An ironing board is a great, cheap way to test if you like a standing desk. Got the tip from a friend who travels a bunch and uses them in hotel rooms.
Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
51–60 of 109 posts
Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#52Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#53Is giving us a list of your advisers (read: board) supposed to make me think that this is a truly community backed project? I'm sick of people using Kickstarter for free money and advertising on ideas that could be (and probably have been) readily pitched to investors. Kickstarter is supposed to be for projects that are interesting, but that traditional investors probably won't touch. A stand-sit desk hardly qualifie…
Taking your point, if it's on Kickstarter with an appearance that it has already been pitched to investors, it's safe to say that the investors didn't touch it.
Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#54I 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…
practical and cheap way to make any desk standing desk!
Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#55Looks 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.
> looks basically identical and is quite comparably priced. I disagree. That desk is priced at £407, whereas this one goes for £240. All else equal, that's significant.
I'd imagine that these desks cost roughly the same amount to produce and the only reason they're ~£400 is because it's a relatively niche product and is sold through a reseller, not direct.
Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#56Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#57> supports someone 6’3”
Well I'm out.
Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#58Why not just get an ikea galant?
Because the Ikea Galant doesn't raise/lower on demand. It's a significant amount of effort to make it do so, and far more if it actually has things on it already.
Looks like the automatic one is not available in the US. http://m.ikea.com/ch/de/catalog/products/spr/39889771/
Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#59Guys just wait for 6 months to an year before these desks would be all over Department Stores like OfficeMax, WalMart, IKEA for $99.00 or less.
Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
#60Two leg standing desks tend to wobble a lot. I'd love to see that specifically called out and demonstrated. Maybe the two legs are wide enough to avoid it.