Electric Desk
Lately there has been more and more articles[1,2,3,4] and research about the detrimental effect sitting can have on your health. Supposedly even if you do try to balance your passive sitting with active sports it is unhealthy. Since I know myself well enough that cutting down on computer-time isn't going to work I did the next best thing and solved the problem with, of course, technology. Even if the research, which is still preliminary, ends up being false a good desk is nice to have. Several friends who work at least part of their day standing up also say it has benefitted them mentally and creatively so I figure I'm in good company.
The desk in question is a 160x80cm IKEA Galant, I have had it with static legs for little over a year now and considered the elevator-legs even then but the 500 euro cost felt a little much at the time. I reconsidered and spent the saturday "upgrading" and at the same time redoing all the wiring with a bunch of zip-ties.
Obviously its too early to tell but first impression is very favorable, the desk is very stable and the legs feel very high-quality, definitely not what you'd first think of when you hear IKEA (personally i have nothing against IKEA but some seem to have a hard time with them). Standing and working obviously takes some getting used to but that too feels pretty good.
All in all, very happy with my new desk!
