Generally we don’t recommend manually adjustable standing desks-the kind you have to hand crank to raise or lower-because our testing has shown that they are more difficult to work with and can suffer from load-balancing issues. Electronic control: Electronic desks, which use motors to move between heights at the touch of a button, are the most convenient, reliable, and cost-effective adjustable standing desks available.The company also has four frame colors, three grommet colors, and three keypad colors to choose from, as well as multiple add-on accessories, so you can truly make this desk your own. But if you’d prefer a different style, Uplift offers nearly 30 desktop options, including several unusual but expensive wood tops such as acacia and pheasantwood. We found the walnut laminate on the Uplift we tested to be attractive and realistic, and in previous tests, panelists loved the look of the 1-inch-thick curved bamboo desktop. In that case, we recommend the Fully Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk or the Fully Jarvis Laminate Standing Desk with a three-stage low-range frame.

It should accommodate people of the average female and average male seated and standing heights, but if you’re shorter than 5-foot-4-something that applies to a wide swath of the population-the desk likely wouldn’t work for you without a footrest. It responds quickly to control-pad input (from your choice of four keypad designs) and produces minimal wobble even at tall heights. The Uplift V2 Standing Desk offers the best mix of performance and features of the desks we tested.

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