suggested I had no other way of really controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this concern, who got back to me around a day later with an apology as well as a pledge that a new one would be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our troubles …
About four days later on a mobile arrived in the mail. The mobile phone originally turned on, but it had not been long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down button, however, for some reason the “memory” button handled the down function just fine. I got in touch with the company again, as well as they apologized for the mixup as well as stated they would have a brand-new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my new panel as well as control box got here. Once I installed them both the desk lastly began functioning the way it was intended to, however not after virtually a month of waiting and to and fro with a firm that could not keep in mind to deliver a core part of their product inside the exact same box from the start.

Points to Think about

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

Absence of a Bar as criterion

Not having a stabilizing bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering some of our other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis additionally don’t have one. This workdesk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (extra on this later also).

The bar is seen by some as a barrier, making it tougher to place your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they offer added security, frequently crucial when workdesks are fully expanded.

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

Conversely, StandDesk does provide a separate add-on bar that you can include in the desk on your own, just for an added $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is just one of the most crucial aspects of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll discover it tough to focus, which could bring about you becoming much less thinking about using the desk at standing elevation. To get the best return on your financial investment, you’ll want to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have evaluated with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my security tests into two areas. Both examinations will consist of the typical front to back rocking examination as well as an entrusted to ideal wobble. The initial will lack the cross support and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross assistance can increase stability by up to 15%. I have no suggestion exactly how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I tested that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking motion was bad. Beyond this point it would impact your job.

With Cross Support

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not begin until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became bad.

Keep in mind: It’s really crucial with flexible standing desks to totally tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when included standing height will be exaggerated. This is specifically real with a workdesk frame that includes 32 screws, there are much too many factors at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve tested in our labs, we need to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktop computers, 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, and for a rather apparent factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this sector, as well as their average residents are a whole lot taller than the average Eastern customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time earlier. And they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not as well tall, do not have an inordinate quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, and also don’t need as well vast of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will offer you great bang for your dollar.

All that may alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to release at some point in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to emerge, and Yu states he’s had trouble getting the item high quality he needs out of numerous Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The new layout is allegedly mosting likely to be much easier to set up and have a heftier bar style, to name a few improvements. He states the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” configuration, easing our worry concerning side-load worrying on the training columns.

If this new base ever before involves market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any longer as the most recent information on the firm is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace and also has actually transferred it to join with all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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