The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and has actually been gobbled up by millennials in outstanding volumes. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a trusted indication of the expected beneficial life of the lifting columns. But also for the cost, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its security issues this is a far much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before intend to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over customers from both its less expensive and costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, and Devices

Developing the desk is pretty straight forward if you adhere to the comprehensive directions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and springtime washers come in different bags that are noted with their destination: table top, structure, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for attaching every one of the bolts right into the structure, or, appear a hex bit right into your power tool– simply beware not to over-tighten.

All of the components have a top quality finish to them with rounded corners 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 setting up likewise includes height-adjustable rotation equipments to stabilize the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was very helpful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m likewise utilizing a flooring mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damages at sitting height, and also press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the financial investment. The switches are all variable stress configured, indicating the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously adjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory switches are comparable in layout: press to remember the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a brand-new elevation value. I’m making use of switch 1 for my sitting position as well as button 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been making use of the brand-new desk for a couple of weeks and also have actually documented my preliminary perceptions:

The motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next room over. It takes perhaps 25 seconds for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (especially this LX design), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I must have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my screens. If you prepare to do a twin monitor arrangement, obtain the bar.

Since gravity presses the discs in a human back, I require to elevate the desk greater in the early morning and lower it at night.

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

Efficiency

In spite of any problems I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, pretty much all of those issues removed as soon as I in fact got down to utilizing this point.

Although I didn’t assume it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be much more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting and standing elevations. A lot of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall surface; not necessarily due to the fact that it’s that wobbly, yet just because I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

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 business’s bar enhancement, which they claim adds even more security when purchased as a part of the bundle deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for regarding three weeks currently for day-to-day job (as well as adhering to standing desk best techniques), whether it’s inputting out testimonials like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well against non-coastered drinks, as well as the coating in addition to the desk still really feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and numerous wipe downs with a rag.

Though I never ever intentionally attempt to dent any type of desks as well hard, during some lighter tests (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, as an example), it still held up without way too many noticeable indications of damage.

When I gauged the noise output of the workdesk while it climbed from a resting position to standing as well as back again, it was by much the quietest we’ve tested. I might barely get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of noise, so if your biggest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, normally I do not consist of much concerning the customer service support of any type of provided firm, just due to the fact that I feel that generally if a product functions the method its supposed to, I should not ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And also while I wish I can claim that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this review without stating the various, seemingly countless problems I ran into attempting to obtain my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent out really did not have any kind of memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which meant I had no way of really managing the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk concerning this concern, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology and a pledge that a new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our issues …
Regarding 4 days later a mobile got here in the mail. The phone at first turned on, however it wasn’t long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable switches functioned, neither did the down switch, but for some reason the “memory” button took care of the down function just fine. I called the company again, as well as they apologized for the mixup as well as said they would have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and also control box got here. Once I mounted them both the desk finally started functioning the means it was meant to, but not after nearly a month of waiting and also backward and forward with a firm that couldn’t remember to ship a core part of their product inside the very same box from the get-go.

Points to Think about

Despite its bankable features, this stand up desk likewise has its own downsides. Given that no particular stand desk can capture every one of the functions that you may require, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a supporting bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically considering several of our various other favorite workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis also don’t have one. As a matter of fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later on as well).

The crossbar 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 supply added stability, commonly crucial when desks are totally prolonged.

We have not read any type of grievances of the stability of this workdesk, so we don’t assume its something to really be worried about, although if you truly desired a workdesk with a crossbar then we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does provide a separate add-on crossbar that you can include to the workdesk on your own, simply for an additional $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most crucial elements of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll find it tough to focus, which could bring about you ending up being much less thinking about utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have actually examined with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security examinations right into two areas. Both examinations will certainly consist of the normal front to back shaking test and also a delegated best wobble. The first will lack the cross support and the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to keep in mind, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross assistance can boost security by as much as 15%. I have no concept just how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the rocking movement misbehaved. Yet factor it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for reduced elevations. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became poor.

Note: It’s really essential with flexible standing desks to fully tighten up all equipment. If there is equipment that is not completely limited, the motion experienced when extended to standing height will be overemphasized. This is especially true with a desk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are much way too many factors at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually checked in our labs, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter individuals with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a huge mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better fit to these applications, and for a relatively evident reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that developed this industry, and their typical residents are a great deal taller than the typical Oriental customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time earlier. And also they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and large experience making standing desk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not too tall, do not have an excessive amount of heavy devices on your desktop computer, as well as don’t need too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you good value.

All that may change with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the product high quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The new style is apparently going to be much easier to assemble as well as have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, minimizing our problem about side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before involves market we’ll upgrade you right here. Yet we’re not holding our breath any longer as one of the most recent news on the company is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office and has actually relocated it to join with all its other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing desk with outstanding performance has been present via the new joint endeavor between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While limited in size as well as color options, it has actually taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago condition as the most effective standing desk under $400.

