Sitting for eight hours a day is not doing all of your again (and physique) any favors. A standing desk is not going to resolve your issues, but it surely may provide the incentive to maneuver round slightly extra through the day. Good information: Some of our favourite standing desks and laptop computer stands are on sale.
Special supply for Gear readers: Get a 1-Year Subscription to WIRED for $5 ($25 off). This contains limitless entry to WIRED.com and our print journal (if you would like). Subscriptions assist fund the work we do every single day.
Standing Desk Deals
You can discover extra standing desk suggestions right here.
(*6*)
Flexispot EN1
Photograph: Amazon
The Flexispot EN1 is our favourite price range standing desk. It usually sells for round $300, but it surely’s at the moment on sale on Amazon, and you may get a further $20 off when you clip the on-page coupon for a complete worth of $210 (for the 40 X 24-inch mannequin). If you desire a greater desktop, the 48-inch x 30-inch EN1 can be on sale for $250 after you clip the on-page coupon. The Flexispot EN1 can carry as much as 154 kilos, providing you with sufficient capability and area for displays (on stands or mounted), keyboards, lamps, and no matter different desk equipment you want. Electric motors allow you to elevate the desk as much as a standing top or decrease it again right down to a sitting place with minimal effort—it may be adjusted wherever from 28 inches to 48 inches off the bottom. It’s not too loud nor painfully sluggish when the motors are engaged. There are three presets so it can save you your most popular heights as an alternative of finagling with the up and down arrows on a regular basis.
Where the Flexispot EN1 cuts prices to hit this low worth is the desktop. It’s product of chipboard as an alternative of bamboo like on pricier standing desks. It would not really feel low-cost although, and it has held up fairly properly after three years of use. The set up is not as breezy as we would have favored. You may want to make use of a drill to affix some parts to the desktop, and Flexispot would not embody one within the field.
We have not examined this one but, but it surely’s slightly bit greater and less expensive. On Amazon, you possibly can clip the on-page coupon to carry the value down by $70. However, as soon as you’ve got added the EC1 to your cart, you possibly can enter promo code 17D4ZZ6S at checkout to take a further $43 off. The EC1 has an easier up-and-down controller that does not retailer a number of top presets just like the EN1. It nonetheless makes use of an electrical motor to do the lifting, so so long as you do not thoughts handbook adjustment, it ought to do the job.
This deal is for Prime members solely. If you do not have area for a big motorized standing desk, take into account Flexispot’s Adjustable Table With Wheels. Because the leg of the desk is on a facet, you possibly can push it beneath a bedframe or sofa to make use of it comfortably whereas lounging about. WIRED critiques editor Julian Chokkattu has been utilizing one for practically a yr with no points. You modify the peak manually through a pedal on the underside of the desktop, and the wheels make it straightforward to roll it from room to room.
Laptop Stand Deals
For extra laptop computer stand suggestions, learn our information.
(*6*)
Obvus Laptop Tower Stand
Photograph: ObVus Solutions
You need not elevate your complete desk to repair your posture. You can even do that laptop computer tower that lifts your pc greater with out transferring your desk. This is our favourite laptop computer tower stand for most individuals due to its light-weight building and the flexibility to place it simply in quite a lot of heights.
Another of our favourite laptop computer stands, this mannequin from Moft could be adjusted to a number of heights as properly. Better but, it is moveable so you possibly can take that flexibility with you to the espresso home, airplane, or your buddy’s sofa.
You can put your laptop computer on this stand and it elevates it by 18 levels, however that is not a lot, which is why we choose it for tablets. It can elevate an iPad to a extra appropriate angle for drawing or studying.