The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and also has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not necessarily a trusted indication of the anticipated helpful life of the training columns. But for the cost, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis as well as other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security problems this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever want to be, and a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying clients from both its less expensive as well as costlier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and also Gizmos

Building the desk is quite easy if you follow the comprehensive instructions. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and spring washing machines come in separate bags that are marked with their destination: table top, framework, and spares. There’s an included hex tool for fastening all of the screws right into the frame, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power device– simply take care not to over-tighten.

All of the parts have a high quality finish to them with rounded corners to stay clear of 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 assembly likewise consists of height-adjustable turning gears to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely valuable for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally using a floor mat to protect the carpet from chair wheel damages at sitting elevation, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure set, indicating the backwards and forwards arrowheads will certainly change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually readjust the height by about 0.7 inches per second if you hold the button for two seconds. The memory buttons are similar in design: press to remember the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a new height worth. I’m using switch 1 for my sitting position and switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the new workdesk for a few weeks and have actually jotted down my first impacts:

The motors are quiet but can be heard in the next area over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to fully transition from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX design), triggering the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I must have purchased the crossbar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a twin screen arrangement, get the bar.

Because gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to elevate the desk greater in the morning and lower it at night.

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

Performance

Despite any issues I may have had with the phone or the cookie-cutter style, pretty much all of those concerns removed once I in fact got down to using this point.

Although I didn’t think it was also feasible, the StandDesk somehow manages to be even more steady 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 pressed versus my wall; not necessarily because it’s that unsteady, but just because I want as much stability as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, proving to be equally as consistent by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they declare adds a lot more stability when purchased as a part of the package deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 pounds of weight capability.

I’ve been using the desk for concerning three weeks currently for daily job (and following standing desk ideal practices), whether it’s typing out evaluations similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop once in a while. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the finish on top of the desk still really feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and multiple clean downs with a cloth.

I never intentionally try to dent any type of workdesks as well hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a set of tricks onto it from a range, for instance), it still held up without also numerous visible indications of damage.

When I determined the noise result of the desk while it increased from a resting placement to standing and also back once more, it was by much the quietest we have actually evaluated. I might barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Customer support

Now, usually I do not include much about the client service support of any kind of offered firm, only because I really feel that as a whole if a product works the method its intended to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them to begin with. And also while I wish I can say that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can’t finish this review without mentioning the various, apparently unlimited problems I experienced attempting to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent didn’t have any type of memory handset included originally, which implied I had no chance of really managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I called StandDesk regarding this concern, who returned to me around a day later on with an apology as well as a pledge that a new one would be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our troubles …
About 4 days later on a phone showed up in the mail. The handset at first activated, however it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down switch, however, for some factor the “memory” switch took care of the down function simply fine. I spoke to the firm again, as well as they excused the mixup and said they would certainly have a new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my brand-new panel and also control box showed up. When I mounted them both the desk ultimately began functioning the means it was supposed to, yet not after nearly a month of waiting and also to and fro with a business that couldn’t keep in mind to ship a core part of their product inside the very same box from the outset.

Things to Think about

Despite its bankable features, this stand up workdesk also has its very own downsides. Considering that no singular stand workdesk can capture all of the functions that you may need, you might consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as criterion

Not having a supporting crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, specifically considering several of our other favored desks such as the Totally Jarvis additionally do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you desire, yet it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on as well).

The bar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it more difficult to place your legs comfortably below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they give added stability, frequently crucial when desks are completely extended.

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

StandDesk does use a different add-on crossbar that you can include to the desk yourself, simply for an added $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is just one of the most vital aspects of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll discover it difficult to concentrate, which might bring about you becoming much less curious about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have examined with an optional cross support, I will break down my security tests right into 2 sections. Both examinations will include the regular front to back shaking test and a left to right wobble. The initial will certainly lack the cross assistance and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross support can enhance stability by approximately 15%. I have no concept just how they came up with that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I examined that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking motion was bad. Yet point it would influence your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble motion didn’t begin till you got to 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became negative.

Keep in mind: It’s very important with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when extended to standing height will certainly 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 an opportunity to move.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our labs, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a big mass raised high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be better matched to these applications, as well as for a fairly evident reason. Basically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this market, and also their average residents are a great deal taller than the average Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time earlier. And also they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing desk bases, needless to say.

If you’re not also high, don’t have an inordinate quantity of hefty devices on your desktop computer, and also don’t need also large 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 anticipates to release at some point in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had problem getting the product high quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried collaborating with. The brand-new design is supposedly mosting likely to be much easier to assemble and also have a heftier bar design, among other refinements. He states the new base will be offered in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” setup, relieving our issue about side-load worrying on the training columns.

