The StandDesk was created by millennials, is marketed right at millennials, and also has actually been gobbled up by millennials in impressive quantities. While it brings a ten-year guarantee (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a dependable sign of the anticipated beneficial life of the training columns. For the price, the StandDesk is a wonderful lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. Despite its stability concerns this is a far better product than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant might ever before want to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is swaying customers from both its more affordable as well as pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, and also Devices

Building the desk is quite straight forward if you adhere to the detailed directions. All of the screws, bolts, washers, and also spring washers been available in different bags that are noted with their destination: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s an included hex device for fastening every one of the bolts into the structure, or, pop in a hex bit into your power tool– just beware not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a high 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 likewise includes height-adjustable turning equipments to stabilize the front-to-back activity of the desk, which was very helpful for the carpeted home office floor. I’m likewise using a floor mat to safeguard the carpeting from chair wheel damage at sitting height, as well as 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 configured, implying the up and down arrowheads will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or constantly change the height by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for two secs. The memory buttons are comparable in style: press to remember the height setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a brand-new height value. I’m using button 1 for my resting position and also switch 4 for my standing setting, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the brand-new desk for a couple of weeks and also have documented my first impressions:

The motors are quiet yet can be heard in the following space over. It takes perhaps 25 secs for the desk to completely change from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (particularly this LX version), causing the desk to obtain a little rocky when I change my weight against the keyboard. In knowledge, I need to have bought the crossbar upgrade for my workdesk after figuring out the weight of my monitors. If you prepare to do a double display configuration, obtain the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human spinal column, I require to raise the desk greater in the early morning as well as lower it in the evening.

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

Efficiency

Regardless of any type of problems I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter layout, practically every one of those concerns gotten rid of when I actually came down to utilizing this thing.

Although I didn’t assume it was even possible, the StandDesk somehow takes care of to be a lot more steady than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing heights. Many days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed versus my wall; not always because it’s that unsteady, however just because I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also additionally, confirming to be just as stable on its own at standing height as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the firm’s crossbar addition, which they assert adds much more stability when bought as a part of the plan deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being ranked for approximately 350 lbs of weight ability.

I have actually been making use of the desk for regarding three weeks currently for everyday work (and adhering to standing desk finest methods), whether it’s inputting out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every so often. The desk holds up well against non-coastered beverages, as well as the coating in addition to the desk still feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also numerous clean downs with a cloth.

Though I never ever purposefully attempt to damage any kind of workdesks as well hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still stood up without a lot of visible indicators of damage.

When I determined the sound result of the desk while it climbed from a sitting position to standing as well as back once again, it was by much the quietest we’ve examined. I might barely get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your largest worry is the whirr of your motor, this is most definitely the one for you.

Client service

Now, usually I don’t include much regarding the client service support of any kind of given firm, only because I feel that in general if an item functions the means its supposed to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I wish I can state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I merely can not complete this review without stating the numerous, relatively limitless troubles I encountered attempting to obtain my desk assembled.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory mobile phone included initially, which meant I had no chance of actually controlling the up/down function on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk about this issue, that got back to me around a day later with an apology and also a guarantee that a new one would be shipped shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The resource of all our troubles …
Concerning 4 days later on a mobile phone showed up in the mail. The phone initially switched on, yet it wasn’t long before I noticed that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” switch managed the down feature just great. I contacted the business once again, and also they excused the mixup and also said they would certainly have a new panel as well as control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later my brand-new panel and also control box showed up. As soon as I mounted them both the desk ultimately started functioning the means it was expected to, however not after nearly a month of waiting and also to and fro with a company that could not bear in mind to ship a core part of their product inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Points to Take into consideration

Regardless of its bankable features, this stand workdesk additionally has its very own downsides. Given that no singular stand desk could record all of the attributes that you might need, you may take into consideration these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a supporting crossbar is definitely not a deal-breaker, particularly considering a few of our 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 desire, but it is a paid add-on (more on this later on too).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it tougher to put your legs comfortably listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide included stability, commonly crucial when workdesks are completely expanded.