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and also has been gobbled up by millennials in excellent quantities. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trusted indication of the expected helpful life of the training columns. But for the price, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability issues this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before want to be, and also a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining consumers from both its less expensive as well as costlier peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, and also Gadgets

Building the desk is rather straight forward if you comply with the in-depth directions. All of the screws, screws, washers, and springtime washers can be found in different bags that are marked with their destination: tabletop, framework, and spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching all of the screws into the framework, or, appear a hex bit right into your power device– simply be careful not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a top quality finish to them with rounded edges to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are secured to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly also includes height-adjustable rotation gears to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really useful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally utilizing a flooring mat to secure the rug from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, and push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable stress set, meaning the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually readjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory buttons are similar in design: push to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a brand-new height worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting placement as well as button 4 for my standing position, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been using the new desk for a few weeks as well as have actually made a note of my first impacts:

The electric motors are quiet however can be listened to in the next room over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to completely transition from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX version), creating the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight versus the keyboard. In knowledge, I ought to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after identifying the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a dual monitor arrangement, obtain the crossbar.

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

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely vital for long period of time standing. I bought an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, making use of rubber “cells” that are imagined listed below.

Efficiency

Regardless of any kind of issues I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter style, virtually all of those concerns removed when I really got down to using this thing.

Although I really did not think it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way takes care of to be a lot more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing heights. Many days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, however just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, verifying to be equally 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 assert adds much more security when bought as a part of the bundle deal.When it pertains to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 lbs of weight capacity.

I have actually been making use of the desk for concerning 3 weeks now for everyday job (and also following standing workdesk best methods), whether it’s keying out testimonials like this one from our desktop or a laptop from time to time. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and the coating in addition to the desk still feels just as smooth as well as glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as numerous wipe downs with a cloth.

Though I never intentionally try to dent any desks also hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still stood up without way too many visible indications of damages.

Last but not least, when I determined the sound outcome of the desk while it rose from a sitting setting to standing and also back again, it was without a doubt the quietest we have actually checked yet. I can barely get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is definitely the one for you.

Client service

Now, usually I do not include much about the customer support assistance of any type of provided firm, only because I really feel that as a whole if a product functions the method its meant to, I should not ever have a reason to call them in the first place. And also while I wish I could state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t complete this review without stating the many, relatively unlimited problems I encountered attempting to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory handset consisted of initially, which indicated I had no way of in fact controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I called StandDesk regarding this issue, that returned to me around a day later on with an apology and also a promise that a new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our issues …
Regarding 4 days later a handset arrived in the mail. The handset at first turned on, however it had not been long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down button, but for some factor the “memory” button took care of the down feature simply great. I contacted the business again, and they apologized for the mixup and 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 new panel and also control box arrived. When I mounted them both the desk ultimately started working the method it was intended to, but not after virtually a month of waiting as well as back and forth with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to ship a core component of their product inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Points to Take into consideration

Despite its bankable features, this stand up workdesk likewise has its own disadvantages. Because no singular stand desk can catch every one of the functions that you might require, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as standard

Not having a supporting bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially taking into consideration some of our other favored workdesks such as the Completely Jarvis likewise don’t have one. Actually, this workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later on too).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it tougher to place your legs comfortably listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give added stability, commonly crucial when desks are fully extended.

We have not read any kind of complaints of the stability of this desk, so we do not believe its something to actually be worried regarding, although if you really desired a workdesk with a crossbar then we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most crucial aspects of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll find it difficult to focus, which can cause you coming to be much less thinking about utilizing the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll want to be happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have tested with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security examinations right into two areas. Both tests will include the typical front to back rocking examination and also an entrusted to best wobble. The very first will certainly lack the cross assistance and also the second will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross assistance can raise security by up to 15%. I have no suggestion exactly how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated 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 rocking movement was bad. Beyond this point it would certainly influence your job.

With Cross Support

Front to Back: Adding the cross assistance does not affect the shaking motion. The StandDesk Simple began 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 heights. With the cross assistance the wobble movement didn’t start till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became bad.

Note: It’s really crucial with adjustable standing desks to completely tighten all equipment. If there is hardware that is not completely tight, the movement experienced when included standing height will be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a workdesk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are far a lot of points at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually checked in our laboratories, we need to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the stability simply isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better matched to these applications, and for a rather noticeable reason. Practically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are had by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this market, and also their average citizens are a lot taller than the average Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time earlier. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

But if you’re not as well high, do not have an excessive amount of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, as well as don’t need also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly provide you good bang for your buck.

All that could change with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the item top quality he needs out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried collaborating with. The new style is supposedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to construct as well as have a heftier crossbar layout, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, minimizing our issue concerning side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever pertains to market we’ll update you here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent news on the company is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles office and has actually moved it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing desk with excellent efficiency has actually been present with the new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While restricted in dimension as well as shade options, it has taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago standing as the very best standing workdesk under $400.