Before you tell me how you regularly use yours, I am saying you’re a minority, not that you don’t exist
I have one at home but I don’t stand at it much, just for a few minutes here and there. But it’s still useful that it moves. Its good to have it at the exact right height and raising it makes moving cables easier. I plugged in a new USB dock on my static desk at work the other day. It was a pain in the arse, the hole of which I almost exposed to the whole office when I got up off the floor.
Every desk in my work office is a standing desk. A handful of people use them, the rest don’t. And personally I believe that’s enough to justify buying them all.
So even if youre right that a majority are unused, I disagree with the implication that they are a waste.
That’s like any other accessibility feature honestly. If it helps a good amount of the population and doesn’t hurt anyone else, then it’s a net positive. It saves the company in workers comp complaints overall I’d imagine.
The facilities team at our office would previously build a C-shaped box out of MDF or plywood to sit a regular, fixed-height desk on top of.
To be fair they did a nice job, they were sturdy and would have recesses for the desk’s legs to sit in to prevent sideways movement. But the problem then became “what about when those people wanted to sit”, so tall office chairs - that didn’t match the rest of the chairs in the office - had to be bought, undoubtedly at considerable expense.
The new, all-standing-desks use-it-if-you-want-or-don’t-it-doesn’t-matter-to-us regime seems to just avoid a lot of unnecessary shifting of furniture.
It’s not primarily for standing though, more like easily adjustable
I might be in the minority but I love my standing desks. I’ll sit once in awhile but I’d guess that 90% of my day is standing.
And to those who think standing is just being in one position all day and therefore is just as bad as sitting, I completely disagree. In practice I’m constantly shifting around, moving one leg back or forward, or walking in circles when I’m talking during a meeting and don’t need to look at my screens. Sometimes I’ll bring a chair over and put one knee on the seat for a few minutes to stretch my quads and hip flexors. It also helps if you get a soft pad to stand on or shoes designed for being on your feet all day.
My desks even go really low, which I squat at for about an hour a day. Full heels on the ground squat, keyboard and screens low enough to work without cranking my neck.
I’ve been working behind a desk for 25 years, and next to a true ergonomic keyboard I think my standing desks have done the most to keep my body from breaking down.
I used mine all the time at my old work. So when I moved to a new place and my old desk couldn’t handle another disassembly and reassembly, I bought the same model (electric, multiple saved settings). Turns out the reason I used my standing desk was a shitty office chair. I have an Aeron chair at home, so I never need to stand.
The adjustable desk wasn’t a wash. I was able to adjust it to the exact right height for my chair. My old desk was slightly too high, so I have the best ergonomics I’ve ever had in my life. It’s awesome and I’d absolutely buy the adjustable desk again just for the best seated height.
I don’t use a standing desk.
Personally I’m waiting for someone to come up with the laying desk. I want to be fully reclining, with a couple of monitors suspended above my head, and the two halves of my split keyboard on little tables under my handsThese exist. Many options.
But they’re rare compared to standing desks, so I guess no-one’s nailed the marketing yet!
Because it is pretty niche, expensive, and takes up a lot of floor space. But I get it, there are a few options out there
takes up a lot of floor space
In an office they could be stacked like bunk beds
I’m not sure where showerthoughts energy ends and trolling begins, but I feel like stupider things have been successfully marketed
I use mine with utmost regularity: once every 6 months
I forgot mine can stand. Oops
I use mine every day in sit-mode.
Samesies! We should be careful about hanging out in social media echochambers though.
I have a daily alarm to remind myself setting it at standing position at least once a day. Sometimes when I am busy I ignore the alarm and forget.
Thanks for your reminder, I have it in the standing position now. Usually keep standing for around 30 minutes until I get tired.
Lunch is usually my alarm. After lunch I raise the desk
Same, I really try to raise mine up at least once a day, but it doesn’t always happen. Your alarm idea is a good one, think I’ll try that.
You’re pretty right. I even got myself one for home because I thought it would be useful. Now I only usually extend it if I’m doing cable management.
Though what’s also really nice is being able to make little micro adjustments to get the right height. For example I change it by 2 cm depending on whether I’m wearing house shoes, so my knee fits better.
I think this comment convinced me to get a standing desk. For some reason, I can never get my legs to fit under a desk comfortably, even if I adjust the chair height
Dozens of us use our standing desks! I know two people in my office that use them daily, and one who uses his frequently.
I have been using standing desks since 2010.
Originally not by choice, because the only spot in the office that didn’t smell like farts was the high tops near the kitchen. The chairs weren’t very good and I was used to standing long hours anyways when I was a server.
I’m still using standing desks. And i love seeing standing desks everywhere.
its like the treadmill, it turns into an expensive clothes rack.
I use different heights depending what I’m working on. I never stand at the thing, but setting it high to do detailed electronics work, setting it low to comfortably use music electronics on, or setting it just high enough to wheel my full 88-key weighted keyboard under but still use my computer makes it absolutely worth it.
I work in an office full of engineers, and all of these freaks use them standing all the time.
I mostly agree with you, though. I been a lot of places where they all stay at the same height.
Yup, I’m here to agree. Got one at home and work, only used it about twice in a day for all of 5 minutes
Start with it standing in the morning. Lower it when you feel like it. Then after lunch start standing again, lower over time.
Now that’s a great routine, will try it!
I set an alarm that goes off after a couple hours on my work computer, it’s been working for me
My biggest use for my standing desk is to set the precise perfect height.
We have them where I work. I’ve used the standing function, oh, maybe 2-3 times. Is that enough to count?
