Standing desks are like gym memberships. Plenty of people (and offices) pay for them but never use them

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• Stillwater@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Every desk in my work office is a standing desks. A handful of people use them, the rest don’t. And personally I believe that’s enough to justify buying them all.

  So even if youre right that a majority are unused, I disagree with the implication that they are a waste.

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  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s like any other accessibility feature honestly. If it helps a good amount of the population and doesn’t hurt anyone else, then it’s a net positive.

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not primarily for standing though, more like easily adjustable

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• dotdi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use mine with utmost regularity: once every 6 months

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  • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I forgot mine can stand. Oops

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• cloudless@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have a daily alarm to remind myself setting it at standing position at least once a day. Sometimes when I am busy I ignore the alarm and forget.

  Thanks for your reminder, I have it in the standing position now. Usually keep standing for around 30 minutes until I get tired.

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  • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lunch is usually my alarm. After lunch I raise the desk

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  • BertramDitore@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same, I really try to raise mine up at least once a day, but it doesn’t always happen. Your alarm idea is a good one, think I’ll try that.

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• 2910000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t use a standing desk.
  Personally I’m waiting for someone to come up with the laying desk. I want to be fully reclining, with a couple of monitors suspended above my head, and the two halves of my split keyboard on little tables under my hands

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• infinitevalence@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Dozens of us use our standing desks! I know two people in my office that use them daily, and one who uses his frequently.

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• Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have one at home but I don’t stand at it much, just for a few minutes here and there. But it’s still useful that it moves. Its good to have it at the exact right height and raising it makes moving cables easier. I plugged in a new USB dock on my static desk at work the other day. It was a pain in the arse, the hole of which I almost exposed to the whole office when I got up off the floor.

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I used mine all the time at my old work. So when I moved to a new place and my old desk couldn’t handle another disassembly and reassembly, I bought the same model (electric, multiple saved settings). Turns out the reason I used my standing desk was a shitty office chair. I have an Aeron chair at home, so I never need to stand.

  The adjustable desk wasn’t a wash. I was able to adjust it to the exact right height for my chair. My old desk was slightly too high, so I have the best ergonomics I’ve ever had in my life. It’s awesome and I’d absolutely buy the adjustable desk again just for the best seated height.

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• VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have been using standing desks since 2010.

  Originally not by choice, because the only spot in the office that didn’t smell like farts was the high tops near the kitchen. The chairs weren’t very good and I was used to standing long hours anyways when I was a server.

  I’m still using standing desks. And i love seeing standing desks everywhere.

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• Pechente@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They are still great for cable management

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• lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When I was considering buying one I researched the health benefits and from what I could tell - there are none. Most studies/researchers seem to agree that sedentism is bad, either standing or sitting.

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  • cloudless@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The health benefits come from movement and posture variation, instead of just keeping the standing position.

    Walking desks would be ideal (for health), but that take up too much space and I think walking distracts my work.

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  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s changing position that’s beneficial.

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• Donebrach@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use mine every day in sit-mode.

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  • m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Samesies! We should be careful about hanging out in social media echochambers though.

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• NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yup, I’m here to agree. Got one at home and work, only used it about twice in a day for all of 5 minutes

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  • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Start with it standing in the morning. Lower it when you feel like it. Then after lunch start standing again, lower over time.

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    • NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Now that’s a great routine, will try it!

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    • SandLight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I set an alarm that goes off after a couple hours on my work computer, it’s been working for me

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  • MBech@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My biggest use for my standing desk is to set the precise perfect height.

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• lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can confirm. I inherited one when I changed jobs, never use it. I do stand at my desk often but I am very short.

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• rockstarmode@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I might be in the minority but I love my standing desks. I’ll sit once in awhile but I’d guess that 90% of my day is standing.

  And to those who think standing is just being in one position all day and therefore is just as bad as sitting, I completely disagree. In practice I’m constantly shifting around, moving one leg back or forward, or walking in circles when I’m talking during a meeting and don’t need to look at my screens. Sometimes I’ll bring a chair over and put one knee on the seat for a few minutes to stretch my quads and hip flexors. It also helps if you get a soft pad to stand on or shoes designed for being on your feet all day.

