The best standing desks provide a lot of benefits over regular ol’ sitting desks. Not only do they keep you on your feet, which helps keep you in shape, but they keep your back from getting wrecked by the iron throne you call an office chair. Also, it doesn’t hurt that studies have found that the best standing desks boost productivity, in addition to your health.
So, whether you’re in the market for something simple or something a little more involved, a desk extender or the whole shebang, you’ll find it here in one of these, the 15 best standing desks.
This two-level desk rests right on your regular desk and can be extended to create the perfect standing desk for your height and then adjusted back down when you want to sit again, perfect for anyone who’s read those studies that say you should be on your feet for at least a half hour of every hour for max health benefits. And with 37” of desk space, you should have more than enough for a dual-monitor setup.
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Executive Office Solutions Portable Adjustable Laptop Desk
Of course, if you want something a little more minimalist – especially when it comes to cost – grab this, which is just big enough to hold your laptop and phone. And when you’re done using it at your desk, you can fold it down and use it as a vented laptop pad/TV tray.
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Innovadesk Standing Desk Converter
36” of space gives you plenty of room for dual monitors or a monitor plus laptop, and the pneumatic air cylinder makes raising and lowering it a breeze. And unlike most standing desks and desk extenders it comes preassembled, which means you won’t have to waste time and your precious sanity trying to put it together.
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Stand Up Desk Store Sit to Stand Computer Desk
If you don’t feel like messing with desk-extenders but still want a desk that can give you that sit/stand versatility, pick up this adjustable desk, which you can crank to your desired height and back down again. It offers 48” of desk space, which means that it’s also roomier than most extenders, and oh yeah, it has attached wheels, which means you can move your desk whenever you want without any effort at all.
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TaoTronics Foldable Laptop Table Stand
Look, it doesn’t get much simpler – or cost effective – than this. It’s a pretty simple laptop table that you can put right on your desk, adjust the height and you’re good to go. And when you’re done, just fold the legs away and use it as a regular ol’ laptop pad.
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This is interesting because instead of a big, bulky desk extender, it’s an attachable arm which holds your work station suspended above your desk. Helpful for anyone who still wants all that available desk space below, and let’s face it, it’s hard to find a “cleaner” look than this.
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Z-Line Designs Multi-Use Standing Desk
It’s not adjustable, it’s not an extender, and it can’t be wheeled around, but what it is, friends, is an actual standing desk, and one that won’t cost you as much as your PS4. It’s industrial steel-frame along with reclaimed wood finish means that you’ll have a simple yet incredibly stable and fashionable standing desk. Add a stool at some point if you want to turn it into a sit-stand desk.
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Techni Mobili Adjustable Height Laptop Cart
This is for anyone who puts a premium on saving space. Get rid of the big, clunky, immobile desks and go with this laptop cart. It’s height adjustable, and perhaps best of all, it has built-in storage shelves, giving you the best of both worlds.
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Electric Standing Desk Converter
Most standing desk converters/extenders can only be adjusted by hand, either with cranks or pumps, but what is this, 1892? You’re not a steampunk, so step into the 21st century with this electric converter which turns your desk into a standing desk in seconds. With 35.4” of desk space, you’ll have enough room for all your gadgets and the built in USB-port lets you charge while you work.
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The problem with most desk converters/extenders is that while they still give you adequate space, they don’t give you the full range of space your normal desk gives you. “Adequate” is fine, but you want more than that, right? This standing desk gives you 47” of space, which – excuse me while I do some complicated geometry and maybe even some trig and calculus – gives you room for two 27” monitors. That is a huge desk space, friends.
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Listen, a huge apparatus is great if that’s what you need, but if you just want something simple with no headaches involved, and that doesn’t look like it might collapse like a Jenga tower if you bump it wrong, just go with this. It still gives you 32” of space to work with, and perhaps more importantly, it’s easy to work with.
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Luxor Standup Crank Adjustable Stand Up Desk
48” of space. Crank Adjustable height. Wheels. Look, at a certain point you know what you need, and if this is it, pick it up. Great for a home office or for a fleet of office desks if you, say, own your own small business. Or big business, I guess. We don’t discriminate.
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I get it. You don’t want to spring for a new desk, or even for a new desk-extender. That stuff ain’t cheap. But rather than rig something dumb up yourself that’s just gonna collapse, pick this up. It’s almost hilariously simple – it’s made of cardboard for god’s sake – but it also doesn’t cost much, and is built by actual engineers who know what they’re doing so you know it’s still built to last.
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60-Inch Crank Adjustable Height Standing Desk
Now we’re talking! It’s basically the same as the Stand Up Desk Store’s 48” version discussed earlier, only, you know, bigger. Thikk model not included, but that’s about the only drawback here.
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This is a ridiculous desk. It’s a goddamn butcher’s block. The amount of space you have here is absurd, which makes it perfect for anyone who likes to roam around a bit, or someone who, say, is seriously into some industrial art. It’s basically big enough for an entire office space, which makes it really attractive for someone who works with multiple people in one space. Each desk is also custom made when you order it, the black steel pipe and solid wood looking like something that will last you 200 years. Go big or go home, man.
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