STanding desks

[John Zimet]

Hi and Happy New Year

 

Do any of you use a standing desk?

Any recommendations on brand that can be purchased in US?

 

Thanks

John Zimet

[Mika J.]

Hi John,

I'm using one for 4-5 years now.  

https://www.upliftdesk.com/uplift-height-adjustable-standing-desk/

Mine remembers 4 height positions, in addition to free up/down adjustability.

CPU holder swivels and slides out, which is handy sometimes.

My vertical monitor is mounted on an adjustable monitor arm.

The Desk Mat was too thick for a chair, so I had to get rid of it.

Instead, I am using a 3" x 3" carpet square to stand on, providing additional cushioning for my feet on carpeted floor.  

This allows my char to roll into place when needed.  

Instead of buying the Keyboard tray, I found a riser to place my horizontal monitor.  

This desk is working great for me.

Hope this helps!

Mika Jarmusz 清水美香
        English to Japanese Translator
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[ak...@uw.edu]

Hello, and happy new year!

I use Varidesk. The model I use is bulky and not cheap, but it's useful for a dual-screen setup, and it's nice in that you can adjust it to a sitting position if you wish, so you're not required to stand all the time, as will some standing desks.

Best wishes,
Anna Schnell

[John Zimet]

Hi Mika,

 

Thank you very much.

That is one of the ones I was looking at.

Does in wobble very much when it is elevated?

 

Thanks

John

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[BTB]

Hi John,

If you have enough space, you could set up both a standing and a sitting desk. 

I use an IKEA standing desk that does not move up/down. It was fairly cheap - just buy the legs that extend high enough, and choose a desktop material that you like (I went with bamboo). I also have a regular sitting desk. Together, both desks were cheaper than a fancy up/down desk. But I have twice as many monitors now...

Cheers,

Brian Boland 

On Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 5:46:44 PM UTC-8, John Zimet wrote:

[R Freeman]

Hello all,
I have been noticing a few articles around arguing that the benefits of a standing desk are not what they were first thought. Here are two:

Get up, stand up…

Too much sitting can shave years off your life, but standing desks probably aren’t the solution. A review has concluded that while they do reduce the amount of time we spend sitting, there is no evidence for health benefits. You’ll burn hardly any extra calories either (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, doi.org/bdkk).

September 19, 2017

How the media oversold standing desks as a fix for inactivity at work

Catriona Bonfiglioli, University of Technology Sydney and Josephine Chau, University of Sydney

Here's how reporting of the world's first specific advice on reducing inactivity at work has overplayed the role of standing desks.

cheers,
Robert Freeman

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[R Freeman]

Hmm, looks like the link to the second fell off. It is
https://theconversation.com/how-the-media-oversold-standing-desks-as-a-fix-for-inactivity-at-work-83808

[Mika J.]

That may well be.  Whether my risk of overall mortality has been decreased, I can't say for sure.

Anyhow, my space is limited, which means rolling the sitting chair away on a carpeted floor gets old rather quickly. I found a comfortable high stool to perch on while at the desk, which allows me to leave the desk at standing height -- so much for the nifty adjustability.  I wasn't aware of the wobble until John asked about it. It's never been an issue, but now I am noticing it every time...

Mika Jarmusz 清水美香
        English to Japanese Translator
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[Richard Waddle]

Hi "upstanding" members of the Honyaku community (see what I did there?),

At first I was baffled by the title of this thread, because I always use my desk in a standing position and only lay it down (or disassemble it) when placing it in storage or in my station wagon.

And then I realized that the "ST" typo in the thread title was maybe deliberate. Or maybe it wasn't not? Looks like a snake "standing up" at a T-shaped standing desk! Maybe Mr. Zimet was born in the year of the snake and... where am I going with this?

Anyway, I work at an adjustable-height lecturn, which, being of a typical size for a lecturn, accomodates my keyboard and (compute) mouse and not much else. My screen is attached to the lecturn by means of a monitor mounting kit, so whenever I raise or lower my lecturn, my monitor screen rises and falls in step with the working surface of the lecturn. If that makes (non)sense? I like it! And sometimes when I am annoyed at a client's misinformed "feedback" on one of my fine translations, I can stand there like a church minister and rant about how unjust it all is. I find it oddly satisfying and soothing to vent while standing at a lecturn. This is probably the biggest health benefit for me. Like others have said, I'm not sold on the other purported benefits. If you're worried about inactivity, join the gym, where you will find a variety of exercise machines that can be used in both sitting and standing positions.

The lecturn does not "remember positions" like Mika's desk, but it is easy enough to adjust to just where I want it. But it would be a good feature to have. I had another titanium-frame contraption that would have benefited from being able to remember positions, but that's not really the same thing.

Anyway, I'm waddling on again! Bottom line is, I think adjustable lecturns are great!

Yours upstandingly,
"Father" Richard

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[Jon Johanning]

Everyone has their own way of working. Main thing is: sitting for long periods and not getting any exercise is certainly a very bad practice.

I have my work room on the second floor, so I do get some benefit from climbing the stairs several times a day. But I also try to get out for a walk every day (even in terrible winters like this one) and do the gym thing three times a week.

Jon Johanning // jjoha...@igc.org

[John Zimet]

RE one previous post. ST was a typo. No deep thought involved--actually not enough.

My office is also upstairs, and after lots of research I am still at my sitting desk. My Dr. told me to sit a maximum 30 minutes at a time (herniated disc).
So I do that and things seem ok.
That plus going to the gym on average seven days a week.

But standing desks are cool.

John Zimet

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[Laurie Berman]

Jumping in a little late here . . .

I didn’t want to invest in an expensive adjustable system without knowing whether it would help me, so what I do is alternate between a desktop computer on a standing desk (which I improvised) and a laptop that I use sitting down. It turns out that I can’t stand for very long periods—it makes my back hurt, to tell the truth--but my routine is to do at least my proof-reading and things like email communications standing up. I can also shift to the desktop setup whenever I need a large screen for multiple windows. Google Drive, which I have been using for a couple years now, makes shifting between computers seamless, and I imagine that is equally true of other cloud-computing systems.


Laurie Berman

[S. Patrick Eaton]

> My Dr. told me to sit a maximum 30 minutes at a time (herniated disc).

Sounds like what you need is not a standing desk, but instead to adopt the Pomodoro Technique to break your workday up into short work sessions punctuated by regular 5-minute breaks during which you move around a bit. 

That's what I might do in those circumstances. That's what I might be doing right now. 

Sako

[Mark Spahn]

Never heard of "Pomodoro"; here's an explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
Short take:  Use a timer to break up you workday.
That Wikipedia article has a pointer to "life hacks", examples of which are seen in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZpDrdIEU0
(at 1:50, how to draw circles without a コンパス; at 13:30, how to fold a T-shirt).
-- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY)

[John Zimet]

Thank again to all who replied.

 

Sounds like my current and past practice of no more that 30 min sitting at a time is popular elsewhere too.

That and going to the gym 7 days a week keeps me in one piece.

 

John Zimet

 

 

 

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On 1/21/2018 2:42 AM, S. Patrick Eaton wrote:

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