Several years ago, when my wife and I bought our first house, my wife found someone locally who custom made a desk for me. It’s made out of 2×4’s, 2×6’s and some simple joinery. But it’s extremely sturdy, made to my exact specifications, and was a very reasonable price. It’s safe to say I’ll keep this desk as long as I live.
But, with back issues that started decades ago, it has become increasingly necessary for me to be standing more and sitting less. It seems not so intuitive, but when people say that being sedentary is slowly killing you, it is very, incredibly, true. With a recent flare-up of my back issues, it was finally time to bite the bullet and find a desk that would work.
I did find options that would let me add standing desk legs and a motor to my existing desk, but I don’t want to take apart the entire ensemble of parts (sentimental reasons), so I looked around.
What I thought I was going to have to do was spend $800 for something that only remotely filled my needs. What I found is a weirdly (to me at least) large amount of standing desks on the market. The one you see above in the picture was only $180 after tax. It feels well designed and is plenty sturdy for my needs. To be honest, the only thing between this one and a nearly $1k desk is the slight bit of wabble of my much cheaper desk. You really have to shake and push it to make it wabble.
There is definitely some break-in period too – for me, not the desk. Getting used to typing standing up, making sure that the monitors and peripherals are set as ergonomically correct as possible has taken some trial and error. But it has started to pay off. Less pain in my back is starting to become a reality. Sitting down has become a proper treat instead of being the normal state of being. To be honest, I don’t know that it’s so much finding the right standing desk more than it is to just get one and use it.
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