Heyho,
I am from Germany and currently moving into a new apartment. I am going to throw out my old desk as it is too low and want to upgrade to a height adjustable one.
While IKEA has some options I wonder whether others have recommendations for solid brands to check out.
I have a NOW Style desk, made in Germany https://www.bueromoebel-experte.de/nowystyl/
Ergohide.
I had an IKEA Idasen standing desk for years. Worked great, no wobble, ok price. I used a custom desk top, which was easy to do too. The only thing to consider, and the reason why I got a new one in the end is that its load capacity was not enough for all my stuff on the table. It still worked, but was super slow. I do have a lot of stuff on my desk though (2x widescreen, 2x heavy keyboard, 2x docking station, 1x tower pc, microphone arm, audio interface etc), so this might not be an issue for everyone.
Not “Fully” (US brand, I’m from France but they used to have EU office but it seems to be part of Herman Miller) I’ve had constant issues with their circuitry and now with the leg mechanism jamming itself. As soon as it finally dies I will replace it with another brand.
I’ve never seen anything better than these. However, I’d be surprised if any normal person could afford them:
You know it’s getting expensive when they don’t name a price
What we get usually runs around $15k.
Might want to take a look at ergotopia
When I ordered desks at Ergotopia I had to learn that their frames are manufactured in China. They had a German manufactured frame a while ago but apparently these were too expensive so nobody bought them. At least that’s what the very nice sales person told me on the phone. That said it is a German company and the frames seems to be of high quality. (Also, I couldn’t find any frames made in EU.)
I got an Ergolutions PRIMUS Speed several years back. I also mounted their Dual Gasdruck Monitorarm that carries two 32 inch screens. The computer is a laptop though, so it does not add much to the weight. Other than that i always have lots of things laying on my desk as i am not very tidy with it. It works flawlessly and i am quite happy. I also mounted wheels and lots of cable management. Happy to answer questions.
We have a Progressive and a Desky. Dual 24-inch or single 34-wide on them with clamped support arms, but compute is external to the desk so it’s just screens and UI.
The dual-motor progressive works fast and quiet, but its obstruction sensor is always getting tripped so it’s not easy to move it between favourite settings without a few tries. The Desky is slower and louder, but ultimately smoother. The surface choices seemed to be MDF+wallpaper ‘grain’ for each - ugh - or thankfully the progressive had a bamboo-plywood option. We marred the desky wallpaper surface on day 1 and we see it every day.
I’d be happy to answer any questions about either.
