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Ikea has recently begun offering a pair of electrically adjusting sit/stand desks: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19022530/ http://www.ikea.com/us

by pbreit 12y ago

Ikea has recently begun offering a pair of electrically adjusting sit/stand desks: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19022530/ http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19022530/ http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49022270/ http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49022270/

jseliger 12y ago
Holy shit. That's amazing. I use a Geekdesk (http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/the-geekdesk-writing-space-post/ http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/the-geekdesk-writin...) and it cost twice as much. Is it twice as good? Maybe. But even something that's not as good but half the price will be within range of MANY more people. One question: do the Ikea versions remember their heights? That to me is a killer feature, because trying to figure out the "right" spot every time a desk goes up and down would make me insane.
- grimman 12y ago
  I'm having a tough time tracking down anybody saying it does, in fact, have memory functionality. That's certainly a feature you'd want to advertise, so it seems reasonable to assume that it doesn't have that particular feature.
  - jseliger 12y ago
    Geekdesk does. I have four settings, presumably two for one person (an up and a down) and two for a second; I don't actually share my desk, though.
  - joezydeco 12y ago
    Would a piece of masking tape on the leg suffice as a memory feature?
    - joshkpeterson 12y ago
      Yeah or hang two pieces of string off the side of the desk. DIY it!
  - deleted 12y ago
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  - masklinn 12y ago
    A friend bought one and confirmed it does not have a memory function.
- kristiandupont 12y ago
  Do you think it would or have you actually experienced it? Personally, I don't miss that at all. In fact, I think the variation is good for my back, I often move my table up and down little bits while sitting or standing, just because I change my posture.
- masklinn 12y ago
  > One question: do the Ikea versions remember their heights? No. Source: friend bought one yesterday.
JDiculous 12y ago
They're ~$500 and ~$600... Anyone know where I can get a standing desk (don't care if it's adjustable) that isn't insanely expensive?
- epoxyhockey 12y ago
  $500-$600 is actually cheap! I haven't been able to find a motorized sit stand desk for less than $1200.
  - possibilistic 12y ago
    I don't know why the GP poster is being downvoted. For most of the world's population, $500 is not cheap. I find it difficult to categorize the desk, a tool for productivity, as a luxury. I know that's just personal bias speaking, though. The market supplies alternatives of varying degrees of quality, functionality, and design for ordinary desks. I wish there was equal demand for standing desks. Nothing ever seems to bring down the prices for them.
    - pbreit 12y ago
      For $100k/year workers (the main HN audience), it's cheap. Especially considering it, along with a chair and a computer, is by far the most important tools for said audience.
      - vorg 12y ago
        > For $100k/year workers (the main HN audience), it's cheap So you don't believe the tale that the primary audience for Hacker News are actually working on startups? If someone can't afford US$500, they can make a desk out of a plank of wood on top of some bricks or old furniture. A standup desk is a minor modification. One can then put a bunk bed for sleeping above the desk, and thus share the room with co-founders. Co-founders can then take turns sleeping in the car.
  - chmullig 12y ago
    ++ These are really cheap compared to alternatives on the market.
tomerico 12y ago
I'm using a non-motorized adjustable standing desk at work, and love it for the quick adjustablility. All motorized standing desk seems to be frustratingly slow, and I imagine this is by design to offer better safety. Does anyone know of a good non motorized standing desk at a similar or lower price?
- libria 12y ago
  I have an Ergotron sit stand desk. Seems fine, cost around $650 with free shipping. Very nice surface. I keep about 45lbs of gear on my desk and it requires notable effort to raise it, can't do it with one hand. Perhaps I need to adjust the tension a little more to increase lift, but haven't really bothered to since I typically stand and don't yoyo up and down all day.
michaelrkn 12y ago
I've bought many tables from multitable.com. They start at $550. By using IKEA tops and buying in bulk I keep the price under $500 each.

by pbreit 12y ago

jseliger 12y ago

Holy shit. That's amazing. I use a Geekdesk (http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/the-geekdesk-writing-space-post/ http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/the-geekdesk-writin...) and it cost twice as much. Is it twice as good? Maybe. But even something that's not as good but half the price will be within range of MANY more people. One question: do the Ikea versions remember their heights? That to me is a killer feature, because trying to figure out the "right" spot every time a desk goes up and down would make me insane.

grimman 12y ago
I'm having a tough time tracking down anybody saying it does, in fact, have memory functionality. That's certainly a feature you'd want to advertise, so it seems reasonable to assume that it doesn't have that particular feature.
- jseliger 12y ago
  Geekdesk does. I have four settings, presumably two for one person (an up and a down) and two for a second; I don't actually share my desk, though.
- joezydeco 12y ago
  Would a piece of masking tape on the leg suffice as a memory feature?
  - joshkpeterson 12y ago
    Yeah or hang two pieces of string off the side of the desk. DIY it!
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
- masklinn 12y ago
  A friend bought one and confirmed it does not have a memory function.
kristiandupont 12y ago
Do you think it would or have you actually experienced it? Personally, I don't miss that at all. In fact, I think the variation is good for my back, I often move my table up and down little bits while sitting or standing, just because I change my posture.
masklinn 12y ago
> One question: do the Ikea versions remember their heights? No. Source: friend bought one yesterday.

JDiculous 12y ago

They're ~$500 and ~$600... Anyone know where I can get a standing desk (don't care if it's adjustable) that isn't insanely expensive?

epoxyhockey 12y ago
$500-$600 is actually cheap! I haven't been able to find a motorized sit stand desk for less than $1200.
- possibilistic 12y ago
  I don't know why the GP poster is being downvoted. For most of the world's population, $500 is not cheap. I find it difficult to categorize the desk, a tool for productivity, as a luxury. I know that's just personal bias speaking, though. The market supplies alternatives of varying degrees of quality, functionality, and design for ordinary desks. I wish there was equal demand for standing desks. Nothing ever seems to bring down the prices for them.
  - pbreit 12y ago
    For $100k/year workers (the main HN audience), it's cheap. Especially considering it, along with a chair and a computer, is by far the most important tools for said audience.
    - vorg 12y ago
      > For $100k/year workers (the main HN audience), it's cheap So you don't believe the tale that the primary audience for Hacker News are actually working on startups? If someone can't afford US$500, they can make a desk out of a plank of wood on top of some bricks or old furniture. A standup desk is a minor modification. One can then put a bunk bed for sleeping above the desk, and thus share the room with co-founders. Co-founders can then take turns sleeping in the car.
- chmullig 12y ago
  ++ These are really cheap compared to alternatives on the market.

tomerico 12y ago

I'm using a non-motorized adjustable standing desk at work, and love it for the quick adjustablility. All motorized standing desk seems to be frustratingly slow, and I imagine this is by design to offer better safety. Does anyone know of a good non motorized standing desk at a similar or lower price?

libria 12y ago
I have an Ergotron sit stand desk. Seems fine, cost around $650 with free shipping. Very nice surface. I keep about 45lbs of gear on my desk and it requires notable effort to raise it, can't do it with one hand. Perhaps I need to adjust the tension a little more to increase lift, but haven't really bothered to since I typically stand and don't yoyo up and down all day.

michaelrkn 12y ago

I've bought many tables from multitable.com. They start at $550. By using IKEA tops and buying in bulk I keep the price under $500 each.