Is This Standing Desk Worth $1100? - Uplift Standing Desk V2 Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ส.ค. 2020
- David buys an Uplift Standing Desk and shares his review.
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Nice review, David. I'm sorry you had such a hard time setting up your desk. What made it simple for me was reading the instructions while also *watching* the youtube video instructions they email you of a guy showing you how to set it up. That really helped me understand what to do and see it from multiple angles. Hope you are still enjoying it as I am!
Good review! but instead of talking so much about the assembly, I wish you spent more time talking about the desk itself. Such as... the stability, does it wobble side to side or back and forth? does it seem like it would tip over at the higher height? etc. But thanks all the same. good job!
When I started working from home 5 years ago I set up a treadmill desk and it's worked out extremely well. I find I can walk at a slow pace for much longer than I can stand still. Plus it's easy to get 10k steps or more during a typical workday. The downside is you can't put a chair there where the treadmill is, so I have a separate normal desk for sitting. If you are not ready for a treadmill I highly recommend getting a nice memory foam mat to stand on!
Really great review, thank you! I greatly appreciate your honesty about the install process.
I also got the Uplift desk and can’t stress enough how valuable adding on the caster wheels were. I highly recommend them if you need/want to move the desk to get at wires or just move it across the room.
That’s a great tip. I’m so glad I read this comment since I’ll likely be ordering this desk soon. Update: I bought one back in Nov 2020. I also go the saddle stool & the large fatigue pad. I would say it has been a game changer. My shoulder & back use to be so sore at the end of the day. After the initial period of getting use to standing I now feel fantastic at days end. So glad I got it.
I'm looking to buy 1 soon and was originally not going to buy it. Glad I saw your comment
how does it effect stability?
@@aguiremedia I got a 60 inch C frame to support the weight towards the back and corner braces at the top. I have two 27 inch monitors on it and other accessories. It is extremely stable. Every once in a while I’ll bump it at standing height and I will notice slight movement that’s almost not even worth mentioning. With normal use: typing or writing I don’t notice any wobble at all.
Oh, and I forgot to say I also got the medium duty casters as well. The desk is heavy-I couldn’t imagine trying to move it without them. With them it was a breeze. I locked the casters once in position, and it does not move.
after putting together many pieces of furniture in my adult life, I've really come to appreciate the wordless instructions that all IKEA furniture comes with. It is amazingly simple and concise.
All furniture companies need to take note.
Great review.. Did they include extra screws that fit the holes in the cross bar so you can attach things (like you own power stip or anything else you want to attach to those cross bars?
The next investment needs to be some gas spring monitor arms. Your setup will be so much cleaner. The book stands make me want to cry.
I second this wholeheartedly
Amazing review! Thanks for sharing your experience and insight. I think ill get the desk!
Fantastic review. Thanks very much for sharing your experience and insight.
Appreciate you being honest about how tricky the assembly process might be. I think a lot of reviewers gloss over that detail.
I just had an online chat with Uplift. They partner with TaskRabbit for assembly and said it should take about an hour to put together ($40/hour fee). I'll gladly pay 2 hours ($80) to an experienced handyman then mess with trying to put this thing together myself.
While I didn’t have the same troubles putting the desk together as you did I find this review awesome! The desk is amazing besides the way they ship and if you aren’t good with tools this may take you over an hour to put together. They do have a video that helped me and it’s stupid they don’t advertise there is a video to help.
Thanks, David, for this great, straight-forward video!...About to purchase a Four Leg 80x30 Uplift Desk and will absolutely hire someone to assemble!
Seems like you have a lot of ergonomic equipment (keyboard, mouse, etc.). Did you make the switch at one point to make this a priority? I’m just starting this journey
How was the stability at higher heights? Any remorse about not getting the commercial version? Thanks!
Does the keyboard tray have enough clearance to type while the tray is under the desk?
lol, I was looking at Uplift desks and your video came up next... I was like... I recognize this guy's voice!
How stable is the desk at different heights????????????
def do more of these reviews ! feels similar to the fully jarvis desk.... I can't recommend monitor arms for your desk the amazon basic stands which is an ergotron re-branded is amazing and gives you way more free real estate on you're desk - Also if you dont have already I'd get a really good office chair ...hermin miller areons are my pick but its work the money for the amount of time you sit in one
I have an aeron and am embody so def agree with you there
Yeah I agree about getting some monitor arms, in addition to freeing up space on your desk, you'll also have more options with changing the position of your monitors.
This could not be more perfectly timed.
just got my 60x30 today and found the setup extremely easy. I did not get any options that involved screwing directly into the desktop, i refuse to screw holes into my 900 dollar desk. If they aren't pre-drilled I'm not doing it, lol. Overall this desk is awesome and I recommend it highly. Also, they have two monitor arm styles you can get and you can match the color of them to your desk. You can mount the arms into the grommet holes (either left or right) or directly to the desk.
Of all the desks I looked at I think the uplift is the best. I sold my evodesk to get the uplift, too.
The only thing I'm not 100% on right now is the foot hammock. It attaches to the frame, so that's a big win, but i can't seem to get it to the height I want yet. I'll keep messing with it though.
Did you use the adhesive that came on the bottom of the wire harness, or did you not use it at all?
