12 Greatest Standing Desks of 2025, Examined and Reviewed

Different Standing Desks to Contemplate

Beflo Tenon Premium

{Photograph}: Henri Robbins

Beflo Tenon Premium for $3,998: Whereas extremely costly (and heavy!), this hardwood good desk is each sturdy and properly designed. Meeting was easy, and as soon as the desk was up and working, I discovered all the options (touchscreen controls, a built-in energy strip, audio passthrough, and LED lighting) to work properly, and in handy areas. The touchscreen controls are intuitive (iOS-like), and options like a sit/stand timer and telephone connectivity present extra performance. The desk helps over 200 kilos of stuff even when shifting, and the height-adjustment motors will briefly disable in the event that they overheat, as a substitute of risking injury to the desk. The desk additionally appears improbable, and a large number of first-party equipment allow you to customise the desk to your particular wants. My largest concern with this desk is the noise. Whereas under no circumstances loud, it was definitely extra audible than the “whisper-quiet” descriptor Beflo makes use of in its advertising and marketing. Moreover that, the lighting colour adjustment had some difficulties creating particular colours utilizing the built-in touchscreen, and the audio cable was too brief to achieve a desktop pc on the ground, even on the lowest top. Nevertheless, the Tenon continues to be a fantastic, if expensive, possibility to contemplate. —Henri Robbins

Herman Miller Spout Sit-to-Stand Desk for $3,000: Herman Miller’s Spout Sit-To-Stand Desk is beautiful to take a look at. Just like the Department 4-Legged Desk, it appears like a standard desk with 4 legs, giving it a luxe look. These motors within the legs rise easily, and it’s simple to boost and decrease the desktop to my preferences with the button on the suitable. The motor does have a excessive hum to it, and is loud sufficient that I’d hesitate to make use of it when my husband is on a name in the identical room, however not so loud it might disturb my son if he have been sleeping a room away. Bizarrely, it doesn’t have reminiscence presets, however I discovered it fairly simple to only modify the desk to my most well-liked sitting and standing heights every time. You’ll be able to add a cable tray beneath the desk to prepare cords, nevertheless it prices additional. The one different merchandise constructed into the desk is a single slim heart drawer excellent for pens and notebooks. It is available in three desktop sizes and three finishes: laminate white, veneer walnut, and veneer ash. You can too customise the bottom colour, with seven totally different colours ranging out of your basic black and white to a delicate blue and olive inexperienced. Whereas it’s attractive to take a look at and works properly, it’s disappointing that such a high-priced desk doesn’t have presets and makes use of veneers relatively than actual wooden. —Nena Farrell

Flexispot E7 Professional for $400+: Standing desks can get expensive, however Flexispot routinely affords related performance at a lower cost. At first look, the E7 Professional appears very like the Herman Miller Jarvis, however look nearer, and also you uncover the entry-level possibility has a shallow 23-inch desktop, the management unit feels a bit low cost, and it emits a high-pitched whine in operation. I additionally had some points becoming bigger energy adapters within the cable tidy, and it will possibly get wobbly when totally prolonged. However, even when totally configured, the E7 Professional is cheaper than many rivals. Minor flaws apart, it’s a completely respectable standing desk. —Simon Hill

Charcoal Standing Desk for $1,199: This desk is supposed to remind you when to take breaks from work, so you have got the psychological focus to make it by way of your pile through the day. It makes use of your well being and sleep information in an app, plus lights and haptic suggestions, to trace and inform you when to take a bit of relaxation. At first, this function appeared fascinating, however its perform isn’t a lot better than a timer in your telephone reminding you to stand up and stroll round. The construct high quality of the Swedish-made desk body is great, with a easy, quiet operation that goes practically to the ground, which is ideal for these of us who like to sit down on the bottom and work typically. It has twin motors with three-stage columns and piezo sensors, so it will not crush kids. I just like the rounded edges of the white rectangular prime, which by no means by accident nicks my hips after I stroll by the desk, and the white plastic floor coating is straightforward to scrub. At practically double the value of an identical standing desk, I am undecided it is price it—do not buy it for the corporate’s “supercharging” claims—however you will not be disillusioned with the desktop. —Parker Corridor

Ergonofis Sway Standing Desk for $1,495: Here is one other pleasant-looking solid-wood standing desk from Canadian model Ergonofis. Just like the Grovemade, there was a lot packaging I used to be left with after I unboxed the desk that it was a bit of overwhelming. There have been additionally numerous components, and the meeting was simply plain bizarre. (I needed to step on an element with my toes, which meant I needed to placed on footwear to complete the meeting.) It is a attractive desk, however I additionally discovered the corporate’s management panel complicated to function, and the desk wasn’t all the time responsive after I touched the panel to maneuver it up or down.

