Maybe it is because I'm not familiar with adjustable standing desk and the complexity needed, but I was disappointed by the price. Does it really need to be adjusted through electronics? I was hoping to see something really simple, cheaper no electronics. But as I said, I'm not familiar with this kind of product.
Affordable adjustable standing desk
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I would like to agree. My Yankee sensibility tells me I don't have to spend hundreds of dollars when the goal is simply to stand up at my desk. For the few times I need to sit I can use a stool as you suggest. That said, I've been sitting at desks for decades. I'm a little reluctant to buy or build a high desk with the assumption that I will be able to stand at it all day and be productive. The adjustable desks give…
It's surprisingly cheap/easy to put the whole thing together with things from Amazon and IKEA. For example: 4x Olov 36" legs [1] = $60 1x Linnmon 47" x 24" table top [2] = $20 whatever small shelf will fit your monitor(s) = $20 1x Adjustable Stool [3] = $85 Total = $185 Just be aware of the heights. If you're over 6' tall, you'll probably need to put the desk on a $10 set of bed risers (or spring for the $30 Gerton l…
The Gerton Leg, adjustable is not a good solution for a free-standing desk. The recommended installation is two of them at max height with the tabletop affixed to something solid, like a wall.
I learned this after I built the free-standing desk I am currently using. There is noticeable wobble while typing.
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#43We have a crank standing desks at work. Everyone has the same pattern. Once they crank it up, they stay standing for days. And once it gets cranked down, they sit for days. I'd love to have this motorized option. I was surprised at the shape of the desk. Anyone care to speculate as to why they didn't go with a plain rectangle shape? I'm a big fan of the plain rectangle, not sure I want to spend $500 on something else…
Many of the legs and desktops for Ikea desks are interchangeable. So it maybe that the video just features the corner style. In fact within the Bekant line, I see quite a variety of desktops. Since Ikea has pulled the motorized legs off of the site, it is hard to say if they are compatible with any/all of the tops.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/wor...
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#44I should probably submit this as a story as it keeps coming up. I have a very nice sit-stand setup that I put together for less than $200. You can do the same provided you have 1) a regular desk and 2) a wall.
http://planiverse.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/building-a-sit-st...
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#46The only real/ergonomic solutions are these: http://www.ergotron.com/portals/0/html/exploreWorkFitAll/mat... I use the WorkFit-C for about 10 years now and I can tell you: With this one, the standing desk discussion is over!
I use an Ergotron monitor arm to move my monitor between sitting and sanding positions. When I stand, I put my keyboard and mouse on a small shelf. There's really no need to move the whole work surface up and down.
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#47I have a mechanically adjustable desk from http://multitable.com/ - the hand crank is kind of pleasing. It's not as fancy as the electric motor desks, but then again it doesn't have an electric motor...
I'm actually using a tabletop that I bought from Ikea for the desk surface. I just bought the bare frame for the desk from multitable to keep costs down.
I think all in all I paid around $600. It's pretty nice.
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#48Cool, but why not buy a tall stool or drafting chair that matches the height of the desk instead of figuring out all these convoluted ways to lower the entire desk? The whole idea is to sit less, so it shouldn't matter very much how comfortable your chair is. I use an $85 stool with my standing desk (the bare-bones kind you'd see in high school science classrooms), and I prefer it over any of the $300+ office chairs…
I've always thought that standing desk need to be adjustable not because you might want to lower it all the way down to use as a normal desk, but rather because without fine-grained adjustment, it's impossible to use the desk standing: a couple centimeters too high or low will quickly make it a nightmare experience.
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#49Cool, but why not buy a tall stool or drafting chair that matches the height of the desk instead of figuring out all these convoluted ways to lower the entire desk? The whole idea is to sit less, so it shouldn't matter very much how comfortable your chair is. I use an $85 stool with my standing desk (the bare-bones kind you'd see in high school science classrooms), and I prefer it over any of the $300+ office chairs…
In my personal situation, this isn't feasible, because I have a very hard time sitting in chairs where I cannot plant my feet firmly on the ground in front of me. I can only dangle my feet, or plant them underneath me, for a few minutes. After that, my back starts to hurt terribly bad, and stays that way for a while.
I wish the solution was that simple for me. If I were the type of person it would work for, I would definitely go the stool/highchair route over an expensive adjustable desk.
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#50Cool, but why not buy a tall stool or drafting chair that matches the height of the desk instead of figuring out all these convoluted ways to lower the entire desk? The whole idea is to sit less, so it shouldn't matter very much how comfortable your chair is. I use an $85 stool with my standing desk (the bare-bones kind you'd see in high school science classrooms), and I prefer it over any of the $300+ office chairs…
This has been my setup for about a year now. Building a standing-only desk is relatively simple. I built this last weekend in 4 hours for about $50 http://bit.ly/1A6NSlk I use it with this height-adjustable stool http://www.amazon.com/Boss-B16245-BK-Caressoft-Medical-Draft... The stool is comfortable enough, meaning it actually gets a little uncomfortable after a few hours, making me want to stand for a while.