Standing Desks & Treadmill Desks

This first thing that needs to be said on this subject is that the age-old adage applies. "You can get it fast, cheap or good—pick any 2." In other words, if you want the highest quality desk that's customized to your exact space, decor and other requirements, it might take a week or two to ship out. But if you're willing to settle for either lower quality or fewer choices in size and color, there are some relatively fast options newly available.

By far the most populous category of sit-to-stand products, electric standing desks are powered by precision, linear motor drives and easily change in height with the press of a button. They have a distinct advantage over most manually-operated desks in speed, convenience, and performance, but tend to cost a little more than their crank-operated cousins. Nevertheless, with dozens to choose from spanning a wide range of capabilities, feature sets, and price tags, it remains the active workstation of choice for homes and offices across the country.

For all the fanfare of "V2," the enhancements over the prior version of the Jiecang base are just not that meaningful. In terms of desk performance, barely detectable. The accessory mounting points are clever but most users won't find a significant benefit from them, and while the 6-axis anti-collision works better than on the predecessor it is annoyingly oversensitive. Assembly is just as time consuming and frustrating as before, despite the company's hyperbolic false claims that it can be accomplished in 7 minutes.

Ergoprise’s Uprise Standing Desk is a solid, mid-tier desk that stands at the crossroads of function and affordability. A quiet, sturdy base and a variety of table tops - including premium bamboo and hardwood - make this an attractive option for both standing-desk and treadmill-desk users.

How to upgrade a traditional L-Desk to an L-Shaped Sit-to-Stand Workstation

As popular as standing desks have become—and as many companies as there are producing them these days—so-called “Standing L-Desks”, “L-Shaped Standing Desks” or” “Height Adjustable L-Desks” have been the red-headed stepchild of the active workstation category. Until recently.

While there aren’t a plethora of L-shaped standing desk options compared to their rectangular brethren, there are now enough offerings in the market to ensure that regardless of your space requirements, budget or existing décor, there’s an electric L-desk out there that will likely suit your needs. And if not, [...]

One of the few standing desk manufacturers to offer an L-desk version is TheHumanSolution, which makes three versions under their UpLift Desk brand. To learn all about the UpLift “V2” standing desk see our detailed lab test review here.

We’ve reviewed these three versions below and also as part of our comprehensive round-up of L-Shaped Standing Desk Reviews. Some or all of these desks, depending on when you read this, may have already been updated to the new V2 version of the standard UpLift desk frame.

All three of these L-shaped desks are built on the same electric base, made in China by Jiecang. You can read our separate Jiecang base lab review to learn [...]