After using the Xdesk Terra, Celebrity Cafe felt healthier, more productive and more energetic during the workday. What set the Terra apart from other adjustable height desks was its ability to transition quickly and smoothly, at 1.7 inches per second, from sitting to standing.

The movement was so smooth they didn’t even have to worry about spilling their morning cup of coffee or removing fragile items from the desktop. Celebrity Café also enjoyed the easy to use control panel and elegant bamboo finish.

They praised the user-friendly control system. It was extremely easy to set their preferred height for sitting and standing with the touch of a button. “With the press of a button the desk automatically rose to a preset desired height and there wasn’t any fussing around to get it just right.”

Celebrity Café also enjoyed the natural, sustainable materials used in the Xdesk desk, like solid bamboo and durable recycled aluminum frame. And the three year warranty was an added incentive.

Thanks to Celebrity Café for a solid review filled with positive comments and five stars. We hope they continue to enjoy the Xdesk Terra.

To see the full write up, click HERE. To get your own Xdesk Terra and start living a happier, healthier lifestyle, click HERE.

If you own a Xdesk Terra or any other model of adjustable height desks from us, we’d love to hear from you. Tell us how you like it!

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Thankfully, there’s an adjustable height desk that gives you the freedom of movement, so you can switch from sitting to standing with the single touch of a button.

After several reviews and comparisons, Xdesk has proudly taken on the title as the best standing desk on the market. Xdesk uses sustainable materials combined with advanced technology to produce a desk that is as elegant as it is efficient.

But you don’t have to take our word for it.

Wirecutter, the technology blog responsible for reviewing amazing gadgets, compared heavy hitters in the adjustable height desk world, and deemed the Xdesk Terra as the best standing desk.

There was a constant appreciation for not only the adjustable height desk’s efficiency, but also its design. “In a nutshell, it’s beautiful. And when you see what other desks are like, you really appreciate the beauty,” the Wirecutter said.

Beyond the beauty, the bamboo used in select adjustable height desk models stood out as an exceptional desk surface, just another reason of the best standing desk title. Natural bamboo looks elegant compared to desks of lesser quality, and it is strong and sturdy – to hold up against even the toughest user.

Of all praises the reviewers mentioned, there was the constant recognition of Xdesk’s beauty and modern exterior. And the aesthetics go beyond the sustainable materials, since the advanced design radiates an undertone of a clutter-free workspace.

The Wirecutter praises Xdesk’s wire management as the best standing desk system they’ve seen. Since grommets on either side of the Xdesk and aluminum cable raceway hide any unsightly cables, creating a sleek and modern work area.

Cult of Mac, a news site that reviews Apple products, named Xdesk the best standing desk for health-conscious Apple fans. The review praises Xdesk’s simplistic design that makes it more than office furniture, but an art piece that you can proudly display in your living room, rather than hide away in a corner of your home.

The reviews say it all: if you want an adjustable height desk that is efficient, and maintains an element of design, the Xdesk the best standing desk for you.

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Not only do these standing desks make workers healthier, they also make them more productive.

Lucky for me, my office is one of those aforementioned companies hopping on the health bandwagon and providing adjustable height desks for the employees. And as I may have mentioned in a post before, I have grown just a little bit… well, spoiled with my Xdesk.

I love the ease with which it shifts to my every position—sitting, standing, somewhere in between. I love that it moves so quietly, so smoothly—I don’t even have to pause in my work or move my cup of tea. And I love the way it makes me feel throughout the day and long after—I have more energy, I feel healthier, and I don’t feel like I’ve just been sitting around all day.

Of course the first thing I did when I got home from using my adjustable height desk for the first time was to try and recreate it. Of course this “standing desk” is only as adjustable as removing the chair from atop the table and sitting down in it, instead of placing my computer on top of it (see photo…), but it is at least better than sitting down all day to work.

After I made this “homemade” standing desk for when I’m not in the office, I got to thinking—what have other people created in their own homes? After just a bit of Googling, I quickly realized that my makeshift standing desk was small beans compared to some of the other, more carefully crafted, homemade projects out there.

Have you created your own standing desk? Tell us how you like it!

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Using an adjustable height desk at work has given me a more active lifestyle.

In previous posts we’ve given you a lot of information about the Xdesk adjustable height desk. We’ve told you how they are made, a bit of history on the standing desk, how they can help improve your health, and how the Xdesk adjustable height desk can improve the health of the planet as a whole. But these are just facts—unarguable, to be sure—but still, it is just information. So in today’s post, we thought we’d bring you something a bit closer to home: my very own story about my Xdesk ergonomic workstation.

In our first post I briefly introduced myself, but for those of you who might have missed it, let me give you a quick recap. My name is Natalie and I write this blog, not as a Xdesk employee, but as someone who personally uses a Xdesk ergonomic workstation. Seriously.

I call it an “ergonomic workstation,” because to me it is more than an adjustable height desk. My Xdesk has become something of a second home to me—it is a complete workstation, adjusted perfectly to my height and my preferred keyboard position, whether I am standing or sitting. There is plenty of room on this desk’s surface for me to sprawl out all of my notes, my calendar, and yes, snacks, photo frames, and whatever else I bring into the office that day. (Today my ergonomic workstation features a notepad, a cell phone, an empty Tupperware from lunch, two large bottles of water, and my monitor. All very official stuff, you see.)

Since I’ve started working at this job and using the height adjustable desk, I think I have become somewhat spoiled. The desk adjusts perfectly to my height, no matter what kind of shoes I’m wearing that day, and as I mentioned above there is plenty of surface space for anything and everything I need for work. Like coffee.

And when I get tired of standing and move the desk to a seated position, the transition is so smooth, said coffee won’t even spill.

Like I said, a complete ergonomic workstation.

What did I do as soon as I got home from my first day after working on the Xdesk? I tried to create my own standing desk.

I knew it might take some trial and error to create my own perfectly positioned ergonomic workstation in my living room, but I didn’t think it would be impossible. Turns out, it is.

Now when I work from home I place my laptop atop a box which sits on top of a chair, which is precariously balanced on top of my coffee table. It isn’t the best solution—in fact it’s probably a bit dangerous (it’s easy to trip on the computer cord, which is stretched awkwardly to reach the chair)—but after reading all the facts and figures on how bad for you sitting can be, I just couldn’t stand it. Or rather, sit it, I guess.

But the sad truth of the matter is, I couldn’t recreate the ergonomic workstation that the Xdesk provides me. Not only is there absolutely no “desk” surface with my laptop sitting on top of a box, on top of a chair, on top of a table, but there is no way for me to adjust the keyboard to a different height than the monitor.

See, the whole purpose of an ergonomic workstation is to create a healthier, more comfortable position for people at work. And to do this the keyboard needs to be a bit lower than the monitor so that your arms are parallel to the floor and your wrists are slightly angled down. Clearly with my setup at home I can’t do this.

So until I get a Xdesk for my home as well as office, I guess I will just be resigned to this awkward, box/chair/table setup.

Do you have a “creative” ergonomic workstation at home? How did you make it?

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