The desk’s spring and air-lift piston system makes it easy to adjust and finding a suitable height while sitting or standing is easy thanks to its nine height settings. The new lifting keyboard tray ensures ergonomic comfort for your arms and shoulders whether sitting or standing. The control panel that needs to be attached to the front of the desk on either the right or left side depending on your preference also has a cord that needs to be plugged into the control box as well.

If Vari decides to make a second edition of its manual Standing Desk, we would like to see more color options for the desktop and perhaps even additional height settings to better cater to a wider variety of users. While other manual sit-stand desks feature a crank system or a lever to raise or lower them, Vari has incorporated a dual-handle design right into the desktop itself with cutouts on either side of the desk.

However, you’ll easily get a handle for raising and lowering Vari’s Standing Desk after doing so several times.

You can use a mouse to the right or left of the keyboard as the surface is symmetrical, so it will accommodate left-handed users, too.

Adjusting the height only takes a few short seconds so you can transition from sitting to standing without any real interruption. More color options would be a welcome addition but the unique design of the Vari Standing Desk more than makes up for this. This warning is included on the following products: VariDesk® Pro Plus™ Series, VariDesk® Pro Series, VariDesk® Tall Series, VariDesk® Laptop 30, VariDesk® SOHO, VariDesk® Essential Series, VariDesk® Cube Corner® Series, VariDesk® Cube Plus® Series, Standing Desk Series, Table Series, Conference Table, Locker Series, Standing Conference Table, Standing Work Station 36x24, Standing Meeting Table, Round Table, Adjustable Round Table, Standing Round Table, Standing Work Table 60x30, Mobile Work Station, Wood Conference Chair, Wood Conference Stool, Wood Chair, Standing School Desks, Adjustable Standing School Desks, Sit-Stand School Desks, Privacy Booth, QuickFlex Walls®, QuickFlex Walls® Felt Extension Panel, Executive File Cabinet, Executive Lateral File Cabinet, and Executive Office Collection. Spread out your dual monitors, tech devices and document holders on the top deck, and use the lower to find the most comfortable position for your mouse and keyboard.