As someone who works at a computer more or less all day every day and has chronic back problems, a standing desk is an important part of my office setup. I’ve been using one for over ten years, and back then it was something of a luxury. But lately I’ve been seeing motorized standing desks, not dissimilar in design to the one I bought all those years ago, popping up for shockingly low prices. Are these super-cheap desks worth your money?
I’ve used three different desks in the last decade of working from home and writing about technology—maybe four, depending on how you count all the various parts and components. And I reviewed another model for one of my previous employers, all from different suppliers, so I feel like I know what I’m talking about here. My latest one is something of a behemoth, to deal with my huge desktop and triple-monitor display. (Hey, I write for PCWorld, so I do come by it honestly.)
Between the heavy-duty, four-legged, and the custom-made six-foot desktop I ordered from a Dallas carpenter, the whole package cost me over $1,500. And I’m sorry if that sounds like flexing, but I literally spend more time at this desk than in my bed some weeks. It’s worth making
