its like the treadmill, it turns into an expensive clothes rack.
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I used mine all the time at my old work. So when I moved to a new place and my old desk couldn't handle another disassembly and reassembly, I bought the same model (electric, multiple saved settings). Turns out the reason I used my standing desk was a shitty office chair. I have an Aeron chair at home, so I never need to stand.
The adjustable desk wasn't a wash. I was able to adjust it to the exact right height for my chair. My old desk was slightly too high, so I have the best ergonomics I've ever had in my life. It's awesome and I'd absolutely buy the adjustable desk again just for the best seated height.
We have them where I work. I've used the standing function, oh, maybe 2-3 times. Is that enough to count?
I don't use a standing desk.
Personally I'm waiting for someone to come up with the laying desk. I want to be fully reclining, with a couple of monitors suspended above my head, and the two halves of my split keyboard on little tables under my hands
These exist. Many options.
But they're rare compared to standing desks, so I guess no-one's nailed the marketing yet!
Every desk in my work office is a standing desk. A handful of people use them, the rest don't. And personally I believe that's enough to justify buying them all.
So even if youre right that a majority are unused, I disagree with the implication that they are a waste.
That's like any other accessibility feature honestly. If it helps a good amount of the population and doesn't hurt anyone else, then it's a net positive. It saves the company in workers comp complaints overall I'd imagine.
It's not primarily for standing though, more like easily adjustable
The facilities team at our office would previously build a C-shaped box out of MDF or plywood to sit a regular, fixed-height desk on top of.
To be fair they did a nice job, they were sturdy and would have recesses for the desk's legs to sit in to prevent sideways movement. But the problem then became "what about when those people wanted to sit", so tall office chairs - that didn't match the rest of the chairs in the office - had to be bought, undoubtedly at considerable expense.
The new, all-standing-desks use-it-if-you-want-or-don't-it-doesn't-matter-to-us regime seems to just avoid a lot of unnecessary shifting of furniture.
Yup, I'm here to agree. Got one at home and work, only used it about twice in a day for all of 5 minutes
My biggest use for my standing desk is to set the precise perfect height.
Start with it standing in the morning. Lower it when you feel like it. Then after lunch start standing again, lower over time.
I set an alarm that goes off after a couple hours on my work computer, it's been working for me
Now that's a great routine, will try it!
Some standing desks have an interface that can be used to setup diverse automations. For I example I made it automatically rise when it detects that it was on seating position for more than 40 minutes.
I use mine with utmost regularity: once every 6 months
I forgot mine can stand. Oops
I have been using standing desks since 2010.
Originally not by choice, because the only spot in the office that didn't smell like farts was the high tops near the kitchen. The chairs weren't very good and I was used to standing long hours anyways when I was a server.
I'm still using standing desks. And i love seeing standing desks everywhere.
I have a standing desk. I use it all the time. Reading about all these people who just sit down while they work on stuff feels weird, like, how do you get anything done? I don't even have a chair, it would be pointless. If I want to sit, I just go to the couch.
Can confirm. I inherited one when I changed jobs, never use it. I do stand at my desk often but I am very short.
Who doesn't use them ? the only user of a standing desk that I know besides me (got it two years ago now) was a coworker, a programmer who used it on the daily. I don't see why you wouldn't use it, it's so much better in practice. Perhaps you need to have experienced long hours at the desk in an intensive IT role before you jump. That's certainly what drew me to get one
Because sitting takes less energy, standing muscles are underdeveloped, and constant back pain is just the 8th natural wonder
It's true. When I get lumbar pain, I shiver thinking of the lush hanging gardens of Babylon. When my tailbone gets crushed by hours upon hours of sitting, I remember the might of the Temple of Diana and think myself lucky to even sit next to her -figuratively.
I have a daily alarm to remind myself setting it at standing position at least once a day. Sometimes when I am busy I ignore the alarm and forget.
Thanks for your reminder, I have it in the standing position now. Usually keep standing for around 30 minutes until I get tired.
Lunch is usually my alarm. After lunch I raise the desk
Same, I really try to raise mine up at least once a day, but it doesn’t always happen. Your alarm idea is a good one, think I’ll try that.
Dozens of us use our standing desks! I know two people in my office that use them daily, and one who uses his frequently.
They are still great for cable management
I switch position more now that I'm at home. I'll more likely do it when I'm tired, as they taught us in the army.
I got one then, the week after it arrived, I broke my ankle. It hasn't really properly healed in three years so, while I've tried, I can't really stand long enough for the desk to be useful in standing configuration.
When I was considering buying one I researched the health benefits and from what I could tell - there are none. Most studies/researchers seem to agree that sedentism is bad, either standing or sitting. Some ppl on zoom (back when I worked for a company) would have walking desks, probably better.
It's changing position that's beneficial.
The health benefits come from movement and posture variation, instead of just keeping the standing position.
Walking desks would be ideal (for health), but that take up too much space and I think walking distracts my work.
This is a spot on showerthought!
My joint has a standing desk, but it is positioned so my back is to my door and it is under the glaring over head lights.
So I set up on a desk that allows me to see my door and to offer some cover from the overhead lights.
They're unreliable and break constantly. At least, I've had to call in support for my Uplift desk twice now, and my desk at work has also stopped working. I don't know why they're so shitty.
Sounds like a low quality one then. I've had zero issues with mine at home and work (used them for years), so I'm adding this brand to my avoid list.
Never had an issue with my Desktronic desk at home or the ones we used at work.
I've never understood why people think they need a motorized desk when they could just get a desk that's fixed in the high position and a stool-height office chair.
they wanted to feel bougie?
I have the Ikea UPPSPEL gaming desk and it has been sturdy without issues.
How does a desk stop working? Did it just fall to pieces?
The motors that lower and raise it stop working
Mine pretty much only gets raised when I need to tuck my office chair under it (basically never)
That's because standing sucks, this isn't me being lazy moving around doesn't suck doing something doesn't suck but standing in one position all day does suck I would say you should put a treadmill under it and it's probably better than standing in one position but it still sucks and is impossible to work.