The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, and also has been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not necessarily a reliable sign of the anticipated helpful life of the lifting columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made workdesks. Despite its stability problems this is a far much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever wish to be, and also a good value overall. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying consumers from both its more affordable and also pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and also Devices

Constructing the desk is quite simple if you comply with the comprehensive directions. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and also spring washing machines can be found in different bags that are noted with their destination: table top, framework, and also spares. There’s an included hex tool for securing all of the screws right into the structure, or, appear a hex bit right into your power device– simply beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a premium quality finish to them with rounded edges to stay clear of 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 consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to maintain the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was extremely helpful for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally making use of a floor mat to protect the carpeting from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, and push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing height.

Standdesk-Foot

The deluxe controller deserved the investment. The buttons are all variable stress programmed, meaning the up and down arrowheads will certainly change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are similar in layout: push to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to keep a new elevation value. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting placement and also button 4 for my standing position, which gives me 2 and also 3 for anything I might require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been using the new desk for a few weeks as well as have documented my initial perceptions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the following area over. It takes probably 25 seconds for the desk to fully transition from resting to standing based on my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side monitor arm (especially this LX version), creating the desk to get a little rocky when I shift my weight versus the key-board. In knowledge, I ought to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after identifying the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a dual monitor setup, get the crossbar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to raise the desk higher in the early morning and lower it in the evening.

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

Performance

Regardless of any type of issues I may have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter layout, pretty much every one of those problems gotten rid of when I really came down to utilizing this thing.

Although I didn’t believe it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be much more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting as well as standing elevations. A lot of days I like to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed versus my wall; not always because it’s that unsteady, however even if I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, confirming to be just as consistent by itself at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they declare adds even more security when purchased as a part of the plan deal.When it involves weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 pounds of weight capability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for about three weeks currently for day-to-day job (as well as following standing workdesk ideal methods), whether it’s typing out reviews similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every so often. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, and the coating on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and slick as the day I opened it despite days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also numerous wipe downs with a cloth.

I never ever purposefully try to dent any kind of workdesks too hard, during some lighter tests (tossing a set of tricks onto it from a range, for example), it still held up without too numerous noticeable signs of damages.

Lastly, when I determined the noise result of the desk while it increased from a sitting position to standing as well as back again, it was by far the quietest we have actually checked yet. I could barely get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of noise, so if your greatest concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer care

Now, typically I don’t consist of much about the client service assistance of any provided company, just because I really feel that in general if a product works the means its meant to, I shouldn’t ever before have a reason to call them in the first place. And also while I wish I can say that was the case during my experience with StandDesk, I simply can not finish this evaluation without stating the numerous, relatively countless issues I encountered trying to get my workdesk created.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out really did not have any type of memory handset included initially, which meant I had no chance of in fact managing the up/down feature on the desk itself. I contacted StandDesk regarding this issue, who returned to me around a day later with an apology and also a guarantee that a brand-new one would be shipped shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our issues …
About four days later on a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The phone at first turned on, yet it had not been long before I observed that none of the programmable switches worked, nor did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” button managed the down function simply fine. I spoke to the business once more, as well as they excused the mixup and also stated they would have a brand-new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and control box arrived. As soon as I mounted them both the desk ultimately began working the means it was meant to, however not after almost a month of waiting and back and forth with a firm that could not keep in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the same box from the get-go.

Things to Consider

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

Absence of a Bar as standard

Not having a supporting bar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, especially taking into consideration several of our various other favorite desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally don’t have one. Actually, this desk does have one if you desire, but 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 position your legs pleasantly listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they give included security, often essential when desks are totally extended.

We have not check out any kind of issues of the security of this desk, so we don’t assume its something to actually be concerned about, although if you really wanted a desk with a crossbar after that we suggest you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of one of the most vital facets of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which can lead to you coming to be much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll want to more than happy when using the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first desk that I have checked with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my security tests into 2 areas. Both tests will consist of the typical front to back rocking test as well as an entrusted to best wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross assistance as well as the secondly will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross support can raise stability by up to 15%. I have no concept exactly how they developed that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various situation. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop computer. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking movement misbehaved. Yet point it would certainly influence your work.

With Cross Support

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

Left to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble activity for lower elevations. With the cross assistance the wobble activity really did not begin till you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity ended up being negative.

Note: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not completely limited, the movement experienced when encompassed standing height will be overemphasized. This is particularly real with a desk structure that consists of 32 bolts, there are much way too many factors at which the desk has a chance to relocate.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our labs, we need to tighten our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the stability just isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be much better matched to these applications, and also for a rather apparent factor. Essentially all American-made bases are made in United States factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this market, and also their typical residents are a whole lot taller than the typical Eastern customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time back. And they have even more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, as well as sheer experience making standing desk bases, needless to say.

However if you’re not as well tall, do not have an excessive quantity of hefty devices on your desktop computer, and also do not require as well wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you excellent bang for your buck.