We have not check out any grievances of the stability of this workdesk, so we do not believe its something to actually be worried concerning, although if you actually desired a desk with a crossbar after that we recommend you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The security of a standing desk is among one of the most crucial facets of these desks. Without a stable desk you’ll discover it hard to focus, which could cause you ending up being less interested in making use of the desk at standing height. To get the very best return on your investment, you’ll wish to enjoy when using the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have actually tested with an optional cross support, I will break down my stability tests into two sections. Both tests will certainly include the typical front to back rocking test and also a delegated best wobble. The very first will be without the cross support as well as the second will certainly be with it. Just to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross support can enhance security by up to 15%. I have no concept exactly how they developed that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I examined that tottered at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking movement misbehaved. Beyond this point it would certainly influence your work.

With Cross Support

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

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

Keep in mind: It’s very crucial with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not entirely tight, the motion experienced when extended to standing height will be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 screws, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has an opportunity to relocate.

Final thought

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually examined in our laboratories, we have to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter individuals with narrower desktops, as the stability just isn’t there for a large mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be much better suited to these applications, and for a relatively apparent reason. Virtually all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are possessed by Swedish, Danish or German companies that created this industry, and their average people are a lot taller than the typical Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time back. And also they have even more robotic automation, laser-cutting tools, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, obviously.

If you’re not also high, don’t have an excessive quantity of heavy equipment on your desktop computer, as well as don’t need also large of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you excellent bang for your dollar.

All that might transform with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 style that he expects to launch 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, and Yu states he’s had trouble getting the item quality he needs out of several Chinese manufacturing facilities he’s attempted collaborating with. The new design is allegedly mosting likely to be a lot easier to assemble and also have a heftier crossbar design, among other refinements. He claims the new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” setup, minimizing our problem concerning side-load emphasizing on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever comes to market we’ll upgrade you right here. However we’re not holding our breath any longer as the most recent news on the company is that Yu shut the little Los Angeles office and has actually relocated it to join with all its various other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding performance has been present with the new joint venture in between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While limited in size as well as shade options, it has actually taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the very best standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, as well as has actually been demolished by millennials in remarkable volumes. While it carries a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any type of Chinese-made base), in this case it’s not always a trustworthy indication of the anticipated helpful life of the lifting columns. But for the rate, the StandDesk is a fantastic lower-cost option to the UpLift, Jarvis and also various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its stability issues this is a much much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever intend to be, and also a good value in general. It’s the mid-priced offering in the broad category of Chinese-made workdesks that is winning over customers from both its cheaper and also more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Arrangement, as well as Gizmos

Constructing the desk is pretty straight forward if you follow the in-depth directions. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, and also springtime washing machines come in different bags that are marked with their location: table top, frame, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for fastening all of the bolts into the frame, or, pop in a hex little bit right into your power device– simply take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a high quality finish to them with rounded corners to avoid 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 turning gears to support the front-to-back motion of the desk, which was very handy for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m additionally utilizing a floor mat to safeguard the carpet from chair wheel damages at resting elevation, and also press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the financial investment. The switches are all variable pressure programmed, indicating the backwards and forwards arrowheads will change the height by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continuously readjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per second if you hold the switch for two seconds. The memory buttons are similar in design: press to remember the elevation setting, or hold the button down for 5 secs to keep a brand-new elevation worth. I’m using switch 1 for my resting placement and button 4 for my standing placement, which offers me 2 as well as 3 for anything I may need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

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

The electric motors are quiet but can be heard in the next room over. It takes possibly 25 seconds for the desk to completely transition from resting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (particularly this LX design), causing the desk to obtain a little rough when I move my weight against the key-board. In hindsight, I need to have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after figuring out the weight of my screens. If you plan to do a twin screen setup, get the crossbar.

Because gravity compresses the discs in a human back, I require to raise the desk greater in the morning and lower it at night.

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

Performance

Regardless of any kind of issues I might have had with the handset or the cookie-cutter design, virtually every one of those issues washed away once I in fact came down to utilizing this thing.

I really did not believe it was even possible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be also more steady than the Jarvis, both at resting and also standing heights. The majority of days I such as to run my Jarvis at max height while pressed against my wall; not necessarily since it’s that wobbly, however even if I want as much security as I can get.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit also further, verifying to be equally as consistent by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar addition, which they claim includes much more stability when bought as a part of the package deal.When it concerns weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for approximately 350 lbs of weight ability.

I’ve been making use of the desk for concerning three weeks now for day-to-day work (and following standing desk finest methods), whether it’s typing out testimonials such as this one from our desktop or a laptop every now and then. The desk stands up well against non-coastered drinks, as well as the finish on top of the desk still feels just as smooth and also glossy as the day I opened it in spite of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also multiple clean downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never ever intentionally try to damage any type of workdesks as well hard, throughout some lighter examinations (throwing a set of secrets onto it from a distance, for instance), it still stood up without way too many noticeable signs of damage.