  My desks even go really low, which I squat at for about an hour a day. Full heels on the ground squat, keyboard and screens low enough to work without cranking my neck.

  I’ve been working behind a desk for 25 years, and next to a true ergonomic keyboard I think my standing desks have done the most to keep my body from breaking down.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  its like the treadmill, it turns into an expensive clothes rack.

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• elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We have them where I work. I’ve used the standing function, oh, maybe 2-3 times. Is that enough to count?

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• Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Who doesn’t use them ? the only user of a standing desk that I know besides me (got it two years ago now) was a coworker, a programmer who used it on the daily. I don’t see why you wouldn’t use it, it’s so much better in practice. Perhaps you need to have experienced long hours at the desk in an intensive IT role before you jump. That’s certainly what drew me to get one

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  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because sitting takes less energy, standing muscles are underdeveloped, and constant back pain is just the 8th natural wonder

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    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s true. When I get lumbar pain, I shiver thinking of the lush hanging gardens of Babylon. When my tailbone gets crushed by hours upon hours of sitting, I remember the might of the Temple of Diana and think myself lucky to even sit next to her -figuratively.

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I switch position more now that I’m at home. I’ll more likely do it when I’m tired, as they taught us in the army.

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• IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is a spot on showerthought!

  My joint has a standing desk, but it is positioned so my back is to my door and it is under the glaring over head lights.

  So I set up on a desk that allows me to see my door and to offer some cover from the overhead lights.

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• Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re unreliable and break constantly. At least, I’ve had to call in support for my Uplift desk twice now, and my desk at work has also stopped working. I don’t know why they’re so shitty.

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  • chickenf622@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like a low quality one then. I’ve had zero issues with mine at home and work (used them for years), so I’m adding this brand to my avoid list.

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  • Pechente@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Never had an issue with my Desktronic desk at home or the ones we used at work.

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  • cloudless@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have the Ikea UPPSPEL gaming desk and it has been sturdy without issues.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve never understood why people think they need a motorized desk when they could just get a desk that’s fixed in the high position and a stool-height office chair.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      they wanted to feel bougie?

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  • TheRedSpade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How does a desk stop working? Did it just fall to pieces?

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    • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The motors stop working

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• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You’re pretty right. I even got myself one for home because I thought it would be useful. Now I only usually extend it if I’m doing cable management.

  Though what’s also really nice is being able to make little micro adjustments to get the right height. For example I change it by 2 cm depending on whether I’m wearing house shoes, so my knee fits better.

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  • BadlyTimedLuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think this comment convinced me to get a standing desk. For some reason, I can never get my legs to fit under a desk comfortably, even if I adjust the chair height

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• pipi1234@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some standing desks have an interface that can be used to setup diverse automations. For I example I made it automatically rise when it detects that it was on seating position for more than 40 minutes.

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  • pea@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    fancy!! mine is adjustable by hand crank. (And yet I alternate b/w sitting and standing setup more frequently than my colleague whose desk is electrically powered).

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• SethranKada@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have a standing desk. I use it all the time. Reading about all these people who just sit down while they work on stuff feels weird, like, how do you get anything done? I don’t even have a chair, it would be pointless. If I want to sit, I just go to the couch.

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• BodePlotHole@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use different heights depending what I’m working on. I never stand at the thing, but setting it high to do detailed electronics work, setting it low to comfortably use music electronics on, or setting it just high enough to wheel my full 88-key weighted keyboard under but still use my computer makes it absolutely worth it.

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• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have two. One, in my office where I work. It rarely, if ever, moves. Mostly it lifts for cleaning.

  The other is in the living room. It is always on max height because I have small kids so it stays on ‘out of reach mode’ any time I am not in my chair.

  Out of reach mode has paid for itself many times over compared to whatever I get out of standing.

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• toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got one then, the week after it arrived, I broke my ankle. It hasn’t really properly healed in three years so, while I’ve tried, I can’t really stand long enough for the desk to be useful in standing configuration.

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• FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mine pretty much only gets raised when I need to tuck my office chair under it (basically never)

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• stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s because standing sucks, this isn’t me being lazy moving around doesn’t suck doing something doesn’t suck but standing in one position all day does suck I would say you should put a treadmill under it and it’s probably better than standing in one position but it still sucks and is impossible to work.

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