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

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

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, as well as has been gobbled up by millennials in remarkable quantities. While it brings a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a trusted indication of the anticipated useful life of the lifting columns. But also for the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. In spite of its stability issues this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever want to be, and a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over consumers from both its less costly and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Arrangement, and also Gadgets

Building the desk is quite easy if you comply with the in-depth instructions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and also springtime washing machines can be found in different bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for attaching every one of the screws right into the framework, or, appear a hex little bit right into your power tool– simply 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 bolts 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 useful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m likewise utilizing a floor mat to shield the rug from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, as well as push the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, implying the up and down arrows will certainly change the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or constantly change the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in design: press to recall the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a new elevation value. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting placement and button 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 utilizing the new workdesk for a couple of weeks as well as have documented my preliminary perceptions:

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following area over. It takes probably 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 (especially this LX version), causing the desk to get a little rough when I change my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I must have purchased the bar upgrade for my workdesk after establishing the weight of my displays. If you plan to do a dual display arrangement, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I need to increase the desk greater in the early morning and also lower it at night.

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any troubles I may have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter design, pretty much all of those concerns removed as soon as I in fact got down to utilizing this thing.

I really did not think it was even feasible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be even much more steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing heights. Most days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall surface; not necessarily because it’s that shaky, however just because I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even further, confirming to be equally as steady on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s crossbar enhancement, which they declare adds much more security when acquired as a part of the bundle deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for up to 350 lbs of weight ability.

I’ve been utilizing the desk for regarding 3 weeks now for day-to-day work (and also adhering to standing desk finest methods), whether it’s inputting out reviews such as this one from our desktop or a laptop computer every now and then. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered drinks, and the finish on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and also slick as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a rag.

Though I never purposefully try to dent any workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter tests (throwing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for example), it still held up without way too many visible indicators of damage.

Lastly, when I measured the sound result of the desk while it climbed from a sitting placement to standing and also back 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 noise, so if your biggest issue is the whirr of your electric motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer care

Now, normally I do not consist of much about the customer support assistance of any type of offered business, only due to the fact that I feel that in general if an item functions the means its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever before have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I desire I can state that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this evaluation without mentioning the numerous, apparently countless issues I encountered trying to obtain my workdesk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory mobile phone consisted of originally, which suggested I had no chance of actually regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I called StandDesk about this concern, who got back to me around a day later with an apology and a pledge that a brand-new one would certainly be shipped soon.

Standdesk evaluation handset

The source of all our problems …
Concerning 4 days later a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The mobile initially turned on, however it had not been long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” button dealt with the down function simply fine. I spoke to the firm again, and also they apologized for the mixup and claimed they would certainly have a new panel as well as control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later on my new panel and control box got here. Once I installed them both the desk lastly began working the method it was meant to, yet not after practically a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that couldn’t remember to ship a core part of their item inside the very same box from the outset.

Points to Consider

Regardless of its bankable attributes, this stand up desk likewise has its very own downsides. Given that no singular stand workdesk could record every one of the attributes that you might require, you might take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as criterion

Not having a supporting crossbar is certainly not a deal-breaker, specifically considering some of our various other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis also don’t have one. In fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (much more on this later on also).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to place your legs comfortably listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide added security, typically important when desks are totally expanded.

We have not check out any type of problems of the stability of this workdesk, so we don’t believe its something to actually be concerned regarding, although if you actually desired a workdesk with a bar then we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does supply a separate add-on bar that you can add to the workdesk on your own, simply for an added $49.95.

Stability

The security of a standing desk is one of one of the most essential elements of these desks. Without a stable desk you’ll locate it tough to concentrate, which could result in you ending up being much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the best return on your financial investment, you’ll wish to be happy when utilizing the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the initial workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will break down my stability examinations right into 2 areas. Both examinations will certainly include the typical front to back shaking test as well as a left to appropriate wobble. The first will certainly lack the cross assistance as well as the secondly will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross support can raise stability by as much as 15%. I have no concept just how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different situation. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I examined that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity misbehaved. Beyond this point it would impact your job.

With Cross Assistance

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

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk improved the wobble motion for lower heights. With the cross support the wobble movement really did not begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion became negative.

Keep in mind: It’s really crucial with adjustable standing workdesks to completely tighten up all equipment. If there is hardware that is not entirely limited, the movement experienced when included standing elevation will certainly be exaggerated. This is specifically true with a workdesk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are much a lot of points at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually checked in our labs, we need to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the security simply isn’t there for a big mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better suited to these applications, as well as for a rather obvious factor. Virtually all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that created this market, and also their typical residents are a great deal taller than the typical Oriental consumer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time back. And also they have much more robotic automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not too high, do not have an extreme amount of hefty tools on your desktop computer, as well as do not require too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent bang for your buck.

All that could transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Originally we were told 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 difficulty getting the item quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s tried dealing with. The brand-new style is supposedly mosting likely to be much easier to construct and have a heftier crossbar style, to name a few improvements. He states the new base will certainly be offered in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” arrangement, alleviating our concern concerning side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever before comes to market we’ll upgrade you right here. But we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current information on the firm is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office and has relocated 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 present via the brand-new joint venture between US-based iMovR and China-based Eureka, the i1 electrical standing desk. While restricted in size and color alternatives, it has actually taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the very best standing workdesk under $400.