The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it carries a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a reputable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the training columns. But for the cost, the StandDesk is a terrific lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever hope to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad group of Chinese-made desks that is swaying customers from both its less expensive and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, as well as Gizmos

Constructing the desk is pretty straight forward if you follow the detailed instructions. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and spring washers can be found in different bags that are marked with their location: tabletop, framework, and also spares. There’s an included hex device for fastening every one of the bolts right into the framework, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

All 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 fastened to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly also includes height-adjustable turning gears to stabilize the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really helpful for the carpeted office floor. I’m additionally using a floor mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damage at resting height, as well as push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the investment. The switches are all variable stress set, indicating the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly change 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 two secs. The memory buttons are comparable in design: press to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a new height worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting position and switch 4 for my standing position, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the brand-new desk for a few weeks as well as have actually made a note of my initial perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following area over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to fully transition from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (particularly this LX version), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight versus the keyboard. In knowledge, I must have acquired the bar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a twin monitor setup, get the crossbar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to elevate the desk higher in the morning as well as reduced it in the evening.

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

Performance

In spite of any type of troubles I might have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter design, practically all of those concerns removed as soon as I actually came down to using this thing.

I didn’t assume it was also feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be also more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing elevations. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that shaky, yet even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, verifying to be just as stable by itself at standing height 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 package deal.When it comes to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I’ve been using the desk for about 3 weeks now for day-to-day work (and also complying with standing desk best techniques), whether it’s inputting out reviews like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop from time to time. The desk stands up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the coating in addition to the desk still feels just as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and numerous clean downs with a dustcloth.

I never ever intentionally try to dent any type of desks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of tricks onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without as well lots of noticeable indications of damages.

Lastly, when I gauged the noise output of the desk while it increased from a resting placement to standing and also back once again, it was without a doubt the quietest we’ve evaluated yet. I might hardly get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Now, usually I do not consist of much about the customer service assistance of any type of provided business, only because I feel that generally if an item works the way its meant to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And while I wish I might say that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I just can not finish this evaluation without pointing out the many, apparently unlimited troubles I encountered attempting to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent out didn’t have any kind of memory handset included initially, which indicated I had no other way of really regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk regarding this issue, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and also a pledge that a new one would certainly be shipped out soon.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
About four days later on a handset showed up in the mail. The mobile initially activated, however it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down button, however, for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down feature just great. I contacted the company once more, as well as they apologized for the mixup and also said they would certainly have a brand-new panel and also control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and also control box showed up. As soon as I mounted them both the desk lastly began working the means it was supposed to, however not after virtually a month of waiting and backward and forward with a company that could not bear in mind to ship a core part of their item inside the very same box from the outset.

Points to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable functions, this stand up desk additionally has its very own drawbacks. Considering that no singular stand workdesk can catch every one of the attributes that you may require, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a stabilizing crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically considering some of our various other preferred workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis also do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to place your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide included stability, typically crucial when desks are totally prolonged.

We have not read any grievances of the security of this desk, so we don’t think its something to actually be concerned regarding, although if you actually wanted a desk with a bar then we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Additionally, StandDesk does supply a different add-on crossbar that you can add to the desk on your own, just for an additional $49.95.

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is just one of one of the most crucial elements of these workdesks. Without a stable workdesk you’ll discover it difficult to focus, which might result in you becoming less interested in utilizing the desk at standing height. To get the most effective 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 break down my security examinations into 2 sections. Both tests will include the common front to back shaking test as well as an entrusted to ideal wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross support and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can enhance security by as much as 15%. I have no concept exactly how they developed that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking motion misbehaved. Yet factor it would certainly influence your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble movement for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble movement didn’t begin up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement ended up being bad.

Keep in mind: It’s very vital with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when encompassed standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is especially true with a desk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our laboratories, we have to narrow our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better matched to these applications, as well as for a fairly obvious factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German firms that invented this industry, and also their ordinary residents are a lot taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a very long time back. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and also large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

If you’re not as well high, do not have an inordinate amount of heavy devices on your desktop computer, as well as don’t require as well wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you good bang for your buck.

