hey MPU,
I am looking into a standing desk for my wife. Trying to research different options, would love to hear the feedback from the community. The one she looked at was this
https://www.costco.com/tresanti-47"-adjustable-height-desk.product.100664030.html
I am not sure how I feel about the bar 
but please if you have any recommendations or things to be aware of, let me know!
I have this desk in black. I like it. The price is cheaper than everything else I looked at. Very solid. The bar by the feet has never bothered me.
The USB ports can be handy as well as the wireless pad although I only use the wireless pad for my AirPods Proâs.
The drawer sticks a bit and Iâm not sure if itâs my desk or standard but itâs not big enough of a deal to even bother looking to see if I can make it better.
Since I got black, I have never written on it with a marker.
I recently had it stop moving but itâs a simple fix. I think I had unplugged it a bunch of times which may have caused the problem. Not sure.
From a personal standpoint, I wouldnât mind a bigger desk but I like it overall.
They seem to get mixed reviews, but Iâve been overall quite happy with my Autonomous corner desk.
They seem to get questionable feedback re: build quality, motor noise, and assembly, but I didnât find any real problems with any of this.
Important to keep expectations in check â theyâre one of the cheaper options, and so if you go in with realistic expectations about what that means, I expect youâd be happy.
I have an Uplift Desk at the office, which I got a couple years ago. Itâs been very solid and reliable. It was the Wirecutter pick at the time I got it, and might still be. Itâs my first standing desk, though, so I canât compare it to anything else.
One piece of advice is to research the type of wood surface you get. I picked a wood that was a soft wood compared to others, and the first desk top got damaged in shipping due to the wood being softer. Uplift sent me a free replacement, and it had a couple small indentations from the plastic strips that were wrapped around it. They are not in a noticeable spot, but something to be aware of.
Over the last 6 months I jury-rigged some setups to experiment and see if it turned out that I liked standing for work. Somewhat to my surprise I found I liked it and didnât even want/need a standing desk that was adjustable once I knew my preferred desk surface and monitor heights. I had an old ikea âjerkerâ standing desk in my basement from a job years ago, assembled that, and am thrilled with the thing. If you live in a major metropolitan area you might turn up a used one on craigslist for $100 or so. Very robustly built, large work surface, and reasonably attractive if you donât mind a semi-industrial look.
This may not work for your situation, but as I already had a desk I purchased one of these:
And it works well for me. And there is a checkbox for a $40 coupon, so it is really $79.
Good luck whatever you decide on.
The bar youâre unsure about is for support, so the whole desk doesnât wobble at high heights.
I have had two standing desks. My previous one was a hand-cranked Home Depot desk for cheap. Hereâs the 46" model. You can get it in all sorts of sizes, and itâs awesome. If youâre okay with a hand cranked desk and â critically â your wife isnât very short, this is a great desk. Extremely stable. The bar can be placed along the back of the desk, rather than the middle, which is good.
If your wife is shorter than 5â10" or so, then a lot of standing desks will pose issues for you unless you can get the âextended heightâ versions that let you lower the desk.
Iâm currently using the Jarvis desk from Fully. Mine is 60" wide and has a bamboo top. Itâs the extended height version, which is good, and I got casters because I love having wheels on things. Itâs nice. The bamboo top is quite thin â too thin, probably â which makes it susceptible to wobble. Or, at least, itâs more susceptible to wobble than I would like.
A friend of mine got the Uplift Desk that Evan mentioned. In my opinion, itâs a little nicer than the Jarvis. It wobbles less, if thatâs important to you. It costs even more than the Jarvis, but the difference is substantial.
That being said, at 46" wide wobble becomes less of a factor, so it depends on the size youâd like.
Hard to say what buy. Lots of great options. I have an 82" Jarvis frame and electric lifting column, and I fastened it to a custom desk top. I love this setup. However, itâs cheaper to get a good deal on a combined legs + desk or an adjustable topper if you already have a good desk.
I will second the Home Depot work table/desk as a cheaper option. Mine is the 62" version with 2 drawers. Very sturdy and stable. Hand crank comes off easily so one doesnât have to worry about walking into it (do NOT recommend doing that!). Price was around $350US and free delivery. Assembly went quickly.
Look forward to bringing it downstairs to my workshop after we finish building out our lower level. An adjustable height work bench will be wonderful!
Oh yeah, definitely donât walk into hand crank. Been there!
The most important thing I would say is that if you are either taller than average or shorter than average, get a desk with 3-stage legs instead of 2-stage legs. 3-stage legs let desks both telescope higher, and collapse lower, than usual.
The crossbar you mentioned actually becomes quite important when the desk is raised high. Without it, desks move side to side significantly more.
Beyond that, I have a 3-stage Herman Miller Renewâbecause I scored one cheaply. I like it. Very stable, motion is smooth. But I am also very partial to Steelcaseâs Airtouch desks. They use a mechanical movement that makes raising and lower your desk almost instant (and requires no force). That encourages me to actually switch positions more often and with less distraction from what Iâm focused on than electronic desks, which delight you with their futurism and all, but waiting for them is like waiting for the elevator. I believe Humanscaleâs Float desks use some similar kind of mechanism.
Iâve been using this desk from Ikea and it works well for me. Goes up/Goes down. I can sit at it/I can stand at it. Not wobbly. Has an iOS app but I donât see the need for it. Also comes in a smaller size.
I am also using one from Ikea, but it is a corner desk design with a 90 deg return. I put my 34" monitor at the corner
Fully Jarvis bamboo standing desk has been outstanding for me since I got it 4 years ago. I would buy another in an instant if I needed another standing desk.
I bought a Loctek recently and itâs great. I reviewed it here. (You may remember Allison Sheridan from a recent MPU - this is her site.)
I am happy with the Herman Miller Atlas desk:
The major downside is the price - HM furniture is expensive, but I think you do get what you pay for.
Iâve got an upCentric by ergoCentric. Happy with it. I just bought the frame and then put a table top from IKEA on it to save some money.