Flexispot E7 standing desk review

For a while now, height-adjustable motorised desks have been out there. They’re particularly common among the many massive quantity of people that now earn a living from home or cut up their time between dwelling and the workplace.

Meaning it’s essential to create as wholesome a house working surroundings as attainable. One factor the pandemic taught us is that this begins with the correct desk and chair.

And the Flexispot E7 could possibly be an amazing desk possibility. It has motors which let you alter the place to totally different heights so you possibly can work standing up and even on a treadmill at any given time.

Design & Construct

• Strong, sturdy design
• Customisable desk high
• Programmable heights

The Flexispot E7 is a height-adjustable electrical desk, however the base worth solely contains the body. The desk high is an additional add-on, although this may be absolutely customised to your liking.

There are a number of supplies, sizes and colors to select from (as much as 10), with finishes starting from pure bamboo to chipboard or stable wooden.

I opted for the 100% pure bamboo board within the 120 cm dimension. Throughout meeting, I seen that the assist construction and legs are ready to just accept any of the sizes by way of a easy system that regulates the fixing distance.

One other factor you possibly can add is cable administration. Flexispot presents the person the opportunity of including organiser cables, desk castors, drawer models and even monitor and CPU helps.

You obtain the desk in two totally different, well-packaged packing containers. On one aspect is the desk high and on the opposite the remainder of the desk body. The body is especially heavy, as you’d count on, to ensure that it to have the ability to assist a weight of as much as 125kg.

All the fabric is properly protected to keep away from injury throughout transport. However be aware that the body has a weight of 34.5kg, whereas the load of the board will depend on the kind of wooden you select.

The E7 mannequin options two motors, permitting you to regulate the peak of the desk between 58- and 123cm. Every desk leg has three lifting columns inside it, making the construction extraordinarily stable. Actually, it’s BIFMA licensed for glorious stability.

Meeting

• Printed meeting guide
• Common controller with USB A port
• Recessed cable tray

For the meeting course of, we’ve the assistance of a printed guide, which incorporates detailed illustrations for every step. In my case, it took me about half an hour till I had the desk fully prepared.

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Flexispot offers the allen key, and separates the screws you’ll want into totally different sections. This ensures you don’t get confused about which one to make use of in every case.

The meeting course of jogged my memory of Ikea furnishings, the place it’s vital to take every step because it comes and never skip forward.

As soon as the construction and the motorised columns have been assembled, it’s time to connect the digital a part of the desk to the central rail. Flexispot has designed it in such a manner that when the connections are made, a protecting cowl ensures the cables are hidden.

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The motor is related to an influence supply utilizing a cable that jogs my memory of Ethernet, and means it gained’t come free because it strikes round.

As I discussed earlier than, the skeleton of the desk means that you can modify the space between the legs, in order that, whatever the dimensions of the tabletop you select, you possibly can differ the space to match the screw holes.

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The recessed cable tray means that you can acquire and conceal all of the cables related to the electronics of the desk and its motors, but it surely doesn’t consider the remainder of the cables coming out of your pc, monitor and any peripheral that continues to be in your desk, for which you’ll want an additional accent to cover.

The ultimate a part of the meeting is to connect the desk high to the body. The attachment holes are marked on the board, so you should utilize a easy screwdriver to connect the 2 components collectively. The controller could be mounted to the correct or left, relying in your choice.

Lastly, plug the desk into an influence socket and voilà, you’ve the Flexispot E7 able to be a part of your new setup. Simply plug it in and ensure the peak adjustment is working.

Options & Use

• Helps 125kg of weight
• Ascent velocity of three.8 cm/s
• 4 place programming

Utilizing the contact management keypad, the desk could be moved silently up or down utilizing the arrows on the left. A sensible LED show reveals the present top.

A very useful function is the flexibility to avoid wasting your preferrred working top for sitting and standing. Then, a easy press of the up or down buttons takes you on to the specified place. As well as, there are two additional reminiscence management positions, making a complete of 4.

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On the management panel itself, there’s a useful USB-A port with which you should utilize to cost your telephone or plug in every other type of gadget, equivalent to a desk lamp and even LED mild system.

The velocity at which the desk is raised or lowered is about 3.8cm per second. It’s quick sufficient to not take ages to maneuver between positions, but sluggish sufficient to nonetheless be secure.

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In my case, I’m about 1.65m tall, so to work standing up, I set my elevated place on the desk at 1.10m, which permits me to comfortably relaxation my arms in order that I can use the keyboard simply.

Keep in mind that the utmost top goes as much as 1.23m, so individuals taller than 1.9m might battle to succeed in their preferrred top setting for working whereas standing up.

With households with mischievous kids in thoughts, the management pad has a baby lock possibility, with a padlock indicating that the desk has been locked to stop it from being tampered with.

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Flexispot reminds us that the desk has an anti-collision security system. So if, when lowered, the desk bumps into an object or chair, the system stops immediately.

Nonetheless, it’s price noting that the E7 is designed to solely be utilized by one individual, not less than by way of the saved heights.

If Flexispot had been so as to add totally different person profiles, members of the identical household may establish themselves when utilizing the desk to have their very own sitting and standing place presets able to go.

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Worth & Availability

The Flexispot E7 begins at £419.99/$499.99 when paying full worth. Nonetheless, that solely will get you the body.

Desktops begin at an extra £79.99/$80, and go all the best way as much as £599.99/$240. So it will probably shortly get costly.

The complete vary of choices can be found from Flexispot UK and Flexispot US.

If you happen to get an premium desktop, the E7 is dearer than most standing desks. However cheaper variations nonetheless characterize good worth for cash.

Do you have to purchase the Flexispot E7?

Let’s face it, everyone knows that standing at your desk gained’t burn many extra energy, however your again will certainly thanks for the change in posture. It’s all within the identify of a more healthy life-style.

I’ve discovered that it’s attainable to sort standing up, and in the event you’re an individual who attends numerous video calls, you’ll definitely get numerous use out of the desk and its skill to alter top.

The management panel is simple to function and contains sufficient presets to take the effort out of adjusting it. The anti-collision system can be very efficient.

So, in the event you’re searching for a premium desk that can stand the check of time, the Flexispot E7 is price contemplating.

This text was initially printed in Spanish on Tech Advisor Spain.