Standing Desks

The_Minister

Now that sitting is apparently the big new deadly baddie dragging us all to an early grave...


Does anyone have a standing desk? What are they like in practice?
Do you feel any health difference?

I've been considering one (I hate sitting) but all the ones I can find cost hundreds.

Canis Lupus

Couple of people here in work use them because of back issues. Frankly I think they're awful, couldn't imagine working at one for any length of time but then... I hate standing at the best of times

4068ac1elhodqr

Can only be a good thing to get people moving.

Even better would be a $16k zero-gravity-workstation v10 which uses transverse & mainsphere arcs.
Handy for when everyone is plugged-in to a VR future if it can manage full 360.

http://www.ergoquest.com/zero-gravity-workstation-10.html

As long of course as you get a 4min mile run in pre-lunch.

M5

I use an adjustable one all the time, I spend about 30/40% of my day standing. Great for your back! Actually going to buy one for myself! I used to get muscular pain in my lower back. Gone completely since i started standing more often.

There is a manual cranked one in ikea for under 200

Winterlong

We have them at work in some of our offices. They seem popular but I have never used one. Apparently they are good for when on the phone but if you need to do a lot of typing they are less good.

CINCLANTFLT

I'm going to get a standing toilet!

Hande hoche!

Best paired with an open plan office.

kneemos

Standing all day at a desk can't be good for the body.

FizzleSticks

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Alf Stewart.

A bloke I know uses one at his work all the bloody time.

He's so hip.

The flying mouse

I can't stand sitting.

VincePP

Winterlong wrote: »

Apparently they are good for when on the phone.

Yep - because you project your voice differently and talk with more authority when standing.

pajor

In the last company I worked for we had electronically adjustable desks. Got them after the company moved to a brand new office.

Would stand a lot when we got them first, seemed.. healthy and efficient and productive. And other bizniz buzz words. But then my feet would hurt. Novelty soon wore off. Some people used it more than others. Of course the boss of the company stood nearly all the time.

SEPT 23 1989

You can pack more drones in per square metre of that valuable office space

KomradeBishop

The science behind it is shaky - and is largely based on sitting down for prolonged times being bad for you, not on standing all the time instead being good for you - so you can just be trading one set of negative health effects, for another.

Annasopra

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

A bloke I know uses one at his work all the bloody time.

He's so hip.

Thats a lectern not a desk

kneemos

KomradeBishop wrote: »

The science behind it is shaky - and is largely based on sitting down for prolonged times being bad for you, not on standing all the time instead being good for you - so you can just be trading one set of negative health effects, for another.

https://www.google.ie/url?q=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_complications_of_standing&sa=U&rct=j&ved=0ahUKEwiehL7HkpPNAhUGJ8AKHXjIBHcQFggoMAI&usg=AFQjCNGQ_F-wOmOx4IpHKvJe_taclSDptg

eeguy

Zainab Mango Feather wrote: »

Can only be a good thing to get people moving.

Even better would be a $16k zero-gravity-workstation v10 which uses transverse & mainsphere arcs.
Handy for when everyone is plugged-in to a VR future if it can manage full 360.

http://www.ergoquest.com/zero-gravity-workstation-10.html

As long of course as you get a 4min mile run in pre-lunch.

You'd look like Joe 90 in that thing.

I'd say an ergonomic assessment is better than a standing desk in fairness. In a previous job I'd stand for 2/3 hours on the spot and it's a killer on the back. You need to keep moving to spread the weight.

peasant

Got one at work recently and they're fan-bloody-tastic

We got manually adjustable ones that work with a counterbalance (from humanscale) ...no crank, no electric motor.
That means you can adjust the desk to any height in a second, no cranking, no waiting for he motor to finally wind up the desk, just push/pull with one hand and the desk follows you to where you want it.

Makes a huge difference, especially when you're on a long task and hit a slump ...just stand up

The_Minister

peasant wrote: »

Got one at work recently and they're fan-bloody-tastic

We got manually adjustable ones that work with a counterbalance (from humanscale) ...no crank, no electric motor.
That means you can adjust the desk to any height in a second, no cranking, no waiting for he motor to finally wind up the desk, just push/pull with one hand and the desk follows you to where you want it.

Makes a huge difference, especially when you're on a long task and hit a slump ...just stand up

That look so cool.

The_Minister

Funnily enough most of the standing desks seem to be simply desk with higher legs - one would think that a better solution would be to have different shelves, one holding the monitor higher at head height, and one holding the keyboard at arm height, to allow a more comfortable usage.

Dirty Dingus McGee

How bad for you is sitting down.

I'm sitting down for about 23.5 hours of a 24 hour day.

Will I survive until next week at this rate.

Ruu

Too expensive for work to fork out for one but I got a 12" display cube and that works just as well as a monitor stand.

eeguy

If you're handy with a saw: http://mechanicallumber.com/desk-plans/

MightyMandarin

KomradeBishop wrote: »

The science behind it is shaky - and is largely based on sitting down for prolonged times being bad for you, not on standing all the time instead being good for you - so you can just be trading one set of negative health effects, for another.

The thing with sitting is that it causes a lot of muscles such as the hamstrings and glutes to get very tight after prolonged periods of sitting, which can lead to pain in other areas of the body. Most people tend to slouch while sitting and that can place a good bit of strain on the lumbar spine which causes the back pain so many office workers complain about.

The best option would be an adjustable desk imo.

The_Minister

Ruu wrote: »

Too expensive for work to fork out for one but I got a 12" display cube and that works just as well as a monitor stand.

*Googles*

You clever thing, you

Guy:Incognito

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

I'm going to get a standing toilet!

Europeans are way ahead (or behind) you

colm_mcm

you can get them in Ikea. they go up/down electrically. very handy if you just want to stand for a while.

Antar Bolaeisk

I use an adjustable standing desk so swap back and forth between sitting and standing. I find it makes a big difference as before I was mainly just stuck at my desk all day sitting down.

Next task is to get a treadmill for under the desk so I can walk while I code

tomwaterford

Would these not just referred to as a work bench

FizzleSticks

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The_Minister

The_Minister wrote: »

Funnily enough most of the standing desks seem to be simply desk with higher legs - one would think that a better solution would be to have different shelves, one holding the monitor higher at head height, and one holding the keyboard at arm height, to allow a more comfortable usage.

Turns out that's a thing

http://www.thereadydesk.com/

Very expensive though.

Pity I'm not better at carpentry.

andekwarhola

Standing at a desk for hours sounds hellish. I just get up every 40 minutes or so and walk around for a few minutes