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goonit
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Mar 24, 2018
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What's the stability for this like at full height? I feel like some of the cheaply made sit-to-stand desks get too wobbly to feel safe when they start reaching their maximum height.
Mar 24, 2018
JonathonBarton
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Mar 24, 2018
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goonitI have 2 of this same desk as sold by autonomous.ai - the full height stability is excellent, and we both love ours. The black desktop surface scratches easily, however - and autonomous replaced mine under warranty. If you're in, definitely get the wood/bamboo finish top. Overall, it's a solid choice, and even less expensive than IKEA's powered sit/stand solution!
Mar 24, 2018
goonit
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Mar 24, 2018
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JonathonBartonThanks for the reply and advice. I thought IKEA's powered sit/stand solution was too expensive for what you were getting. I thought it was very unstable at full height, anything more than just 'a touch' seemed to make it wobble more than I would have liked it to.
I was actually considering getting no table top on this and finding my own, but it's nice to see that the wood finish is the way to go as I find that more attractive than a solid black or white top.
Mar 24, 2018
brenda52411
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Mar 31, 2018
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goonitI think if you read the overview, it gives the weight that the table will hold. I was surprised at the amount, although I can't remember what I read. I know what you mean about some of them being wobbly. This one sounds like it will be a very stable table.
Mar 31, 2018
wooden
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Apr 4, 2018
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JonathonBartonConversely, I have a desk from autonomous.ai and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Wobbly as hell even halfway up. The legs on mine are only two sections, therefore it only goes down to about 28". That's not low enough for my preferences, and I'm 6'1".. The "bamboo" table top is clearly just a veneer and came with cracks in the edges, and dents super easily.
Compared to the sit-stand desks at my work (can't remember the brand), my autonomous.ai desk is junk. You get what you pay for.
Apr 4, 2018
JonathonBarton
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Apr 4, 2018
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woodenSure! One of my coworkers had an ergo survey that resulted in him getting a sit/stand desk at work, too it was your standard office quality stuff, from Herman/Miller, and it was **$2100 bucks**. So there's that...
I just ran my A.ai desk up to the full 46.8" height and jostled it pretty good. With my giant monitor, PC, Keyboard, speakers, cup'o'pens, subwoofer, mouse, coffee cup, Alexa, Google Home, etc. etc. all on it, it moved...like 2-3mm. Less than 1/8". I'm 5'10" with a 30" inseam (long torso, short legs) and my preferred settings are at 43.3 for standing and 30.7 or 31.4 or 31.8 for sitting. My 5'2" SO uses 27.7 for sitting and 37.7 for standing. I've no idea why yours would be so wobbly.
Apr 4, 2018
wooden
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Apr 4, 2018
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JonathonBartonAt 34.2" (the height I use when using my kneeling chair), a quick push on the front of the desk causes it to shake 5-8mm for several seconds. Similarly, just hitting the top of the table near the edge with my wrist causes the whole thing to shake. I have two laptops, a USB port replicator/docking station, a dual-arm monitor stand + two monitors (lightweight ASUS 21"), keyboard, and mouse on desk (plus other random fiddlybits). My desk at work would barely shake at all given the same jolt.
The problem is exacerbated by my weak monitor arms - they really transmit the desk shakes into visible monitor shakes... Still, the desk moves significantly. Maybe it's because the desk is on fairly thick carpet?
Apr 4, 2018
JonathonBarton
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Apr 4, 2018
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woodenThe carpet (and padding under) is almost certainly the culprit. My desk **slides across the floor** before it wiggles even a tiny bit when it's in the sitting (31.x) height - even when I'm POUNDING on it. *I* move more than the desk! =) https://photos.app.goo.gl/a3o4xitgY8suOyqj2
Apr 4, 2018
Pendragn
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Apr 5, 2018
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wooden@wooden Yeah, the carpet is almost certainly contributing significantly to your desk's wobbly-ness. When you bump into your desk the carpet under the back feet is compressing more than any hard surface would, allowing the desk to wobble further back, which puts even more weight on the back legs, causing further compression. Then when the carpet decompresses it's pushing that weight back onto the front feet, which has the same effect. So not only is your desktop (and by extension your monitors, etc) moving further than they would on a hard surface, the back and forth action means that they're like wobbling for a longer time than they otherwise would as well. You can probably find some relatively inexpensive weight distribution disks (basically rigid, solid disks) that can sit under the feet which will probably reduce the wobble quite a bit.
Apr 5, 2018
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