The 9 best standing desks you can buy - options for all price ranges - Android

Finding the best standing desk is hard with so many options available. In this list we tell you which are worth looking at.

Working from home is showing no signs of slowing down, and in some cases it’s permanent. If you’re still adjusting to the remote working lifestyle, it might be time to complete your home office. You may not get as much exercise as walking around the office, but that’s what makes a standing desk so great. Your legs will thank you for the change of pace, but how do you choose the right model? Here are our favorite standing desks for working from home.

Editor’s Note: PRIME DAY is going on now! You can get a great deal on a standing desk or converter right now. Here are some sales currently available:

• FlexiSpot EC9 electric standing desk for $200 ($100 off)
• FlexiSpot M7MB standing desk converter for $140 ($30 off)
• FlexiSpot M8MB standing desk converter for $180 ($50 off)

Why get a standing desk?

You may be wondering why you even need a standing desk if you’ve been working at a normal one your whole career. Well, sitting has been called the new smoking in some cases — which is frightening, to say the least. It makes your back stiff, reduces blood flow, and compresses your organs. None of those side effects exactly sound like a ringing endorsement for keeping your sitting desk.

Now, you could go about buying a premium chair and a whole host of other office comforts, but the solution is much easier. Standing helps you to stretch your legs, encourage blood flow, and you’ll probably register quite a few more steps on your Fitbit. We’re not saying you should throw out your office chair or move to a standing room only setup, but it’s good to have options.

Standing desks tend to fall into two basic camps — true desks and conversion kits. The true desks will fully replace your current setup, and they can often support a few hundred pounds. Unfortunately, they tend not to feature built-in drawers as lifting the drawers would be too heavy. The other way to go if you love your current desk is with a conversion kit. It sits on top of your setup but it adjusts in much the same way. You can keep all of your drawers and your extra real estate while simply raising your keyboard and monitors.

A standing desk may not fix all of your discomfort at work, but it’s a great first step in home offices and your professional life.

The best standing desks:

Editor’s note: We’ll add new standing desks to this list as we review them and new options launch.

Desks we’ve tried:

Ikea Skarsta

The Swedish furniture giant is a great place to start your search for a standing desk, and it pops up frequently on our list. This first option, the Skarsta, is a simple, minimalistic desk that our own C. Scott Brown took for a spin. You can read his in-depth thoughts below.

See also: Ikea Skarsta review: A bit too minimalistic

The Skarsta is a 63-inch by 31-inch hybrid-style desk that you can adjust for either seated or standing work. However, the desk is fully manual so you’ll have to get your workout in while you crank the desktop up or down. It comes disassembled, given that it’s an Ikea product, but you can also pay extra to have it assembled for you. The desktop is made of dense particle board and the legs and supports are all durable metal.

If you’re looking for a feature-rich desk, the Skarsta is not the one for you. It offers a desktop that raises and lowers, but that’s about it. You won’t find any cable management, and there are no desks or shelves to speak of. However, the materials are solid and the desk is easy to raise and lower as you go about your day.

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Fully Jarvis

If a manual crank isn’t your speed, the Fully Jarvis might be a better fit. It’s fully motorized and it stores four height settings for even faster adjustments. Our own Eric Zeman reviewed the Fully Jarvis — assembly process and all — and you can read about his experience below:

See also: Fully Jarvis review: A motorized bruiser

We reviewed a simple version of the Fully Jarvis, but you can customize the desk to your heart’s content over on the Fully website. You can add everything from a cable management tray to a drawer or a file cabinet. Unfortunately, there’s no option for a lowered keyboard tray, but the desk itself offers plenty of space.

You can adjust the Jarvis by up to 25 inches, which is perfect for either standing or sitting. It’s lightning-fast too, lifting and lowering at 1.5-inches per second. The Jarvis comes in a variety of sizes ranging from 30-inches by 24-inches to 78-inches by 30-inches.

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Flexispot desk

The last standing desk we’ve reviewed is the Flexispot. It’s a slightly more budget-friendly option and it measures in at 48-inches by 30-inches. We turned to Kris Carlon for our review, and you can read his thoughts right here:

See also: Do you need a standing desk? Yes, you really do

Like the Jarvis and Skarsta, the Flexispot requires a good bit of assembly before you can get to work. Luckily, Kris found it easy to put together, and the build quality is solid. It also matches the Jarvis in terms of speed, adjusting at 1.5-inches per second. It’s a smooth operator though, so you won’t have to worry about spilling your coffee when you lift it.

Select versions of the Flexispot standing desk can save preset heights, but the most basic model offers simple up and down options. It’s fully motorized either way, so you can leave your manual crank behind. 

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The best of the rest:

Uplift V2