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For those worrying about motorised desks and their safety, I just want to recommend Ikea’s manual desk. It works fine. I don’t know why I’d want a motor in it.

ornornor 6y ago
I went to the store to have a look at that desk. They had three on the floor including one that was assembled three days ago according to the staff there. They were all so wobbly as to be unusable. Put some pressure on where the monitors or where you’re hands would be and everything shook. Knowing how robust ikea is, I hard passed and got the stationary bekant. It still comes with legs that are quite adjustable (but only when you assemble it, I wouldn’t think it’s easy to set it with stuff on it) So yes a word of caution I guess, that desk can be rather wobbly. I didn’t go with the motorized bekant because I heard the electronics are not reliable at all and fails way too much needing warranty service. The less I go to ikea the better, and since their warranty is bring in (30kg desk)...
- tokamak-teapot 6y ago
  I use the manual desk at standing height most of the time. At this height, if I really bash on the keys of my mechanical keyboard then I can see a tiny movement in the monitor (which is on an arm clamped to the rear edge of the desk). Otherwise nothing. I don’t normally bash the keys like I’m trying to break them, so yes, while it’s possible to make it move artificially, in real life I don’t see any movement.
  - ornornor 6y ago
    Too bad ikea themselves do such a poor job at assembling their own furniture in the showroom then. Because of the wobble and the pain that it is to return ikea furniture without a car, I ended up spending half as much on a fixed bekant instead which is really good enough for my purposes as I don’t ever change the height anyway.

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For those worrying about motorised desks and their safety, I just want to recommend Ikea’s manual desk. It works fine. I don’t know why I’d want a motor in it.

by tokamak-teapot 6y ago

ornornor 6y ago
I went to the store to have a look at that desk. They had three on the floor including one that was assembled three days ago according to the staff there. They were all so wobbly as to be unusable. Put some pressure on where the monitors or where you’re hands would be and everything shook. Knowing how robust ikea is, I hard passed and got the stationary bekant. It still comes with legs that are quite adjustable (but only when you assemble it, I wouldn’t think it’s easy to set it with stuff on it) So yes a word of caution I guess, that desk can be rather wobbly. I didn’t go with the motorized bekant because I heard the electronics are not reliable at all and fails way too much needing warranty service. The less I go to ikea the better, and since their warranty is bring in (30kg desk)...
- tokamak-teapot 6y ago
  I use the manual desk at standing height most of the time. At this height, if I really bash on the keys of my mechanical keyboard then I can see a tiny movement in the monitor (which is on an arm clamped to the rear edge of the desk). Otherwise nothing. I don’t normally bash the keys like I’m trying to break them, so yes, while it’s possible to make it move artificially, in real life I don’t see any movement.
  - ornornor 6y ago
    Too bad ikea themselves do such a poor job at assembling their own furniture in the showroom then. Because of the wobble and the pain that it is to return ikea furniture without a car, I ended up spending half as much on a fixed bekant instead which is really good enough for my purposes as I don’t ever change the height anyway.