Once someone gets on a treadmill desk, they generally find it far easier to keep their exercise plan in place. Instead of taking time to drive to a gym, the average treadmill desker strolls over to a home or office workstation, and presses a button. Treadmill desking also keys in…
Choosing a standing desk can be a daunting affair these days. With so many options on the market, you might be tempted to go for whichever result you see first in Google. However, it pays to do your research, as the products in those results are often not the best but are the mos…
We’ve helped thousands of users get their first treadmill desk—and for that matter, over a million site visitors have read our reviews and advice—so we tapped our staff experts for their favorite tips to new users for the optimal treadmill desking experience, and collected them a…
iMovR is expanding its product lineup. Their affordable foot rest makes for a perfect addition to any sitting or standing desk. Offering four tilt angles, it accommodates different heights and allows for gentle calf stretching. Light weight and foldable legs makes it easily port…
Every day we have hundreds of readers researching this very question when looking through our reviews, so we thought we'd dedicate an article to the big picture discussion of when is it best to move aside your old desk and replace it wholesale with a new adjustable-height desk, a…
When it comes to standing desks and standing desk converters, nothing beats made-in-America for component quality, precise machining tolerances, technology features, customer support and overall value over the lifetime of the product.
This cabinet is as basic at it comes, about $110 cheaper than its next-nearest competitors after Autonomous, and less than half the cost of an iMovR premium wood file cabinet.
One of the most common questions we get at WorkWhileWalking is “How much better is it to use a treadmill desk than just using a standing desk?” Both standing desks and walking desks are enjoying an explosion in popularity, especially in corporate America and SOHO (small office…
For the moment, these large furniture companies are largely shut out from the opportunity to sell millions of standing desks that are going to be shipped directly to employees' homes in the coming years.
Desk Jockey Office Footrest is unusual. Made of therapeutic grade memory foam, it brings additional comfort to wherever you're using it. The same quality that gives the product its cushy softness is also its downside, as the cushion has a tendency to compress over time.
Walking at 1-2 mph in the office might seem like a casual enough process, but treadmill desk users need to think of their feet the way professional runners do if they want hours of comfortable walking. The best strategy for staving off foot fatigue is to invest in a new pair of w…
There are basically two ways to go about building a standing desk. One way is to go "DIY" style (Do It Yourself), buy your standing desk frame of choice, and then either make your own desktop or buy one you really like from a separate source. The other way to go is to buy a compl…
Shopping for reclaimed wood desktop options is an entirely different process than shopping for desktops made of virgin hardwood. The quality control and stability (resistance to dimensional movement, warping and cracking) of these materials is highly variable, and thus we strongl…
A simple tool to help prevent standing pains is with an anti-fatigue standing mat. These mats keep the muscles in your feet and legs engaged, preventing them from becoming stiff. A separate study of anti-fatigue mat performance by Texas A&M found that standing on a quality anti f…
All adjustable height desks will become less stable as they reach the last few inches of leg extension. This is just basic physics; the telescoping tubes have less and less overlap between them and so the desks become more susceptible to left-right shake (lateral stability) as th…
Our standing desk expert review staff has selected the top offerings in the market between $400 and $800 - check out these summaries and click through to our detailed lab test reviews of each of these top-rated desks.
The answer depends on the kind of work surface you have installed on your desk. The most commonly sold are high-pressure laminate (HPL), Surf(x) 3D-laminate, other 3D thermoform vinyls, engineered wood (e.g. bamboo grass that's been transformed into wood), reclaimed wood, powder …
As we frequently get requests from readers for a short list of the best budget sit-stand desks to consider, we asked our editors to compile their top picks for standing desks under $400.
Desktop power modules can be a real back saver and reduce clutter at any workstation. In this round-up we review some two dozen options including grommet-mount, edge-clamp, underdesk-mount and free-floating power modules marketing specifically to standing desk and treadmill desk …
In keeping with their reputation as the most innovative standing desk manufacturer, Seattle-based iMovR spent more than two years developing the Lander Desk. Their simple aim: to eliminate the #1 hesitation people have about switching to a standing desk, the hassle of assembling …
The new Lander Lite fills a gaping hole in the market today. It offers premium, American-made quality and advanced technology at a price just slightly higher than the Chinese-sourced, commodity-quality standing desk you’ll most commonly find online.
Smart employers are not waiting for that first case to crop up in their offices before reacting to the situation. They understand that waiting until it happens may be waiting too long, and making it harder to contain the spread.
This sit-stand-walk-cycle workstation as pictured here would price out at about five thousand dollars, but its lucky owner would have four positional modalities to choose from without ever having to move their computer, for the ultimate in office productivity and health.
ased on our regular encounters with occupational ergonomists and ergonomic product designers, it’s fair to say that many, if not most, of those working in the field today did not receive any formal training on the vast differences between working at a keyboard in a seated versus …
The iMovR CPU Holder is specifically designed for standing desks and treadmill desks. For those with desktop computers, this device will save you valuable space at your workstation. Its minimalist aesthetic and sturdy design blends well with professional office decor. It attaches…
The iMovR Freedom™ standing desk line shines by offering what, up to this point, has been missing on the market – a quality American-made option priced competitively with popular standing desks built on commodity Chinese-made bases. The Energize is a twin in nearly every way to i…
The iMovR Freedom™ standing desk line is what the market has been waiting for – a quality American-made option that is priced competitively with popular standing desks built on commodity imported bases. The Cascade is identical in every other way to iMovR’s more conventionally-to…
An expansive array of size, color and even thickness choices, added to iMovR's popular UpTown and Olympus desk lines. Stable enough to be used with walking treadmills, these two-legged desks offer exceptional ergonomics, decor options, and cost effectiveness.
NEAT certification has an impressive body of research behind it. It regulates manufacturers’ claims and offers the consumer and the employer valuable insight into the proven versus marketed benefits of any given product. Each time the NEAT trademark appears on product packaging, …
The obvious reason for detecting a collision between your desk and some object during height adjustment is to avoid costly damage to either. Examples of collision objects include door knobs, low shelves, trash bins, file cabinets, and armchairs. The circuitry typically works …