I agree, I'd prefer not drilling holes and messing up such an expensive desk. Unless I really have to.
@@Happycat188 what wire harness? There's a tray and it screws into the frame.
decent review although could have benfitted from a bit more of a tour round the desk and a few more in depth details - eg. how high/low does it go etc.
Good call. Planning to put together a written review that will contain this information.
Yes! Agree. The legs! This is the only reason I clicked. I wanted to see which frame you got. I’m undecided as to the C or T frame and I wanted to see which frame you got and how it looks to help me decide which to get. 🤷🏻♂️ maybe next time. Still appreciate your review and comments.
Hi David. Thanks for the video. I am wondering now, due to your experience with the keyboard tray, if that is the same method that other attachments would use, such as the pc holder. I don't see this as an issue, however it would probably cause me to just go to lowes and get parts to make custom pc (and ups) holders rather than purchase the pc holder uplift sells.
actually ignore this, im an idiot, after reviewing more pictures I noticed that the frame also has holes to bolt on attachments!
Thank you for such a great review!
Does the desk wobble, especially at max height?
Hi , what is the size of your monitors?
How's the wobble side-to-side?
I dread buying one of these just for the assembly part of it, AND what if you have to send it back???
They sell everything in seperate parts so if there is something wrong, only that part needs to be sent back
Do i need a drill setting up the desk?
No, not for your basic setup.
prices have really gone up on these... just priced out one for 1700$ same size & mid-priced board with a few accessories.
Did you ever decide on a desk? I’m having trouble figuring out what to get
@@udieunit I decided on the Newest lift desk with no cross bar. After hours & hours of research & video watching.. I still havnt actually ordered yet though. Other bills came up & yeah lol.
Im still getting it though lol Eventually now. i really need a new desk lol.
Good luck!
@@Snakebite420 appreciate it I decided to bite the bullet and get an uplift desk unfortunately since I live in Alaska I had to pay a stupid amount for shipping
Cool socks.
spend 200 bucks on some amazon monitor arms please
lacking review on one most important aspect, stability
Great review! On a random side note, you have that Christian Bale mouth lol
I cannot unsee this comment 😂
@@aguiremedia 😏😂
Holy shit how did you even notice that? I can’t unsee it
Some of the statements in this review are unrealistic like the heaviest of the items. It's heavy
TLDR: Uplift will not exchange a faulty leg on a 1 week old desk. They will not honor their 15 year warranty and I do not recommend them to a new standing desk user.
I don't often make comments like this but I had a recent Uplift Desk experience that has bothered me.
I decided to go with Uplift desks mostly because of the warranty and customer service experience that some spoke of, while I understand they are overpriced, quality and customer experience is important to me so I did not mind.
My desk arrived less than a week ago and the right side leg was faulty out of the box it makes a knocking sound when lowered and my desk shakes back and forth. My girlfriend who shared my office labeled it as "annoying" without me telling her there was an issue and I agreed. I contacted their customer service team and provided them with pictures and a video that they require for proof, in the video you can clearly hear the knocking sound but it is difficult to tell the desk was shaking (filmed on my iphone). Here is their response:
- "Good morning, I do appreciate the help. The warranty team did not notice an excess amount of movement or sounds. They did recommend if on carpet to loosen the Leveling Caps on the feet to give more support with the padding, and to possibly tighten the feet and legs. We do expect some movement in the desk. Please let me know if you have any questions or other details to share."
I adjusted the feet and the shaking and knocking persisted. I found it to still be an issue prevalent enough to bother my girlfriend and I as I transitioned the desk. I sent the video to my brother who said that his uplift desk did not make a similar knocking noise and shake while being lowered. I asked the customer service rep if the leg was covered under warranty as I am looking for a leg exchange not a new free leg. This was there follow up:
- "Good morning, The leg does have some sound as it lowers fully. The warranty team was unable to capture anything outside normal movement and sounds with the prior video. If you have any other details please let me know and I can help send it to the team to review. Please let me know if you have any questions."
They charge a premium price and do not offer premium customer service or a premium product seemingly. I am just looking to swap my leg for another and was willing to cover shipping but their team will not cover a week old desk under their 15 year warranty, if you are considering uplift I would absolutely not recommend their company and if you have questions before you purchase PM me I would be happy to answer.
Unfortunately I just purchased one wish I had seen this comment before purchasing fingers crossed
It sounds like you’re not able to provide them proof. It doesn’t necessarily sound like they’re not attempting to cover your warranty. Maybe you should send them a clear a recording
Drained emotionally? Hmm. Ok
Short answer: no, long answer: f****ck no
Sitting is the new smoking. But standing more than 4 hrs is counterproductive.
Source?
CharlesCarlos thank u for this I will read it shortly
I wish mine was $1100, more like $2k and worth every penny
What desk did you buy?
My man, if you can drop 1k on a desk, spend $100 on some monitor arms
Pilot holes. 🕳
Dang dude, man up instead of whining about the assembly
brah i wanted to see the finish product of the desk, show more of the desk instead of you
Dude, I love you but you have way too much money. I literally bought a folding standing work station from michaels for $120 and it does everything this does except it’s not powered.
You say that like it's a bad thing. "You have way too much money". Lol how is there such a thing as too much money