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Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk

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Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk

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Post by batoure »

phpnode wrote: post #55
doktrin wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

This is they type of desk that I have and I saved a significant amount of money by just buying the legs and then getting a table top at Ikea. Most of this re-sellers are capturing their margins by having overpriced desktops included in the purchase.

This desk also has a cross bar for support and to conceal an axle which allows the desk to have a single beefy motor. I have found the cross beam to be crucial as I have used the desk off-and-on as part of my treadmill setup and every now and then you want to stabilize yourself holding the desk. Even with the cross beam it can wobble in this scenario.

Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk

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Post by vertex-four »

hacknat wrote: post #39

Is 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…

It's not free money; it's money in return for a promise of goods once the business has started up, with the risk that the business might never get to that point.

I don't see why only certain types of businesses should use Kickstarter. The only times where it's upsetting to me are when people who already have more than enough money to take risks, instead turn to crowdfunding to convince others to.

Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk

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Post by JimmaDaRustla »

antidaily wrote: post #13

My god, it's practically funded already. And for those saying it's expensive, I paid $1000 for my GeekDesk.

People saying its too expensive obviously haven't done any research into PROPER standing desks.

I was pricing a CRANK ModTable - it as going to be over 560 and it isn't even motorized. Getting a motorized one would be about 630.

So for this motorized version at 399 is, as stated on their kickstarter page, "most affordable".

Edit: All the suggestions for cheaper alternatives are really just compromises - stacking cardboard ikea tables, or recycling bins, or used warehouse pallets - "$37 cheaper even with the tetanus shot - so sick of kickstarter scams".

Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk

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Post by jseliger »

rafeed wrote: post #7

I backed this project as an early-bird. I'm not sure why you need 4 memory buttons for the deluxe frame. All I need is one more button (maybe two)! Just let me set the height I want it to be at when I'm standing and sitting. If I'm standing pick the other one, and vice versa. I have a feeling it will get really annoying to use the two buttons on the regular frame over and over again if you're changing the height of t…

I backed this project as an early-bird. I'm not sure why you need 4 memory buttons for the deluxe frame.

It's not uncommon for two people to use a desk, if not interchangeably, then at least regularly.

WRT price, I have a GeekDesk with four memory presents, and it cost about $1000. Is that a lot or a little? It's hard for me to judge, but among the motorized desks it seemed to hit the optimal price / quality point.

I wouldn't go back to a conventional, seated-only desk.

Re: Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk

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Post by snowwindwaves »

rhizome wrote: post #53
hacknat wrote: post #39

Is 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.

Or investors weren't lining up to loan them 100k for free!
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