It quite small. I don't see how my current 3 monitor setup will fit on it.
Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
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#42$500!? Plus shipping!? You can make a standing desk with $100 worth of Ikea parts then buy a tall stool/chair for $75 on Amazon. Bam, just beat your "most affordable" sit/stand desk by $325+. Oh, and you can have it next week instead of next year (or later). I guess I'll start my Kickstarter campaign tonight. P.S. 45" is not enough height for many of us tall folk, especially in dress shoes with a thick heel.
I like this one - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499144433/the-cardboard...
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#43I talk with a lot of people about getting started with standing desks, and I usually recommend throwing a small cheap table (ikea) on top of your existing desk and getting a drafting chair (tall). This way you don't have to pay for a variable height desk, and you keep it on the cheap side to see if you actually like it. Also, be sure to start slow and stand for maybe an hour or two a day for a few weeks. Then gradual…
This is what I do and it works great.
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#44Looks nice but not really revolutionary, I've had one of these for a year http://www.heightadjustabledesking.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewPr... which looks basically identical and is quite comparably priced.
This one is cheaper, and motorized.
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#45This one is rather interesting too ... not as fancy, but interesting company anyway:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499144433/the-cardboard...
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#46Does anyone know what the success rate is for Kickstarter projects to actually deliver their products on time? After my absolutely terrible experience with Lockitron (I know they're not a Kickstarter project, but they are similarly funded) and some of the other horror stories I've heard, I just don't have faith that these types of projects for goods deliver on their promises.
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#47it would be perfect if there was a manual way of doing it.
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#48$500!? Plus shipping!? You can make a standing desk with $100 worth of Ikea parts then buy a tall stool/chair for $75 on Amazon. Bam, just beat your "most affordable" sit/stand desk by $325+. Oh, and you can have it next week instead of next year (or later). I guess I'll start my Kickstarter campaign tonight. P.S. 45" is not enough height for many of us tall folk, especially in dress shoes with a thick heel.
I like this one - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499144433/the-cardboard...
Only one height? And they claim it fits anyone from 5'2" to 6'2" tall?
I'm 6'3" and my girlfriend is 5'5". Watching her try to use my standing desk is comical. I think those guys are being extremely optimistic, if not outright deceitful.
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#49Half the price of the competition sounds nice, but they're also using a single motor that has less lifting power and aren't an established name that will necessarily be around in a decade to service your desk... This seems more of a business and marketing play than one of true cost cutting or technical innovation. It would be more impressive to be of equal capability, but less cost.
They could insure against that problem by using off-the-shelf parts so you could just go to Grainger for replacement motors or whatever in 20 years.
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#50When I was researching building my own standing desk, the biggest cost seemed to be getting quality actuators with a long throw at a low price.
Compare this to the a similar looking Ikea Galant workstation at $180-$200. You're getting the motor(s), electronics, actuators, and slide bearings for an additional $200 more.
I'm curious as to how they managed to do away with the horizontal stabilizing bar (this is mentioned as a feature in the video). Without something connecting the legs together, it seems like the left and right tracks could potentially get out of alignment and potentially bind as the desk top raises.
My current verdict from my home built sit stand desk is that it's great for a change a couple times a day. What I found, though, is that my hip starts to hurt after an extended period of standing in one place. I'm now trying standing on an EVA foam pad to see if this helps with that problem.
Incidentally, if you're curious as to how I added sit-stand capability to my desk for less than $200, check out my blog post: http://planiverse.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/building-a-sit-st... .