All that may alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he anticipates to release at some point in the future. Originally we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later on it has yet to emerge, as well as Yu states he’s had difficulty obtaining the product quality he needs out of numerous Chinese factories he’s attempted collaborating with. The new style is allegedly going to be a lot easier to set up and also have a heftier bar style, among other refinements. He states the new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” arrangement, relieving our concern regarding side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever pertains to market we’ll upgrade you here. However we’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most recent news on the business is that Yu closed the little Los Angeles office and has relocated it to accompany all its various other employees in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing desk with impressive efficiency has actually been present through the brand-new joint venture in between US-based iMovR and also China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While limited in size and color choices, it has taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the best standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and has actually been demolished by millennials in impressive quantities. While it carries a ten-year guarantee (the lengthiest of any kind of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trusted sign of the expected valuable life of the training columns. But also for the price, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security issues this is a much better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant can ever intend to be, and a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad classification of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over clients from both its cheaper as well as more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, as well as Devices

Building the desk is pretty easy if you comply with the in-depth instructions. Every one of the screws, screws, washing machines, and also springtime washers come in separate bags that are marked with their location: table top, framework, as well as spares. There’s an included hex device for attaching all of the bolts right into the structure, or, appear a hex little bit into your power device– simply beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the components have a premium quality surface 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 setting up additionally consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was really handy for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m likewise making use of a floor mat to protect the rug from chair wheel damage at sitting height, and also push the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The switches are all variable stress set, meaning the up and down arrows will readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly adjust the height by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for 2 seconds. The memory switches are comparable in layout: push to recall the elevation setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to store a new elevation worth. I’m making use of button 1 for my sitting setting as well as switch 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 and 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I’ve been using the brand-new desk for a few weeks and also have actually listed my first impressions:

The electric motors are quiet however can be heard in the following area over. It takes perhaps 25 secs for the desk to completely shift from resting to standing based on my presets.
I utilize an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX model), triggering the desk to obtain a little rocky when I shift my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the bar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my screens. If you intend to do a twin display setup, get the bar.

Since gravity presses the discs in a human spine, I need to increase the desk higher in the morning as well as lower it at night.

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

Efficiency

Despite any type of issues I might have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter layout, virtually all of those worries washed away once I really got down to using this thing.

Although I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be a lot more stable than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing elevations. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed against my wall; not always due to the fact that it’s that unsteady, but just because I desire as much stability as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, proving to be equally as stable on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar addition, which they claim adds a lot more stability when purchased as a part of the package deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for as much as 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I have actually been using the desk for about three weeks currently for day-to-day work (as well as complying with standing desk best techniques), whether it’s keying out evaluations like this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every so often. The desk holds up well versus non-coastered beverages, and also the finish in addition to the desk still feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it regardless of days of sweaty wrists wresting on it and also multiple wipe downs with a rag.

I never deliberately try to dent any type of workdesks too hard, throughout some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a distance, for instance), it still held up without also numerous visible indications of damage.

Last but not least, when I gauged the sound output of the desk while it increased from a resting placement to standing and back once more, it was by far the quietest we’ve examined yet. I might hardly get it to make greater than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your greatest worry is the whirr of your motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Client service

Currently, usually I do not consist of much regarding the customer service support of any kind of provided company, just due to the fact that I really feel that in general if an item functions the way its meant to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I desire I could claim that held true throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can not finish this testimonial without discussing the numerous, seemingly unlimited troubles I came across trying to get my workdesk assembled.

For beginners, the desk I was sent out really did not have any type of memory phone included initially, which meant I had no other way of in fact regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this issue, who got back to me around a day later on with an apology and a pledge that a new one would certainly be shipped shortly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our troubles …
Regarding 4 days later on a mobile phone arrived in the mail. The handset initially turned on, but it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down function simply great. I contacted the firm once more, and also they excused the mixup and also stated they would certainly have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over two weeks later my new panel as well as control box arrived. Once I mounted them both the desk finally began working the means it was supposed to, yet not after almost a month of waiting as well as back and forth with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to deliver a core element of their item inside the very same box from the outset.

Points to Consider

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand up desk likewise has its very own downsides. Because no singular stand desk could capture all of the functions that you might need, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Bar as requirement

Not having a maintaining crossbar is absolutely not a deal-breaker, specifically thinking about some of our various other favorite desks such as the Totally Jarvis additionally don’t have one. In fact, this workdesk does have one if you desire, but it is a paid add-on (extra on this later also).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it more challenging to place your legs easily below the desk. Others, on the other hand, discover that they provide included security, typically vital when desks are totally prolonged.

We have not read any issues of the stability of this desk, so we don’t think its something to actually be concerned about, although if you really 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 add to the desk yourself, just for an extra $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is just one of one of the most vital aspects of these workdesks. Without a secure workdesk you’ll find it tough to focus, which can result in you ending up being much less thinking about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the best return on your investment, you’ll want to enjoy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have evaluated with an optional cross support, I will break down my security tests right into two sections. Both examinations will certainly include the typical front to back shaking test and a delegated best wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross support and also the secondly will certainly be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co states that the enhancement of the cross assistance can raise security by approximately 15%. I have no suggestion how they thought of that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble test was a different circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the second workdesk that I evaluated 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 activity was bad. Beyond this factor it would impact your work.

With Cross Assistance

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

Delegated Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble motion really did not start up until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble movement became negative.

Note: It’s extremely important with adjustable standing desks to fully tighten up all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally limited, the motion experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a workdesk frame that includes 32 bolts, there are much too many points at which the desk has a possibility to move.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we’ve checked in our labs, we need to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security just isn’t there for a large mass elevated high off the ground. American-made desks will certainly be better suited to these applications, and also for a rather obvious factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this industry, and their average citizens are a lot taller than the ordinary Asian customer, so they started making longer-stroke training legs a long period of time ago. As well as they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

Yet if you’re not too tall, don’t have an inordinate amount of hefty tools on your desktop computer, as well as don’t need also wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly give you good value.

All that may alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to appear, and Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the item top quality he requires out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted collaborating with. The brand-new style is allegedly going to be a lot easier to assemble and also have a heftier crossbar design, to name a few refinements. He states the brand-new base will be used in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our issue concerning side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this new base ever before pertains to market we’ll upgrade you below. Yet we’re not holding our breath any type of longer as one of the most current information on the firm is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles office and has relocated it to join with all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing desk with remarkable efficiency has actually been introduce through the brand-new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While limited in dimension and also color alternatives, it has taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the most effective standing desk under $400.