Any pros/cons? Right now I have a laptop, second screen, but no external keyboard or docking station. I like the laptop keyboard since it's more compact and I, like Drumpf, have tiny hands.
I have an adjustable sit/stand one. It's nice because I get restless legs. The only thing you have to be careful about is that your monitor is at the proper height. Otherwise you're just standing and looking at a downward angle and it eventually kills your neck.
I have an adjustable desk at my office. It is the bomb. I haven't used it in standing position in a while because of my foot injury. At home, I have a desk that I can just rig into a standing one by moving my keyboard from the normal keyboard shelf to the monitor shelf and putting some large books under my monitor.
I need my foot to get better because I miss having workday dance parties.
My H and I both have standing desks for our home computers. Love them, though I'm not sure they're ideal for super long periods of time. Ours do switch back and forth, which would be great for a work situation, but it's kind of a pain so I don't bother.
I loved mine when I was working abroad - it was adjustable sit/stand, where the entire desk moved up and down, which was really convenient. I stood maybe half the day and sat the other half, switching back and forth a couple of times.
I'm not sure I'd want one like you show because it'd be a pain to move my external monitor and docking station and keyboard all individually.
I have an adjustable. I love it. I've been sitting a lot lately since I've been sick and I'm still not as comfortable standing in my new cube as I was in my last, but it's a good option.
We got my dad a Varidesk a few years back for Fathers' Day. He works from home. He absolutely loves it, and spends at least half the day standing now.
My H is working from home now and we got him a Varidesk sit stand desk, not just the one that sits on the top of an existing desk. He loves it. I think he expected to stand now and then, but has been surprised at how much time he spends standing and working. I would guess that it is more than half the time most days.
Right now he has two laptops and a monitor on his desk, but when his computer arrives from IT he will have an additional monitor and a keyboard, along with his normal piles of stuff.
ETA: He has the pro desk 54. The entire desktop raises/lowers with fully adjustable heights. He never has to readjust his monitor for sitting or standing. It is really stable.
I have one and don't use it to stand. I do adjust my desk height based on my shoe height, but that's it. Everyone else in my office uses them though, I just don't like standing.
I have a Varidesk right now, and... I don't love it. It shakes when it's up just a bit, and I want my whole workspace to come with my, not just me computer and monitor. At my previous job, we got a Geek Desk base and put a top on it that matched the non-moving desks in the office, and that was AWESOME. Motorized, and the whole desk moved so I had my files, my pen cup, my drawing surface, etc. all together.
Post by meshaliuknits on May 3, 2016 14:43:42 GMT -5
We all have the sit/stand desks here. Some people love them. I hate it. In order to stand and be able to use the keyboard, I have to adjust the monitors and then adjust them again when I sit. So I just sit and take a walk around the building when I need to stand.
I have one and don't use it to stand. I do adjust my desk height based on my shoe height, but that's it. Everyone else in my office uses them though, I just don't like standing.
I do not wear shoes while sitting at my desk.
Anyway, I came into this post because I have been considering getting one. But I have a lot of external stuff due to carpal tunnel- keyboard, mouse, headset for dictation- and it sounds like that might make a variable desk a pain.
I have one and don't use it to stand. I do adjust my desk height based on my shoe height, but that's it. Everyone else in my office uses them though, I just don't like standing.
I do not wear shoes while sitting at my desk.
Anyway, I came into this post because I have been considering getting one. But I have a lot of external stuff due to carpal tunnel- keyboard, mouse, headset for dictation- and it sounds like that might make a variable desk a pain.
What do you mean you don't wear shoes? Do you not wear shoes to work or do you work out of the home?
Anyway, I came into this post because I have been considering getting one. But I have a lot of external stuff due to carpal tunnel- keyboard, mouse, headset for dictation- and it sounds like that might make a variable desk a pain.
What do you mean you don't wear shoes? Do you not wear shoes to work or do you work out of the home?
I think you guys bring up good thoughts. I really would want the whole desk to come up and then I could have my files, notes, coffee, etc right there.
Our company doesn't pay for them, so I'd have to pay myself and maybe more walk breaks is a better idea.
Have you seen the sit stand desks at ikea? They are less expensive than the one DH has, (varidesk pro desk 54) and seem like a decent alternative.
I am a huge advocate for standing over sitting. Sitting puts so much strain on your lower back and can contribute to so many other health related issues. I find that if I am standing to work I am more likely to move around. If I am sitting, I just don't seem to make the time to get up and move. I know DH was much more sedentary before getting this desk, and at his old job he walked nearly every day at lunch.
I think you guys bring up good thoughts. I really would want the whole desk to come up and then I could have my files, notes, coffee, etc right there.
Our company doesn't pay for them, so I'd have to pay myself and maybe more walk breaks is a better idea.
Have you seen the sit stand desks at ikea? They are less expensive than the one DH has, (varidesk pro desk 54) and seem like a decent alternative.
I am a huge advocate for standing over sitting. Sitting puts so much strain on your lower back and can contribute to so many other health related issues. I find that if I am standing to work I am more likely to move around. If I am sitting, I just don't seem to make the time to get up and move. I know DH was much more sedentary before getting this desk, and at his old job he walked nearly every day at lunch.
What do you mean you don't wear shoes? Do you not wear shoes to work or do you work out of the home?
I take my shoes off under the desk sometimes.
I'm sure lots of people do. It's just funny to me that it seems more normal to not wear shoes than it does to adjust your desk for the shoes you're wearing
Anyway, I came into this post because I have been considering getting one. But I have a lot of external stuff due to carpal tunnel- keyboard, mouse, headset for dictation- and it sounds like that might make a variable desk a pain.
What do you mean you don't wear shoes? Do you not wear shoes to work or do you work out of the home?
This is what happens when I fire off a response and run out to pick up DD from school! Yes, I currently work from home. I have no idea why I had a brain short-circuit trying to picture why you'd be wearing shoes at your desk.
What do you mean you don't wear shoes? Do you not wear shoes to work or do you work out of the home?
This is what happens when I fire off a response and run out to pick up DD from school! Yes, I currently work from home. I have no idea why I had a brain short-circuit trying to picture why you'd be wearing shoes at your desk.
rest assured I would not be wearing shoes if I worked at home Hell, I wouldn't even have a desk. Just a try on my bed!