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I’ve got two of the table version and find the heights to be fine. The one in my living room, used as an end table, seems to be slightly higher than my non-IKEA end table. It’s definitely not a table for doing “stuff” (working, eating, etc) at.

The other one is in my home office and serves mostly as a step to help the cats get to the window, the short height is a definite benefit here!

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I’ve developed some mobility issues as I’ve gotten older. I’m tall enough/not overly long armed enough that 22” means I can’t pick stuff up off it without having to bend/stoop, which I can do but aren’t ideal. Actually just measures my bedside table and it’s 27” and just about right. 22” would absolutely be too low, putting it about 6 inches below the top of my mattress, which means I can’t see or reach the CPAP machine without basically getting half way out of bed.

This of course depends on how high your bed frame is, and how thick thick your mattress (and potentially box spring) are.

22” is pretty typical for an end table next to a sofa. For someone with a relatively low height bed it might make sense as a bedside table too.

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