When I determined the noise output of the workdesk while it rose from a resting position to standing and also back once more, it was by much the quietest we have actually checked. I could barely get it to make greater than about 9.5 dB of noise, so if your largest problem is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer care

Currently, usually I don’t include much concerning the customer care assistance of any provided firm, just due to the fact that I really feel that as a whole if an item functions the means its intended to, I shouldn’t ever have a factor to call them in the first place. And while I desire I can say that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t finish this evaluation without discussing the numerous, seemingly unlimited issues I encountered trying to obtain my workdesk put together.

For beginners, the desk I was sent really did not have any kind of memory mobile consisted of initially, which meant I had no chance of really regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I spoke to StandDesk regarding this problem, that returned to me around a day later with an apology as well as a guarantee that a new one would be shipped quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The source of all our troubles …
About 4 days later a phone showed up in the mail. The mobile phone at first activated, however it wasn’t long before I observed that none of the programmable buttons worked, nor did the down switch, but also for some factor the “memory” button dealt with the down feature just great. I contacted the company once again, as well as they excused the mixup and also said they would have a brand-new panel and control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my brand-new panel as well as control box got here. When I installed them both the desk finally began functioning the method it was meant to, however not after practically a month of waiting as well as backward and forward with a business that could not bear in mind to deliver a core part of their item inside the same box from the start.

Things to Consider

Despite its bankable functions, this stand up workdesk additionally has its very own disadvantages. Given that no singular stand desk might record every one of the functions that you may need, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a maintaining bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially thinking about several of our other favored desks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally don’t have one. This desk does have one if you want, yet it is a paid add-on (much more on this later on also).

The crossbar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to place your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they provide added stability, usually essential when desks are totally prolonged.

We have not read any issues of the stability of this desk, so we do not believe its something to actually be worried about, although if you actually desired a workdesk with a bar after that we advise you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

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

Stability

The stability of a standing desk is just one of one of the most crucial elements of these desks. Without a secure desk you’ll discover it hard to concentrate, which could cause you coming to be much less interested in utilizing the desk at standing height. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll intend to more than happy when utilizing the desk.

Due To The Fact That the StandDesk Simple is the first desk that I have tested with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability tests into 2 areas. Both examinations will certainly consist of the normal front to back shaking examination as well as a left to right wobble. The initial will certainly be without the cross assistance and the second will certainly be with it. Just to keep in mind, StandDesk.co says that the addition of the cross assistance can enhance stability by as much as 15%. I have no concept just how they generated that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd desk that I tested that tottered near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The initial was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the shaking activity misbehaved. Beyond this point it would affect your job.

With Cross Support

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

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross support to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for lower heights. With the cross assistance the wobble motion really did not start until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion came to be poor.

Note: It’s extremely important with flexible standing workdesks to totally tighten up all hardware. If there is hardware that is not completely tight, the motion experienced when extended to standing height will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a workdesk structure that consists of 32 bolts, there are far way too many factors at which the desk has a chance to move.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually tested in our labs, we need to tighten our suggestion on the StandDesk Pro to shorter users with narrower desktop computers, as the stability simply isn’t there for a big mass boosted high off the ground. American-made desks will be much better fit to these applications, and also for a rather apparent factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in US manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German firms that designed this industry, and also their typical people are a whole lot taller than the typical Asian customer, so they began making longer-stroke training legs a long time earlier. As well as they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting devices, and also large experience making standing desk bases, obviously.

However if you’re not also high, do not have an excessive amount of heavy devices on your desktop computer, and also don’t need too wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will give you great value.

All that could alter with Yu’s guaranteed StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he anticipates to launch sometime in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly 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 numerous Chinese factories he’s tried working with. The new design is supposedly going to be a lot easier to set up and also have a heftier bar design, among other improvements. He states the new base will be provided in both a “T-Leg” and also “C-Leg” configuration, relieving our problem concerning side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this brand-new base ever before comes to market we’ll upgrade you here. But we’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as one of the most current news on the business is that Yu closed the small Los Angeles workplace and has actually relocated it to accompany all its various other staff members in southeast Asia.

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