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3 HN users recommended this between 2011 and 2016, in 3 comments.
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3 HN users recommended this between 2011 and 2016, in 3 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
I switched to a standing desk about six months ago. I started by piling a bunch of books on my desk and putting my laptop on top of them. Later I bought this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MS70Z2/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp...
It's a tolerably good desk, except that it's a bit small and, while it's veneered to look like plywood, it's actually made of pasteboard with a laminate veneer (that was a big disappointment when it arrived).
I would like to make my own soon, as I've been getting into woodworking, at which point I will probably sell or give the safeco away.
A few points about standing desks:
* You should be able to stand all day. At first you will get tired, of course. I found that muscles in my back, butt and thighs were getting very sore, but that goes away once they toughen up. For that reason, I don't particularly see the point in desks that convert from sitting to standing. It seems like that would just encourage people to start "cheating" and going back to sitting the moment they get a little tired.
* I tend to rock from foot to foot, kick my feet around, etc, while standing. A big part of the advantage of a standing desk is that you move around more, but if I were in an open-plan office I'd probably try to stand still, which would tire my feet out quickly and give me less of the movement advantage.
* You need good support for your feet. Either purchase very nice shoes or (like me) get something like this:
http://www.americanfloormats.com/rejuvenator-anti-fatigue-ma...
That mat made night-and-day difference for me. Had I not gotten it I would have given up on the desk, because standing all day on a wood floor (even in decent shoes) was starting to kill my feet.
* I also got this monitor stand and clamped it to the top of the safeco:
http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Monitor-Stand-clamp-monitors/dp/B...
With it, my monitors are about a foot off the top of the desk, while the keyboard is at exactly the right height for my arms. Since I look straight forward all day long now, my posture has improved dramatically.
> I found it's very helpful if you can see as much of the code as possible (for better context awareness and browsing efficiency) which means putting a 1920x1200 monitor in portrait mode.
It's hard to find (online) if any given monitor can rotate. Furthermore, you'll get unsatisfactory results rotating a monitor (even one that pivots naturally) which has poor vertical viewing angles (ie, TN monitors).
I'd suggest getting an IPS monitor (or two) ensuring it has a VESA mount, and then getting table mount like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Monitor-Stand-clamp-monitors/dp/B...
My standards may be lower than most, but I bought two https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009HNEBLK/ and mounted them to https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R9HQLI/ (clamps to my desk) a couple years ago and have been pretty happy with the setup.