The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been demolished by millennials in remarkable quantities. 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 reliable indicator of the anticipated helpful life of the lifting columns. However, for the cost, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security problems this is a far much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before hope to be, and a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made desks that is winning over consumers from both its cheaper as well as costlier peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, and Gizmos

Constructing the desk is rather direct if you follow the comprehensive guidelines. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, and also spring washers been available in different bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for attaching every one of the screws right into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality finish to them with rounded corners to avoid 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 additionally includes height-adjustable turning equipments to maintain the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really useful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m likewise utilizing a floor mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, as well as push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller was worth the financial investment. The buttons are all variable stress programmed, indicating the up and down arrowheads will change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually readjust the elevation by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory switches are comparable in layout: push to recall the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to save a brand-new height worth. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my sitting setting as well as switch 4 for my standing setting, which gives me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may need 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 jotted down my preliminary impacts:

The electric motors are quiet but can be heard in the next space over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to fully change from resting to standing based on my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep track of arm (especially this LX design), creating the desk to obtain a little rough when I shift my weight against the key-board. In knowledge, I need to have bought the bar upgrade for my desk after identifying the weight of my displays. If you intend to do a dual monitor configuration, get the crossbar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to elevate the desk higher in the morning and also lower it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any kind of troubles I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, basically every one of those problems gotten rid of as soon as I actually came down to using this point.

Although I really did not believe it was also feasible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be much more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting as well as standing heights. A lot of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall surface; not always since it’s that unsteady, however even if I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, verifying to be just as constant on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they declare includes much more stability when acquired as a part of the package deal.When it involves weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet even more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 lbs of weight ability.

I’ve been using the desk for regarding three weeks currently for day-to-day job (as well as complying with standing workdesk finest practices), whether it’s keying out testimonials such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop from time to time. The desk stands up well against non-coastered drinks, and also the finish in addition to the desk still really feels just as smooth and glossy as the day I opened it despite days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also several wipe downs with a rag.

I never ever intentionally try to dent any type of desks also hard, during some lighter examinations (throwing a set of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without too numerous visible indications of damages.

Last but not least, when I gauged the noise outcome of the desk while it climbed from a resting placement to standing and back again, it was by far the quietest we’ve examined yet. I might barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Client service

Now, generally I don’t include much regarding the customer service support of any given business, only due to the fact that I really feel that generally if an item works the means its expected to, I should not ever have a reason to call them to begin with. And while I want I might state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t complete this review without stating the various, apparently endless problems I experienced attempting to get my desk created.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory handset included originally, which meant I had no chance of really controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this problem, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and also a pledge that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Regarding 4 days later a phone showed up in the mail. The handset at first turned on, however it wasn’t long before I noticed that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down switch, however, for some factor the “memory” switch took care of the down function simply fine. I called the company once again, as well as they excused the mixup and also said they would have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my new panel and also control box got here. When I mounted them both the desk finally began working the means it was intended to, however not after almost a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a company that could not bear in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the very same box from the start.

Things to Consider

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand desk likewise has its very own disadvantages. Since no single stand desk might record every one of the attributes that you may require, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Bar as standard

Not having a maintaining bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly thinking about several of our other preferred desks such as the Completely Jarvis likewise do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you desire, however it is a paid add-on (more on this later as well).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it tougher to put your legs conveniently listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give included stability, typically essential when desks are completely expanded.

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

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

Stability

The security of a standing workdesk is one of one of the most vital facets of these desks. Without a stable desk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which could lead to you coming to be much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing height. To get the most effective return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when using the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial desk that I have checked with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my security tests right into 2 areas. Both examinations will certainly consist of the common front to back rocking test as well as a delegated right wobble. The first will lack the cross assistance and the second will be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase stability by as much as 15%. I have no idea just how they created that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various situation. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I checked that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking motion misbehaved. Yet point it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble activity didn’t start up until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion ended up being negative.

Note: It’s extremely essential with flexible standing desks to fully tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not completely limited, the motion experienced when encompassed standing elevation will be overemphasized. This is especially real with a workdesk framework that consists of 32 bolts, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our laboratories, we need to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be better suited to these applications, as well as for a rather evident factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this sector, and also their typical people are a great deal taller than the ordinary Eastern consumer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time back. And they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not too high, do not have an inordinate quantity of heavy devices on your desktop, and also do not require too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will offer you excellent bang for your buck.

All that might change with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to release at some time in the future. Initially we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to appear, and Yu states he’s had trouble obtaining the item top quality he requires out of numerous Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new design is supposedly going to be much easier to put together and have a heftier crossbar layout, among other improvements. He claims the brand-new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” configuration, alleviating our problem concerning side-load stressing on the lifting columns.

