What are Standing Desks and are they Healthier?
A standing desk is designed to be used while standing up or seated on a high stool to write, read, paint or draw things for school or work.
Fans of standing desks cite research demonstrating that on days when a person spends more time standing, blood sugar levels return to normal more quickly after a meal. But are the long-term effects just as healthy or is it better sitting?
The cornerstone of a healthier workstation is arguably your standing desk or adjustable desk. You’ll feel more energized and thus connected to your work and the world around you if you move your body and stretch your muscles throughout the day. So, sitting, standing, leaning, and stretching is beneficial to your health and this is promoted by using a standing desk.
The other question that comes to my mind though, is would you like to do this all the time? And if you are in your 50’s, 60’s, and older would you still wish to do it.’
Personally, I would prefer the option of being able to stand when I want to stand and sit when I want to sit.
Home Office Environment.
If like me, you have the opportunity to work out of home and have the space to design your own “home office surroundings” then you can set up the “dream home office” Purchasing the table may be the first thing on your list and if so this YouTube video may be a big help in deciding.
Standing or Sitting?
The ability to stand at your desk all day is not the biggest advantage, according to research conducted over the previous ten years. Instead, these adjustable-height desks allow you to move around freely while you work.
This is based on the same studies that showed that spending the entire day seated at a desk was unhealthy. How? Negative physical and mental health conditions, such as heart disease and depression, are exacerbated by stillness.
My Choice of Standing Desk.
I find that choices of desks, especially standing desks, are exactly that, personal. And strangely enough, males seem to be more “territorial” about their choices. Woe and despair anyone who touches my desk or tries to put their feet up, war would be declared. Advance past my paperclips and your ruler will be decimated and brought down by a barrage of rubber bands. Just try me.
Dripex.
These desks were very good and initially were my “Desk of choice”
However, they are now difficult for me to get (I live in Vietnam) so my allegiances have changed.
I now look at a range of standing desks that price-wise are mostly under $200.00. And some are now under the $100.00 mark while still providing a very reasonable quality.
The first standing desk is from Klvied and they provide a good quality desk under $50.00. Yep, you heard that right…sub $50.00
Klvied is a Standing Desk with adjustable height settings ( Adjustable height 27.9 inch-37.2 inch for you to sit or stand, and a 23.6-inch x 15.7-inch desktop for more storage space).
In a nutshell, it is designed to be a portable mobile desk for laptop computers. There are no bells and whistles, but for under $50.00 you get a dependable home office desk. It comes with a cup holder and is easily moved via its wheels.
The Huanuo uses a gas spring riser to quickly adjust the table (Max Height:19.3inch), It provides a 32 inch height adjustable standing desk for two Computer Monitors at a time as well as room for a laptop workstation. It is the perfect home office workstation.
It also has extra space for cell phones, tablet, pens, pencils,etc. You can place your hand-held device in the groove which also doubles as a charging slot. Pull your charging cable through the groove and you can hide away the cable and prevent snags, this helps keep your phone steady when you are making video calls,.
It is pre-assembled for easy set-up and comes provided with all the tools you need.
Great features for under $175.00
DUMOS’s standing desk is constructed with one 40 inch piece of desktop board that can be electronically adjusted to suit the person using it.
This products dimensions are 40 inches by 24 inches. And its height can be increased and decreased from 28.7 inches to 46.4 inches. it has a weight capacity of 176 lbs. More than enough for a table full of computers, books and other office products.
The electrical lift system uses a quality motor that operates incredibly quietly. long gone are the days of noisy desk motors.
There is a 40-inch model as well as a 48-inch model. Cost wise from just under $90 for the 40-inch desk to just over $110 for the 48-inch desk.
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