We asked our staff experts who've been lab testing standing desks for many years to create this guide, to help you wade through all the terminology and explain how each desk top type is manufactured, its pros and cons, and the price range you should expect to see for it.
When standing desks first came into popularity, the kinds of materials used for desktops and the selection of shapes, sizes and colors were very limited. Fast forward to today and an online shopper can now find an absolutely overwhelming array of choices, from ultra-cheap to ultr…
For the price, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost alternative to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made desks. StandDesk's simple product and simple website is a philosophy that appeals to the younger generation, and doesn't go over the top with marketing pizzazz and unsuppor…
The Cooper is a well-made product overall, featuring an elegant bamboo work surface not seen on too many other standing desk converters. It’s easy to operate and feels like it’s more than the sum of its parts. While not without its faults (chief among them the lack of an ergonomi…
Some online sellers of bamboo standing desks are still promoting them as the most environmentally-conscious choice when in fact it's the exact opposite. The process of converting this grass species into a hardened wood product involve incredible amounts of energy and chemicals, w…
The UpLift is very popular, if for no other reason than Human Solution's massive advertising campaigns. Sleekly marketed and with low entry-point pricing on all-Chinese componentry, they sell a lot of UpLift desks. But the componentry is unspectacular, marketing claims are overwr…