+1 sample size from me, mine is about to have it's 6th birthday, second top (moved from left corner to right corner) and has moved houses four times. I love it!
I got an electric IKEA one years ago and love it. It makes switching between sitting and standing so easy. I do that probably every one or two hours. Also important: Get a gel mat for standing.
I have one from ikea with the electric motors. I only bought it so that I could set the height at 2 inches higher than a standard desk (I am 6 feet tall). I never work behind it standing up.
IMO, a standing desk is - just like a good ergonomic chair - an absolute must have for the office. I don't make use of it everyday, but certainly every other day. - also, you don't have to use them fpr hours on end. Sometimes I just use it for 30 mins, just to relieve some discomfort. Also, if you have a walking treadmill or a wobble board / balance board, they are also a great way to keep your legs and core gently engaged and prevent lower back strain while standing. (I can stand comfortably at my desk for 30-60 minutes without anything else. A wobble board doubles that time for me easily).
Importantly though, it does NOT make sense to spend a ton of money on a standing desk, like it does for a good office chair. With office chairs you only really get the level of support and comfort above a certain price point. However, with standing desks, they are functionally the same no matter the price point. Only the choice material really changes with price. None of these more expensive features are really worth their money to me.
Here's what I did (and what I recommend to everyone else)
Step 1 - Buy a used IKEA electric standing desk. They are cheap, the electronic height adjustability works great and reliable, and if anything should ever break, you can always get replacement parts for cheap. As long as the electronics work, it doesn't matter whether you like the optics of that particular table or not, because - Step 2 - You buy a pretty, new table top from your local wood supplier, hardware store, etc. And screw it onto the motorized frame. This Is a ridiculously simple modification, yet it adds a ton of quality to the thing. A good, pretty and solid table top is so much better than any of the veneered cardboard crap that IKEA sells. - Step 3 - Add a cable organizer under the desk (just search for "under desk cable management, there are loads of cheap and good options)
Boom! You've got yourself a pretty, personalized, cheap, repairable and functional standing desk!
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Affordable and stable, but assembly can be confusing.
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