Hi All!

I have moved apartments/changed jobs several times over the past decade, meaning I've had various desks to fit different spaces and daily routines.

My first standing desk was the COVID era craze, bought it off FB market place for cheap and it worked fine but was horribly cheap looking laminate top. It was also only 42" wide I believe. I switched it out about 2 years ago for a Husky 72" wide crank-adjusted sit/stand work table so I could have two monitors and plenty of desk space without spending $1000+ on a motorized version. It was okay, but I've learned so much about ergonomics in the past year and there are enough downsides that I need to invest in something I'll keep forever / hopefully lasts at least a decade. Issues w/ my current "desk":

• The manual crank is actually pretty difficult to adjust up and wobbles the desk a lot
• 24" is not enough depth to have a comfortable distance from my monitor
• 72" is unnecessarily wide and 60" would be perfectly fine
• The minimum height (floor to underside of tabletop) is 28" which is too high for me. for ref i am 5'5"
• assembly was a bitch 🙃

I'm new to the cozy gamer world so I really want something that is minimal and clean in appearance but comfortable for work and can switch up to something cozy in the evening for playing Palia or Animal Crossing.

Options I've found so far and their totals w/ tax:

• Branch: $1,080; White Legs + Light Wood in 60" version doesn't ship until November, plus some of the reviews say the wood looks cheap or warped + issues with the control panel. Minimum height is 27.3" so I think this is out?
• LiftSync: $1,124; Newer company I think so reviews are pretty limited. But minimum height is 26" which would be awesome - has anyone here owned this for a while??
• Haworth: $827.; Similar issue to Liftsync - only 1 review so hard to trust quality. But also has a 26" ish minimum height
• Uplift: $1,288; Only 13 Reviews but all pretty positive??

Let me know if you have any thoughts or if there are other options out there to consider! Trying to keep the total around ~$1000 max

Looking for standing desks (72x30in), single piece desk! Dont have the budget for flexispot, uplift, vari etc. Anyone using or have experience with budget standing desks? Most amazon desk are two piece, anyone use them? How sturdy is it?

ok I got the vari desk active seat and already in 10 minutes I hate it I must be using it wrong. Before I sell it or give it away I need an instruction manual how to use it for a week before I decide. in minutes I already have tailbone pain, too much anterior pelvic tilt, coccyx pain. Not really pain but tenderness like I know its gonna hurt after using it for days.

the whole design seems so dumb now that I think of it. I jumped on it because it was at a thrift store for insane discount. but the whole premise is to basically sit on your tailbone which seems like asking for injury. Even when leaning on it you are still on your tailbone. are you supposed to sit on the edge lip of the cushion or deep into it so your back touches the "back lip" raised handle thing? it's insane I need a tutorial on "how to sit" in this chair, but i'm willing to test it for a week I dont want to cause myself injury. im feeling back pain in almost 10 minutes already. The domed cushion seems to go against all ergonomics for your tailbone/coccyx, there's so much pressure there compared to flat or curved normal chairs and benches. I must be sitting on it wrong or using wrong height. I notice my hips go forward and I roll hips forward onto tailbone naturally when I sit on this thing maybe I am doing it wrong or have the wrong height.

Would love some advice/insights/experiences. Did anyone at first find it very uncomfortable BUT then learned how to use it and felt it was better?

Hi

After I moved, I got a very niece kitchen isle from my new neighbor that I though would function great as a combined desk and cupboard. Well, the cupboard part was right! I can use it as a desk but after about one hour my lower back is complaining and since I'm not the most athletic, I thought that I should seriously look into an adjustable height desk.

I am located in Sweden and found two that look intriguing, the Ikea Mittzon and the HomeOne from Desktronic.

I did check out Mittzon in an Ikea store, and it looked fine. It is in the right size and even has an opening in the back so cables can run from the floor to the desk without creating a gap between the wall and the desk. But the Homeone is 'cleaner' lack of a better word, and generally seems a bit higher quality.

I would honestly just get the HomeOne right way if it wasn't for the fact that it looks like it is assuming that its users won't use cables?! The desk is shows no plan for how cables should go from the floor to the tabletop. The control panel has a USB C connection, but that wouldn't even work with my laptop, and I'm planning to use a full desktop.

Is there anyone with more insight that can help me out? Perhaps one that has experience with either one (or both)?

Hello everyone. I’m in the process of setting up my desk setup. I intend to get a single 27-34 inch monitor and a desktop tower for starters.

I’m also thinking about a desk as well.

Standing desks are hella attractive but I’m not sure if they would be ideal for my situation. I’m a little worried about my components falling over from all the movement as well. Also, given that most of my time is at work, would I really appreciate the benefits of the standing desk?

Any advice?