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I don't understand why the height has to be adjustable. If you get a drafting chair then you can sit at the height of the desk anyway.
by rogerbinns 14y ago
I don't understand why the height has to be adjustable. If you get a drafting chair then you can sit at the height of the desk anyway.
- weego 14y agoStanding up is much less forgiving than sitting down. A couple of centimeters either way standing up is the difference between feeling fine and having horrible back soreness within an hour of standing. The chances that the bits you buy when put together will be at the perfect height for you are very low, so being adjustable is important unless you like wedging random books under parts of it.
- kalleboo 14y agoThe vika byske legs in the second build are adjustable 70-107 cm. The utby underframe in the first one appears to have feet that are adjustable at least a few cm.
- jarek 14y agoI've used the IKEA adjustable legs and frankly, setting a single leg to a specific length is a pain. Setting four legs to a specific length would be a larger pain, and doing so without turning the table to its side larger still. Not ideal when you're looking to slightly tweak the height of a table.
- Goronmon 14y agoI disagree. From my experience as long as the keyboard is at a height so that your wrists are relatively neutral and the monitors are at a height where your neck is relatively neutral, I've had no issues with back soreness. I haven't experienced this need to be exactly right with measurements myself.
- freehunter 14y agoDoesn't "keyboard and monitor at the right height" kind of indicate "desk at the right height"?
- pavel_lishin 14y agoPart of the problem is that a quality drafting chair is expensive. If you're going to set up a standing desk to help your posture, and then cheap out on a chair, it might be somewhat counter productive.
- rogerbinns 14y agoAs far as I can tell the adjustable height desk mechanisms are several times more expensive than a decent drafting chair. With a desk that moves I'd also be worried about cords being pulled out and similar issues (my desk especially underneath is a maze of wiring).
- jseliger 14y agoA lot of us don't have drafting chairs—I'm in a conventional Aeron, for example—and I don't like the feel of my feet not being on the ground.