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I can't recommend varidesk.com or geekdesk.com enough. A varidesk is great if your company already supplies you with a non-standing desk and a geekdesk is excellent if you work from home and get to pick any desk you want. Be sure to get a mat to stand on as well.

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I've started noticing how much sitting every day.

Most of my day involves me sitting in front of a computer: Programming and designing during the day and gaming at night.

My department has a ton of people who use standing desks, but I never saw the need.

After reading through this thread and thinking about how much sitting I do on a daily basis, I'm more likely to now to ask my company for a standing desk.

I'm hoping this will make a difference.

Big varidesk fan. Got one 2 months ago and haven't lowered it back to a sitting position yet.

What good is buying it, then? You could've just bought a higher desk (mine sits at 38") and saved three hundred bucks.

Standing desks are awesome for sure, but I don't get the adjustable trend when draft chairs have been around forever.

My house had an office with a built in desk that made Varidesk a great option. I've wanted to lower it a couple of times but opted to push through for endurance sake.

Gotcha, that makes more sense. Having that much difference between the table and the desk surface seems clunky though and multiple monitors feels pretty weird. That's why I ended up just getting a table.

I got the dual monitor mount on the back too.

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