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

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding performance has actually been introduce with the brand-new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR and also China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While limited in dimension and shade options, it has taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago standing as the best standing desk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it lugs a ten-year service warranty (the lengthiest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a dependable indicator of the anticipated useful life of the training columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security issues this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever wish to be, and a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made desks that is gaining clients from both its less costly and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Construction, Setup, as well as Gadgets

Building the desk is rather simple if you comply with the detailed guidelines. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, and springtime washers come in separate bags that are noted with their location: table top, structure, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for attaching all of the screws into the framework, or, pop in a hex bit right into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a high quality coating to them with rounded corners to prevent cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are secured to the leg setting up– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot assembly also includes height-adjustable rotation equipments to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was extremely valuable for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m also making use of a flooring mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, indicating the backwards and forwards arrows will certainly readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously change the height by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory switches are comparable in style: push to remember the height setup, or hold the button down for five seconds to save a new elevation value. I’m utilizing switch 1 for my resting setting and switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and also 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new desk for a few weeks and also have listed my initial impressions:

The electric motors are quiet but can be listened to in the following area over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to totally shift from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX model), creating the desk to get a little rough when I move my weight against the keyboard. In knowledge, I need to have acquired the bar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a double screen setup, get the bar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to increase the desk higher in the morning and reduced it at night.

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

Performance

In spite of any type of troubles I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter style, pretty much every one of those concerns removed once I in fact got down to using this thing.

Although I really did not think it was even feasible, the StandDesk somehow handles to be a lot more stable than the Jarvis, both at resting as well as standing elevations. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, but just because I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also better, verifying to be equally as steady on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar addition, which they assert includes much more security when bought as a part of the package deal.When it concerns weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 pounds of weight ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for concerning 3 weeks now for everyday work (and complying with standing desk finest practices), whether it’s inputting out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop or a laptop periodically. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, and also the coating on top of the desk still feels equally as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it despite days of sweaty wrists wresting on it as well as multiple clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never deliberately try to dent any type of workdesks as well hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, as an example), it still stood up without too many visible indicators of damage.

Lastly, when I determined the noise result of the desk while it rose from a resting position to standing and back once more, it was by far the quietest we have actually checked yet. I could barely get it to make more than concerning 9.5 dB of sound, so if your biggest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer Service

Now, usually I do not include much about the customer care support of any type of offered business, only due to the fact that I feel that generally if a product functions the method its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. And while I desire I might claim that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I just can’t complete this evaluation without stating the numerous, relatively endless issues I experienced attempting to obtain my desk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any type of memory mobile consisted of originally, which indicated I had no chance of actually controlling the up/down feature on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this issue, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and an assurance that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped quickly.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Regarding 4 days later a mobile arrived in the mail. The mobile phone initially turned on, however it had not been long before I discovered that none of the programmable buttons worked, neither did the down switch, but also for some reason the “memory” switch took care of the down function just great. I got in touch with the firm once more, and also they apologized for the mixup and said they would have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my brand-new panel as well as control box showed up. When I installed them both the desk ultimately started functioning the method it was supposed to, but not after nearly a month of waiting and also to and fro with a business that could not remember to ship a core element of their item inside the exact same box from the get-go.

Points to Think about

In spite of its bankable functions, this stand desk also has its own downsides. Given that no singular stand workdesk can capture all of the features that you may require, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as standard

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

The bar is seen by some as a hindrance, making it tougher to place your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they give added stability, frequently critical when workdesks are completely expanded.

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

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

Stability

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most essential elements of these desks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll locate it tough to focus, which can cause you coming to be much less interested in using the desk at standing height. To obtain the very best return on your investment, you’ll intend to enjoy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability examinations into 2 sections. Both examinations will certainly include the normal front to back shaking examination and an entrusted to right wobble. The very first will be without the cross support and also the second will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co claims that the addition of the cross support can increase stability by up to 15%. I have no suggestion exactly how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I tested that wobbled 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 misbehaved. Beyond this factor it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for lower elevations. With the cross support the wobble activity really did not begin until you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement came to be negative.

Note: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to completely tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the movement experienced when extended to standing height will be exaggerated. This is particularly real with a desk structure that includes 32 screws, there are much way too many points at which the desk has a chance to move.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our labs, we have to narrow our referral on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the stability simply isn’t there for a huge mass raised high off the ground. American-made desks will be better suited to these applications, and also for a fairly noticeable factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that developed this market, and their average people are a great deal taller than the typical Eastern consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a very long time ago. As well as they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and also sheer experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not too tall, don’t have an inordinate amount of heavy devices on your desktop, and don’t require too wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will offer you great value.

All that may change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later on it has yet to emerge, and also Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the product high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s tried dealing with. The new layout is allegedly mosting likely to be much easier to construct as well as have a heftier bar design, among other improvements. He states the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” arrangement, minimizing our problem concerning side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever before involves market we’ll update you here. But we’re not holding our breath any longer as one of the most current information on the company is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles workplace as well as has actually moved it to accompany all its other staff members in southeast Asia.

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