V2-Commercial L-Shaped Standing Desk Frame

I have had an uplift since the pandemic days. Couldn't be happier. I have their commercial L shaped.

So I have been waiting to do this review on my experience making my own standing desk. This review will cover the materials, the build process, challenges, and review of some notable accessories. I apologize for not having more pictures, but my office is literal mess right now and I was in rush to get out after finishing the assembly. I started this project shortly after graduating college and slowly purchasing the miscellaneous components to make my dream workstation. I tried my best to keep the complete build under $3,500 which I believe I achieved. However, many hours of work went into getting the tops finished and properly aligned to frame. My build list is as follows: • Uplift L-Shape Commercial V2 Frame • (2) 96”x25” Acacia Butcher Block from Lowes • iMovr EMMA Electric Monitor Arms • (2) HumanScale CPU600 Holder • Uplift Attachable Power-strip • Doug Mockett & Company Wireless Phone Charger • Uplift Leather Writing Pad • Uplift Sliding Flex Light (May be relocated) • Brass thread inserts (HomeDepot) The desk finish dimensions are 96”x25” on the main top and 72”x25” on the return. Trying to find a finished desk of this size with 1.5” acacia tops was out of my budget. I searched for 96”x30” acacia tops initially, however, the additional depth was out of my budget. Luckily, Lowe’s seems to be one of the best sellers for cheap unfinished butcher block tops. Each top coated me appropriately $350 and were shipped to my door for additional $75. This may seem expensive to some, but I searched for weeks trying to find other options. Lowe’s was by the lowest price point for large butcher block tops under $1000. See link below. The tops were finished with Poly X Osmo oil purchased from Amazon. To me, Poly X is very easy to work with as long as you apply very thin coats. Thin oil finishes go a long way. However, during the finishing process, I did I apply too thick or a coat resulting in bubbles and bumps across the top. A light sand and another layer thin layer of Poly X rectified the bubbles and bumps. Once the tops were finished, I began pre drilling pilot holes in each top for thread inserts. I wanted to have thread inserts just in case I have to disassemble the desk in the future. However, I do not recommend the generic brass inserts from Home Depot. I had several of the thread inserts shear when screwing into the pilot holes (yes the holes were big enough). Also, several of the inserts that I did mange to get inserted into the tops dislodged during final assembly. See link below so you can avoid buying these certain inserts. Once the desk tops were finished, I assembled the Uplift frame and married the tops to the frame. I will give Uplift a 10 out of 10 on their instructions and ease of assembly. They plenty of extra fasteners and other accessories to ensure you have everything you need to finish a custom build. See link below for the frame. Finally, the desk was moved to my office and I began attaching my various accessories. The most notable purchase I made was the electric monitor arms or better known as the EMMA by iMovr. Some people may question why have a standing desk and spend more money on raising arms. Well I am very tall person and I noticed that when standing at coworkers standing desk with regular monitor arms, I was looking downward at the monitors. I realized then I wanted a more upright posture looking forward than rather downward. With that said, the EMMA allows me to not to strain my neck and more easily raise all my monitors to save position when I need them higher when my desk is in the standing position. So far I have no complaints with the system. It is quite over engineered in my opinion (I am an Engineer Intern and I love this, no judgement lol) with a what I believe is a custom aluminum extrusion main beam supporting the die casted swivel mounts for the monitors. I have no doubts that the system can lift the largest and heaviest monitors. I will say I had a delay in shipping but iMovr kept me informed almost on the daily why my order had not shipped. iMovr, like any other company, was dealing with some supply chain issues but they were very helpful in keeping me up to date and giving me an adjusted it accurate shipping timeline. I highly recommend iMovr as company. I know there has been some previous issues with the company, but I believe they are under new leadership and their customer service is quite unmatched. If you are interested in the system I have provided a link below. Probably second favorite accessory is the HumanScale CPU mounts. I needed two mounts for my PC and battery backup. Very easy to mount and I like the flexibility of properly fitting the mount to the PC case. I will say I did not buy this “new” but open box for about half the price from a random eBay seller. All in all, I love my build and it was a fun challenge. If you have any questions please feel free to ask! TLDR: I built a standing desk using an Uplift Frame and iMovr Electric Monitor Arms and just wanted to share my experience with a community of people who would appreciate this build. Link list: Uplift Frame: https://www.upliftdesk.com/uplift-v2-l-shaped-standing-desk-frame/?29401=5179&29402=17671&29403=17832&29404=11390&43034=21078&29408=8707 iMovr EMMA https://www.imovr.com/products/emma-electric-triple-monitor-arm Acacia Butcher Block Tops https://www.lowes.com/pd/allen-roth-96-in-x-25-in-x-1-5-in-Natural-Straight-Butcher-Block-Acacia-Countertop/5013817645#no_universal_links

Uplift is a legit brand. I have their L-shaped standing desk. I'd definitely recommend it.

I have been super happy with Uplift Desk

I have a 60” bamboo V1 L shaped desk that is about 8 years old. And I also have a 72” V3 L shaped desk that is 6 months old that I custom made my own desktop surface. Both are great. The v3 does wobble a bit less at height but both are pretty solid.

You could get the uplift desk L-shaped frame without the top for $719. This will allow you to put almost any size top on it. It can be cheaper to make your own top or get one made. Cheaper frames might wobble too much when walking on a treadmill and will get annoying. The frame is the important part of a standing desk. Assembly is pretty easy although the parts are heavy.

I would say that the top is worth the cost, but you might be able to get one made to your liking for cheaper. Or get the legs first then upgrade the top later.

I have the uplift v2 3 leg L shaped desk and can sit (220 lbs) on it, and it seams like the motors do not notice the extra weight. So any uplift 4 leg would work really nice and quiet. I got uplift because a lot of other desks had loud motors

You could go the way I went by getting an Uplift frame for $550 to $799, and then get a top made locally. For the three monitors Uplift has a three display arm. I have a 34in ultrawide and 2 24 in monitors on a single arm. I had posted my setup here https://www.reddit.com/r/StandingDesk/s/XBQlRhOVeg

I run a tripple monitor setup on an Uplift v2 desk with a treadmill and it barely wobbles, it is only noticeable if you are really pushing on the desk at full height. I would recommend getting an L-shaped desk as it will wobble less. The v3 desk is supposed to have less wobble. https://preview.redd.it/41ejjkg8hcug1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b517389f4322a1b41fdcebdaf099fb32e474257