Figure 1: How do I choose a standing desk?
Greetings, everyone. I’m Mark Sheng a standing desk expert with 10 years of experience in standing desk research and manufacturing. When it comes to choosing the right standing desk, a lot of my friends often consider me and as a standing desk expert, it is my job to guide them with the experience and knowledge that I have.
Like many people, you probably spend more time while sitting and doing your work at your desk. The best standing desk not only allows you to work while standing but also allows you to work without compromising the work quality. An active workplace environment develops productivity and activeness in workers. In today’s world, businesses are going through revolutionary change to keep up with the advanced world in which we are living today.
The standing desk has the most effective role in this revolution of modern and healthy workspace. Today, huge valuable firms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have gone through change and they have accepted the standing desk as a major part of their workplace to give a better and healthier work environment.
Selecting the right standing desk can be an overwhelming task for you. Choosing the right standing desk for your requirements. But no need to fear about this, in this guide you are going to learn about the important things like:
- Benefits of standing desk
- 6 things to consider while choosing a standing desk
- Types of standing desk
- What other different options do you have
Here is the guide for choosing the perfect standing desk for yourself.
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY AN ADJUSTABLE STANDING DESK/BENEFITS OF STANDING DESK
Figure 2: Benefits of standing desk
The most important and commonly known benefit of a standing desk is that of improved health. But you might think “How a piece of furniture can improve your health?”. Well, the standing desk is not just a regular piece of furniture. A standing desk is a superior product that allows you to work while standing. Benefits of standing desk include
- Standing while working increases Blood circulation.
- burns more Calories.
- Calories burn, better circulation reduces the risk of Heart diseases.
- Even body posture.
- Reduces back pain, neck pain, and headache.
- Improved productivity.
- Reduces mental stress.
A standing desk makes omnipotent to these and several countless health issues caused by sitting.
6 Things You Should Consider While Choosing A Standing Desk
It is proven by that “Sitting Is The New Smoking”, according to a survey 85% of the workers experience discomfort in working while sitting especially when they are not able to change position. The height-adjustable standing desk is the ultimate solution for this problem. Here are a few important things to consider while choosing a standing desk.
Height Range:
an optimal range being 22.6″ to 48.7″ is suggested by BIFMA. The standing desk should adjust at least as low as the shortest sitting elbow height, which means when your desk is at a sitting position it should be below your elbows. Also, basically for standing the height should be as high as the tallest standing elbow stature.
Size And Depth:
How large of a desk do you want?
It depends, what type of task you are doing at your desk. For example, for study, you need a medium size desk. office work generally required a large space. To perform multiple tasks you need a desk that provides enough space for all your computer setup including multiple monitors. When you are spending a long time while sitting, you need to stretch your legs. Make sure the desk should be large enough to give you enough leg space.
Desk Noise:
The height-adjustable standing desk uses an electric linear actuator for height adjustments. The actuator has electric motors inside. It is suggested to have a low noise motor with a maximum noise level of –60dbs. Trandesk uses high-quality low noise motors which produce noise of <-50dbs.
Speed:
A standing desk should be quick to switch between standing and sitting desk positions. A slow desk might ruin your desk experience.
Weight Lifting Capacity:
Each standing desk has its own max load capacity. Overloading the desk will damage the electric motors. Make sure your equipment weights under the max load lifting capacity of the standing desk. Trandesk’s Height adjustable standing desks have a max load capacity of 120Kgs.
Build Quality:
It is important to check the material quality of the standing desk you are going to buy. Research the company and read their product details and FAQs to get a better idea of what you are going to get in return for your money.
The Warranty:
Last but not least, the warranty policy of any product is as important as the rest of the factors. Trandesk offers 5 Years of International Warranty for all of their products.
What Are Your Different Options?
Figure 3: What are your different options?
Like other pieces of furniture, there are different variety of standing desks are available on market. From 2 legs to 4 legs standing desk, from single motor to triple motor standing desk Trandesk offers a wide variety of standing desks and also standing desk converters.
TYPES OF STANDING DESKS
Standing desk comes in 2 different types, one is called “Fixed Standing Desk” and the other one is called “Height Adjustable Standing Desk or Sit-Stand Desk”.
Fixed Standing desk:
Figure 4: Fixed standing desk
A standing desk that is not adjustable and comes in standard size. but, it can be customized to your required fixed height while placing your order. You can use a stool and anti-fatigue mat in combination with a fixed standing desk to improve your experience and reduce the discomfort of standing too long. Generally fixed standing desk costs less as compared to the height-adjustable ones because of no moveable parts.
Adjustable Standing Desk:
The adjustable standing desk comes in two different types.
ELECTRIC MOTOR STANDING DESK
Figure 5: Electric motor standing desk
MANUAL HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE STANDING DESK
Figure 6: Manual height adjustable standing desk
The electric motor standing desk uses the electric power to adjust the height. With one-touch and Bluetooth app control function you can lift or lower the desk.
The manual height adjustable desk uses a manual hand crank system to lift or lower the desk.
Physical power is required to adjust the height of the manual standing desk.
Standing Desk Converter:
Figure 7: Standing desk converter
A standing desk converter ( also known as desk riser ) is a small compact desk product designed for converting your regular desk into an ergonomic desk. This small desk converter is used to lift the keyboard or laptop and up to two monitors to the standing up position allowing you to use a regular desk as a standing desk.
CONCLUSION
If you’re looking to improve your health and work habits, take a look at your working space and determine if a standing desk would be a good option for you. If you decide that a standing desk is right for you, we’re here to help! Please feel free to contact us at any time with any questions or concerns about choosing a standing desk at Contact us. Thanks for reading, and we hope this article was helpful!