All that may change with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Originally we were informed 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 difficulty obtaining the product quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new layout is apparently going to be a lot easier to assemble and have a heftier bar style, to name a few improvements. He claims the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” setup, relieving our concern regarding side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this new base ever before involves market we’ll upgrade you here. But we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most current information on the business is that Yu shut the small Los Angeles office as well as has actually relocated it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing desk with impressive efficiency has been present through the new joint venture in between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing workdesk. While restricted in size and shade alternatives, it has taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago standing as the most effective standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, as well as has actually been demolished by millennials in excellent quantities. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a reputable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the training columns. However, for the rate, the StandDesk is a terrific lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as various other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its stability concerns this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever before wish to be, and also a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over customers from both its less expensive and more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, and also Devices

Building the desk is pretty straight forward if you follow the in-depth directions. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and spring washers come in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, structure, and spares. There’s an included hex device for fastening every one of the screws into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

All of the components have an excellent quality coating 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 also consists of height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very useful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m likewise making use of a floor mat to shield the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting height, as well as push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The switches are all variable stress configured, implying the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory buttons are similar in design: press to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for five seconds to save a new height worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my resting position and also switch 4 for my standing setting, which offers me 2 and 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new desk for a couple of weeks as well as have documented my preliminary impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the following space over. It takes maybe 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from resting to standing based on my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (particularly this LX design), triggering the desk to get a little rocky when I move my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I ought to have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my desk after establishing the weight of my monitors. If you plan to do a twin screen configuration, get the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I need to increase 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 floor covering from SmartCells, using rubber “cells” that are visualized below.

Efficiency

Despite any type of issues I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, virtually all of those issues washed away when I in fact came down to using this point.

I didn’t assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be also much more secure than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pushed against my wall; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, however even if I desire as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, verifying to be just as constant by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s crossbar enhancement, which they claim adds much more security when acquired as a part of the plan deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 lbs of weight capacity.

I’ve been using the desk for about 3 weeks currently for day-to-day work (as well as complying with standing workdesk finest practices), whether it’s typing out reviews such as this one from our desktop or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the coating 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 as well as multiple clean downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never ever deliberately attempt to damage any kind of workdesks also hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a set of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without too many noticeable signs of damage.

When I gauged the sound outcome of the desk while it increased from a resting setting to standing and back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually examined. I could hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest issue is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer care

Now, usually I do not consist of much regarding the client service support of any provided business, just due to the fact that I feel that as a whole if a product functions the method its intended to, I should not ever have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I want I might say that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I just can not finish this evaluation without discussing the many, relatively countless troubles I ran into attempting to obtain my desk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory phone included originally, which implied I had no chance of really controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I called StandDesk concerning this concern, who got back to me around a day later with an apology as well as a guarantee that a new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our problems …
About 4 days later a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The handset initially activated, yet it had not been long prior to I discovered that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” switch handled the down function just great. I contacted the company once again, as well as they apologized for the mixup as well as claimed they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my new panel and also control box got here. As soon as I installed them both the desk ultimately began functioning the method it was expected to, yet not after nearly a month of waiting and also to and fro with a firm that couldn’t bear in mind to ship a core component of their product inside the same box from the outset.

Things to Consider

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand workdesk likewise has its very own disadvantages. Because no singular stand desk could catch all of the functions that you may need, you might think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as criterion

Not having a supporting crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically taking into consideration some of our other favored desks such as the Completely Jarvis also do not have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you desire, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later too).

The bar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it tougher to put your legs easily listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they offer included stability, commonly important when workdesks are fully extended.

We have not read any kind of problems of the stability of this desk, so we do not think its something to truly be worried concerning, although if you actually wanted a desk with a bar then we recommend you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is among the most vital aspects of these desks. Without a steady workdesk you’ll discover it tough to concentrate, which could cause you coming to be much less curious about utilizing the desk at standing height. To get the most effective return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when making use of the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first desk that I have actually evaluated with an optional cross support, I will break down my security examinations right into two sections. Both tests will certainly include the regular front to back rocking examination and a delegated ideal wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross assistance and the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross support can raise stability by approximately 15%. I have no suggestion 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 tested that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking movement was bad. Beyond this factor it would certainly affect your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble movement for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not start until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity came to be negative.

Keep in mind: It’s very important with adjustable standing desks to totally tighten all equipment. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the activity experienced when reached standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a workdesk structure that includes 32 screws, there are far a lot of points at which the desk has an opportunity to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve examined in our laboratories, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security simply isn’t there for a large mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better fit to these applications, and for a relatively noticeable factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German firms that developed this industry, as well as their average citizens are a whole lot taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time earlier. And also they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

If you’re not also high, don’t have an inordinate amount of heavy devices on your desktop, and also do not require also vast of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you good bang for your buck.

All that might alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch at some point in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to appear, and Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the product high quality he needs out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted dealing with. The brand-new design is supposedly going to be much easier to set up and have a heftier crossbar design, among other refinements. He claims the brand-new base will be supplied in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, relieving our worry regarding side-load stressing on the training columns.

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

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