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My current favoured solution: 1. Take any desk 2. Put an Ergotron WorkFit T on it. It's this: http://www.ergotron.com/ProductsDetails/tabid/65/PRDID/915/lang

by buro9 11y ago

My current favoured solution: 1. Take any desk 2. Put an Ergotron WorkFit T on it. It's this: http://www.ergotron.com/ProductsDetails/tabid/65/PRDID/915/language/en-GB/Default.aspx http://www.ergotron.com/ProductsDetails/tabid/65/PRDID/915/l... The neat things about it: it raises straight up and down, it's cheap, it fits any standard desk, it accounts for keyboard, it's highly stable. It just works, and it's so cheap that it's the go-to solution.

amelius 11y ago
Are you using it?
- buro9 11y ago
  At home yes, used to have the the Workfit model with the sloped central stand (mentioned in the article). This one is better as the keyboard tray doesn't come forward of the desk, the position doesn't move forward and backwards with height raise/lower, and it is more stable. This is what we're going to be using for those who want sit/stand desks in the CloudFlare London office in a month or so when we move office.
  - amelius 11y ago
    Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
wlscaudill 11y ago
I know someone with a VariDesk which is similar and they like it very much. Thanks for sharing the info on the new Ergotron one!
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eterm 11y ago
Product pages without the price makes me think I can't afford their prices. Last time I encountered that was an Aeron chair. As much as I'd love one, I can't justify dropping £800 on a chair nor would I be able to persuade my boss.
- buro9 11y ago
  $399 from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Sit-Stand-Desktop-Workstation-33-397-085/dp/B00QL6IGWQ http://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Sit-Stand-Desktop-Workstation... (non-aff link)
  - eterm 11y ago
    I'm in the UK, which look like they're roughly £300 instead, and at that price I'd not be able to justify the cost to my boss if I wanted to use it at work. Yes, I know, it's "only" a week of salary, but that's not how I've experienced office budgets to work. There isn't an "Oh ok it's cheap compared to you" argument you can make that means you get to spend £300 on a desk when others are still using single 17" monitors. I'm sure start-ups play by different rules, but at established SME businesses I've worked at it's difficult to get things which cost that much without a lot of long-term effort directed toward that goal, and there are higher priorities for that kind of effort (and higher priorities for the office supply budget). That price range probably does mean that if I come to own my own study I can justify buying one myself, so thanks for the recommendation.
    - buro9 11y ago
      Are you near or in London? Apply for a job at CloudFlare, we'll give you the tools and environment to do the job. There's a link at the bottom of our web page to current positions, if anything looks suitable do apply.
  - wlscaudill 11y ago
    Seems like you should use an affiliate link if you have the product and genuinely like it...
r00fus 11y ago
Is ~$400 cheap? I agree it looks like a well-thought-out solution.
- michaelbuddy 11y ago
  it's not that cheap for you see there. Think about it. Do those parts really look like they are worth more than say $65. They shoudl sell it for about $180 absolute max. It doesn't look like it takes a lot of weight either. You can get a hand crank sit stand desk on amazon for about the same price. Cheap or nice piece of wood for the top at 25 bucks and you're all set.
- buro9 11y ago
  When the article's 2nd option is an ugly hack and comes out as over $400, and you probably already have a desk and this works better and looks better... I'd say it was a damn good price.
  - wlscaudill 11y ago
    From my research $400 is a very good price. This isn't mobile from room to room like the cart is. Everything has it's tradeoffs...
jefurii 11y ago
~$400 is cheaper than a real standing desk but not that much.
- segmondy 11y ago
  I just got this delievered today, I place my keyboard and mouse on it, and tilt my monitors up. $40 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EWQ34ZG?psc=1&redirect=true http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EWQ34ZG?psc=1&redirect=t... I even saw some solutions for $30+. This looked very wide enough for keyboard and mouse. So far so good, if it holds up well, I'll buy 2 more. One for laptop, and another room.

by buro9 11y ago

amelius 11y ago

Are you using it?

buro9 11y ago
At home yes, used to have the the Workfit model with the sloped central stand (mentioned in the article). This one is better as the keyboard tray doesn't come forward of the desk, the position doesn't move forward and backwards with height raise/lower, and it is more stable. This is what we're going to be using for those who want sit/stand desks in the CloudFlare London office in a month or so when we move office.
- amelius 11y ago
  Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

wlscaudill 11y ago

I know someone with a VariDesk which is similar and they like it very much. Thanks for sharing the info on the new Ergotron one!

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eterm 11y ago

Product pages without the price makes me think I can't afford their prices. Last time I encountered that was an Aeron chair. As much as I'd love one, I can't justify dropping £800 on a chair nor would I be able to persuade my boss.

buro9 11y ago
$399 from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Sit-Stand-Desktop-Workstation-33-397-085/dp/B00QL6IGWQ http://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Sit-Stand-Desktop-Workstation... (non-aff link)
- eterm 11y ago
  I'm in the UK, which look like they're roughly £300 instead, and at that price I'd not be able to justify the cost to my boss if I wanted to use it at work. Yes, I know, it's "only" a week of salary, but that's not how I've experienced office budgets to work. There isn't an "Oh ok it's cheap compared to you" argument you can make that means you get to spend £300 on a desk when others are still using single 17" monitors. I'm sure start-ups play by different rules, but at established SME businesses I've worked at it's difficult to get things which cost that much without a lot of long-term effort directed toward that goal, and there are higher priorities for that kind of effort (and higher priorities for the office supply budget). That price range probably does mean that if I come to own my own study I can justify buying one myself, so thanks for the recommendation.
  - buro9 11y ago
    Are you near or in London? Apply for a job at CloudFlare, we'll give you the tools and environment to do the job. There's a link at the bottom of our web page to current positions, if anything looks suitable do apply.
- wlscaudill 11y ago
  Seems like you should use an affiliate link if you have the product and genuinely like it...

r00fus 11y ago

Is ~$400 cheap? I agree it looks like a well-thought-out solution.

michaelbuddy 11y ago
it's not that cheap for you see there. Think about it. Do those parts really look like they are worth more than say $65. They shoudl sell it for about $180 absolute max. It doesn't look like it takes a lot of weight either. You can get a hand crank sit stand desk on amazon for about the same price. Cheap or nice piece of wood for the top at 25 bucks and you're all set.
buro9 11y ago
When the article's 2nd option is an ugly hack and comes out as over $400, and you probably already have a desk and this works better and looks better... I'd say it was a damn good price.
- wlscaudill 11y ago
  From my research $400 is a very good price. This isn't mobile from room to room like the cart is. Everything has it's tradeoffs...

jefurii 11y ago

~$400 is cheaper than a real standing desk but not that much.

segmondy 11y ago
I just got this delievered today, I place my keyboard and mouse on it, and tilt my monitors up. $40 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EWQ34ZG?psc=1&redirect=true http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EWQ34ZG?psc=1&redirect=t... I even saw some solutions for $30+. This looked very wide enough for keyboard and mouse. So far so good, if it holds up well, I'll buy 2 more. One for laptop, and another room.