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Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by tfinniga »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #111
mdorazio wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bet you could 3D print those pads for "normal" tall chairs with the bars if you wanted to.

By "3D print" you of course mean going to a home improvement store and buying some wooden boards and metal attachment pieces. 3D printing is totally unsuitable for the task, both because of low durability of printed objects and the time it would take you to print a pad like this (a few days, probably).

This is actually a pretty good application for home 3d printing.

I'd say that you'd be looking at 8-10 hours per print with a consumer FDM (extruded plastic) printer on the default settings.

If the printer is correctly configured it will probably be more durable than you're implying, and even if it only lasts a year you could always cheaply print more.

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by trhway »

oniMaker wrote: post #159

I bought a treadmill desk recently. It's fantastic. I'm walking 15k steps at 2.3km/h daily, and slowly increasing the speed. I've dropped 3+kg and will soon have a healthy BMI again. After the first few days, the novelty wore off and I stopped noticing it while I worked. If I want a standing desk, I just turn the treadmill off. One thing I've noticed is that I still have to sit down to maximize focus and think throug…

i think treadmill desk is fantastic (i'm currently (for 6 months already) at the "cardboard boxes on the table" stage) and wondering - are you in the office with others, ie. what about noise?

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by oniMaker »

trhway wrote: post #172
oniMaker wrote: post #159

I bought a treadmill desk recently. It's fantastic. I'm walking 15k steps at 2.3km/h daily, and slowly increasing the speed. I've dropped 3+kg and will soon have a healthy BMI again. After the first few days, the novelty wore off and I stopped noticing it while I worked. If I want a standing desk, I just turn the treadmill off. One thing I've noticed is that I still have to sit down to maximize focus and think throug…

i think treadmill desk is fantastic (i'm currently (for 6 months already) at the "cardboard boxes on the table" stage) and wondering - are you in the office with others, ie. what about noise?

It's in my home office, and it's pretty quiet. Not much louder than simply walking around.

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by qzervaas »

I have the Skarsta (the smaller top). It's pretty good, my only two issues with it are:

1) The top is affixed to the leg brackets using plastic screws, and the top tends to move around a little bit. Definitely wouldn't want to pick up / move the desk by holding onto the top only

2) The top was bowed slightly in the middle on the one I bought. My Apple Keyboard would wobble slightly, so I put masking tape on one of the rubber feet.

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by shiven »

Been using this since last November. I got the longest top version they make. Pretty satisfied with it so far. The manual cranking is bit tiring if you sit-stand multiple times in a day (FWP, I know!) Otherwise, a practical, no-nonsense product from Ikea, as generally expected.

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by chrismartin »

shimon wrote: post #59

We have 3 of the Ikea Bekant motorized standing desks in our office. They are great and we have had zero problems. My favorite feature is the simple mesh cable pocket underneath the desk, which is a great solution for hiding all the cable clutter.

How long have you been using them for, and how often are they raised/lowered?

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by msfoamy »

Avshalom wrote: post #12
hartator wrote: post #2

I still don't get standing desk, how can you can concentrate deeply while standing? I guess not for everyone.

If you get a drafting stool you can sit at your standing height desk for whatever you need to do while sitting but it's still much more natural to transition between sitting and standing/pacing which can encourage not sitting all day/hashing things out on a white board/grabbing a book off the shelf (plus you can remain seated and still be mostly eye level with people that drop by for a chat).

This is what I use: http://amzn.to/1MSrSNa

For me, using a stool makes the switch back and forth between sitting and standing much more seamless. And it's the shifting weight and switching positions that gives you most of the benefit anyway.

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by mbell »

thorntonbf wrote: post #99

I'm using a Jarvis Standing Desk Frame - http://www.ergodepot.com/Jarvis_Frame_p/jrv-fr.htm With a 72x36 Maple butcher block top from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Relius-Solutions-Butcher-Block-Maple/d... The top easily weighs 200 pounds, and that's not including the 2 Thunderbolt displays that sit on my desk. It's been a great platform. At my standing height of 45", it needs to be up against the wall or it would l…

I can also vouch for the Jarvis, I'm tall and often use it at or near max height without issues. I'm not sure how common this is but one of the best features is that it is smart enough to smoothly come to a stop rather than just jerk to a stop when you release the up/down buttons or use the memory settings. Sound like a tiny feature but my desk at work doesn't have this and it jerks enough to move the monitor arms around enough to be annoying.

I built the top myself from strips of oak, maple and cherry, pretty easy to do if you can access the tooling and massively cheaper than commercial tops. It's a bit thinner than the linked top but weighs over 100lbs I would guess.

Re: Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

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Post by stan_rogers »

2np wrote: post #80
Avshalom wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I spend entirely more time than I should being semi-baffled at the way the internet has largely forgotten that you can just buy tall chairs and never have to worry about motors or adjustment speed or weight limits (to say nothing of cost).

I just had a genius revelation: I, like another poster here, don't like resting my feet on a bar all day. I like to have them planted firmly. What if we had tall desks and tall office chairs with a flat, elevated platform? Then you could easily plant both feet on the platform and it would feel just like a regular chair, but then you could easily stand up and have a standing desk? Something like this: http://www.lkgoo…

An apple box¹ under the desk would work just fine, and also allow you to put a foot up while standing.

¹That's what they're called in the trade, but they're much sturdier than an actual apple box.

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