Buying a standing desk is complicated, because a lot of research goes into the process. However, if a person doesn’t know the features that make a good standing desk, then looking for one would be very unfruitful. If a standing desk has specific features that would make the standing desk more helpful, then awareness about those features is a must.
The first indication of how bad sitting for prolonged periods is for our health came over 70 years ago, when researchers found that double-decker bus drivers were twice as likely to have heart attacks as their bus conductor colleagues, who spent most of the working day on their feet.Since then, evidence of the ill effects of spending too long in a seat has been overwhelming, and sit-stand desks, which were once thought to be a wacky work practice, are now believed to be key in helping us live longer, healthier lives.
With WFH continuing to affect many workers, more people are looking to outfit their workspace with a designated standing desk which can help them move from one posture to another throughout the day, without interrupting workflow.
So, let’s think about what you might need from a standing desk. Firstly, you’ll need a good height range so that you can accommodate everyone who might be using the desk, from children to adults. For taller users the table needs to be stable, especially at the upper limits of its height range; a lot of inferior tables will begin to wobble when raised and you begin to type or write, which is never good for productivity.
Standing desks have been made in many styles and variations. Standing desks may be specialized to suit particular tasks, such as certain variations of the telephone desk and desks for architectural drafting. Some standing desks may only be used while standing while others allow users to sit or stand by adjusting the desk height with an electric motor, hand crank, or counterbalance system. Some desks are also constructed like teacher's lecterns, allowing them to be set on top of an existing desk for standing, or removed for sitting.
While height of most seated desks is standardized, standing desks are made in many different heights ranging from 70 to 128 centimetres (28 to 50 in). Ideally the height of a standing desk fits the height of its individual user. With seated desks, adjusting the height relative to the user can be accomplished by adjusting the height of the user's chair. However, because users of a standing desk move around more than when seated, using a pedestal to adjust the user's height is not practical.To solve this issue, a standing desk may either be custom-made, to suit the height of the user, or made with adjustable parts. For writing or drafting, the angle or slant of the surface may be adjustable, with a typical drawing table.
If the desk is made for computer use, the legs of;standing computer desk may be adjustable. Another option is a platform made to sit on top of a regular seated desk that raises the desk's surface to a useful height for standing. Such platforms may be fixed height or adjustable.A height adjustable desk or sit stand desk can be adjusted to both sitting and standing positions; this is purported to be healthier than the sit-only desk.Height-adjustable desks allow you to shift from seated to standing positions for an active, comfortable, and productive office setting.Tables will have different mechanisms to go up and down and you need that movement to be smooth and fluid, so you can alter the table height easily and quickly and transition between standing and sitting, without it affecting your work focus.
Sit-stand desks may be effective at reducing sitting time during the work day between 30 minutes and two hours per working day but the evidence is low quality.Some antique standing desks have an open frame with drawers, and a foot rail (similar to those seen at a bar) to reduce back pain. A hinged desktop could be lifted in order to access a small cabinet underneath it so that the user could store or retrieve papers and writing implements without needing to bend over or stand back from the desk.
We worked at all these tables for an extended period of time to get an idea of how functional they were throughout the working day – whereas before we would sit at our desks and then take regular breaks to stand, while taking a call, for example; the usage was now reversed and we would stand for the majority of the time and then occasionally sit down to take a break.
We needed a desk that would be able to transition quickly so that we weren’t struggling to alter the height whilst also fielding a call or doing some other work task. We were also mindful of whether the sit-stand mechanism would start to lag or whether any other problems would be thrown up with extended use.
When buying a standing desk, we must make sure that it is easily adjustable. If different people are sharing the desk, then they have to adjust its height frequently. The mechanism of adjusting height should be simple and straightforward, and it should not take so much time. A standing desk should be environmentally friendly, like a bamboo standing desk; when we buy an environmentally friendly desk for own, then we are setting a healthy environment for ourselves.
