IKEA Electric Standing Desk

Re:IKEA Electric Standing Desk by mikhailt on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @11:36AM (#10778630)

Can you explain why the need for the desk to be electric type? There are much cheaper standing desk that's manually adjustable, like this MultiTable one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006269Y4E

They've been around for several years and always been cheap for less than 600$, I've seen 300-500$ that works as well.

I have this table for more than 2 years now and it has never failed for me. It's also very quiet, no motor running the desk.

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Re:IKEA Electric Standing Desk by m_t on Monday January 04, 2016 @10:28AM (#10836051)

Ikea even have a manual one for less than £200 http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S49084965/

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Re:IKEA Electric Standing Desk by nikolay on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @12:57PM (#10779187)

This is still $600! I can't believe why standing desks should be that expensive! Abusing the hype maybe?

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Re:IKEA Electric Standing Desk by drcursor on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @11:43AM (#10778678)

I actually answer that on the blog post - I'm LAZYYYY - I would never have the patience to crank the desk up and down multiple times a day. That's why I actually intend to automate the movement.

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Re:IKEA Electric Standing Desk by mixmastamyk on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @12:12PM (#10778893)

You don't crank it up and down all day. You put it up and get a tall chair. Problem solved. ;)

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Re:IKEA Electric Standing Desk by drcursor on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @12:17PM (#10778930)

Then you don't even need a crank - you just get a tall desk. I want something where I can sit comfortably and stand comfortably :)

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