IKEA Electric Standing Desk

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.

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

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

I actually find this one to be quite sturdy, even at full height it doesn't wobble. Maybe more to do with the way they have them setup at IKEA stores? As you can see on my setup I have a monitor, and 2 laptops on top of the table.

I was looking into the Jarvis legs (similar price point, $490 that has programmable heights) and using a cheap Ikea top. Don't know about sturdiness...but the reviews look good.

http://www.ergodepot.com/Jarvis_Frame_p/jrv-fr.htm

I was looking for another table-as-desk at IKEA a few months ago. I was surprised to find the electric height-adjusting Bekant, and even more surprised to find it on sale for circa $400-420 (about $80 off, IIRC).

Anyway, my father and I (his van, for transportation) spent some time talking with the area's sales associate, who was older and knowledgeable and had been with IKEA for six or seven years as a supplementary career/job.

They explained, particularly with reference to the electric unit, that families let their kids climb all over the floor models. Invariably, they become stressed/loosened up and less stable.

I was actually looking for a Galant table with the four individual angled, height-adjustable metal legs that mount rather sturdily to an underside metal frame. But... they no longer carry that item. (The sales associate agreed to the foolishness of this, asserting, 'If only they would ask us out on the floor what the customers want.')

I ended up instead with a (fixed height) Bekant (for approximately 50% more than the Galant I was seeking). It is not "wobbly" but it is a bit less stable than the Galant, to the point where it shakes a bit if/when I type aggressively. On the upside, its less stable pillar-to-large-feet two-leg design mean that the legs are more out of the way than with the Galant's angled legs, making it more comfortable when two are put together in an L configuration.

Anyway, I was told by a sales person so take with a grain of salt, but apparently particularly customers with kids subject the floor display units to a lot of abuse.

This might come as a surprise but not everyone lives in the same country, and as stated on the blogpost alternatives where I live are more than double the price.