Inbox Zero 47-inch Adjustable Electrical Standing Desk for $180: This desk has each function I want for almost $200. There are rolling casters so you can’t solely transfer the desk up and down, but in addition shake it throughout. It has electrical controls which have presets but in addition can help you fine-tune the peak—my precise use-case for standing desks, as I do not like standing to work as a lot as I ought to, however I do like to regulate the peak to accommodate adjustments in my posture after I’m typing versus Zooming. The cut up prime that makes it simpler and cheaper to ship would not harm the efficiency, however is much less nice visually, and the little motor works audibly arduous (tshunk, tschunk, tshunk) whereas elevating the desktop. After three months of testing, I might advocate it to somebody who wants a price range standing desk with casters, however should you can spend a bit of extra, you may in all probability be happier with one thing else. —Martin Cizmar

Standing Desk Equipment

Department Clamp-on Energy

{Photograph}: Julian Chokkattu

Department Clamp-on Energy for $89: This straightforward and chic clamp attaches to your desktop and provides three AC shops, a USB-C, and a USB-A, so you do not have so many wires working all the way down to the bottom.

Monster Workshop Energy Strip for $50: This heavy-duty energy strip and surge protector from Monster is constructed to guard the Working Man’s costly energy instruments, which implies it will possibly deal with the wants of your cute yellow Mac. The explanation to purchase it to your standing setup is the built-in mounting deal with, which may dangle off your desk with a C-clamp, protecting your connections away from the soiled flooring with out utilizing useful house. —Martin Cizmar

LumeCube EdgeLight 2.0 for $150: Why have a lamp take up useful desk house when you’ll be able to clamp the lamp to your desk? These process lights from LumeCube are nice for illuminating the desktop and even your face throughout late-night Zoom calls. You’ll be able to modify the colour temperature and the brightness.

BenQ ScreenBar Lamp for $139: Alternatively, you’ll be able to place these ScreenBar lamps over your pc monitor, and it’ll gentle up your desktop, no clamping required. The ScreenBar Professional additionally has a movement sensor, so whenever you depart your desk, the lamp will flip off, and it’ll gentle up whenever you’re again. You’ll be able to modify the brightness and colour temperature, and an automated setting makes it modify these controls based mostly on the room’s ambient lighting.

Secretlab Premium Footrest for $89: I have been utilizing this footrest for a number of years, and it is glorious. The plush reminiscence foam is comfortable and a pleasant respite for my toes, and it is easy to scrub with a vacuum and a moist fabric. It hasn’t proven a lot put on regardless of years of use.

Monoprice Single Monitor Adjustable Gasoline Spring Desk Mount for $83: I’ve had a couple of of those WorkStream arm mounts for years, and so they’ve reliably accomplished the job. You’ll be able to modify the strain with a hex key and transfer the monitor round to your required place. Simply ensure you do not go over the advisable weight load with an enormous and heavy display screen.

Mount-It! Twin Monitor Arm for $280: This heavy-duty monitor arm holds up my ultrawide monitor and my vertical monitor, each of which have BenQ Screenbar lamps on prime, together with my webcam. It handles the load with no effort, and the clamp is accommodating sufficient to even work with the 5-inch Room & Board standing desk. There’s RGB lighting all through, nevertheless it’s not brilliant sufficient to splash onto the wall, so it is a bit of pointless.

Harber London Skilled Desk Mat for $195: Maintain your desktop protected with a big desk mat like this one. I’ve used a number of mats from Harber London over time, and this newest mannequin is my favourite. The pebbled leather-based is supple and tender, and the mat stays put. It is easy to scrub too.

Keep away from These Standing Desks

Corsair Platform:6 Desk

{Photograph}: Julian Chokkattu

Corsair Platform:6 Desk for $1,400: The place do I begin? I favored Corsair’s standing desk as a result of it is spacious, has a enjoyable pegboard design to mount your tchotchkes, and even has an fascinating rail system that allows you to mount and slide issues throughout the desktop, like your displays. Sadly, a number of months after mounting two displays on the included dual-monitor arms, this rail system has tilted ahead because of the weight. (I am additionally not the one one to expertise this.) It would not assist that I by no means actually discovered this rail to be all that helpful. The standing perform works properly, and also you get two presets, however typically the little display screen would throw me an error message “rE5.” Urgent and holding the down button resolved it, however none of those are points anybody ought to cope with contemplating the crazy-high value. That is the true drawback. It is simply so costly, and the five-year guarantee looks like a slap within the face.

ErgoAV Standing Desk for $2,200: I’ve wished a standing desk for years, so I used to be extraordinarily excited to check out this one from ErgoFx. For nearly two grand, it comes jam-packed with options together with a wi-fi charging pad that routinely lifts and rotates in direction of you, a five-outlet energy strip, and a built-in drawer to place all of your workplace provides in. You can too management it by way of the companion app. It has an excellent sturdy laminated MDF desktop and a carbon-steel body and appears modern. Sadly, only some months into utilizing it, I began having points the place the desk would get caught at a selected top. This may sometimes occur if I didn’t modify it for a couple of days or even weeks. The one approach to clear up this was by unplugging the ability wire and plugging it again in. After every reset, it might work usually once more. However this concern comes again each time, in order that I’ve stopped making an attempt to repair it. It’s turn into extra hassle than it’s price—particularly at this value. —Brenda Stolyar

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