Standing desks vs sitting desks

[j29]

I just wanted to see if anyone has any experience and preference, as I am looking at getting a new one. I saw slick's new setup with a standing desk and heard they were supposed to be good for your health or something (?), any opinions?

Are they practical for long-haul working like writing reports/essays/dissertations?

 

thanks :)

[Vitalius]

I just wanted to see if anyone has any experience and preference, as I am looking at getting a new one. I saw slick's new setup with a standing desk and heard they were supposed to be good for your health or something (?), any opinions?

Are they practical for long-haul working like writing reports/essays/dissertations?

 

thanks :)

Yes, once you find the right height, they are more comfortable imo.

Sitting for hours on end is not good for your health. Standing is better. Having a treadmill would make it even healthier. :P

Make it a poll. Standing vs sitting. I pick standing.

[j29]

Make it a poll.

i aim to please :P

[Nort]

In the summer I live at my camp so my PC is set up strangely. The tower itself goes under the bed and the monitor is squished between the mattress and wall. I mostly lay down on a pillow while using it.

 

My plans for when I complete my new PC build (I have no respect for this Dell..) are to mount my new monitor to the wall and have the new tower out from under the bed so it doesn't get so hot. I also plan on attaching my keyboard and a mouse pad to a fold down "desk" (Board attached to the wall with a hinge..)

[LDX]

I thought standing desks were convertible into sitting desks

 

But I guess those are pretty expensive

 

[EFD307]

all of your answers are here in this video!!

[Nicktrance]

Sitting desk. I rarely sit for more than an hour without at least taking a short walk for some reason or another and I don't usually spend a full day indoors. Standing for that long would probably just be too tiring in the long run and I prefer to have a comfortable desk chair.

[nelodiavolo]

The only standing station I use is in the datacenter at work. For home a seat will be my preference. The gym will keep me healthy.  

[Dudenstein]

I'm very curious what it's like to use a standing desk. If anything I'm willing to fork over a bunch of money to get the motorized one that goes from standing to sitting and vice versa

[obsidian1200]

I'm on my feet for most of the day, between walking to work, being on my feet for hours there, then walking back. It's nice to relax after a day, so I prefer sitting desks.

[LDX]

I wonder how hard would be for me to build a motorized desk for eyefinity?

[Sgt]

My preference in a nutshell 

 

 

however sometimes I change :

 

[0s4x]

As a paraplegic I don't have much choice, but if I did I'd probably still go with a sitting desk

[deafboy]

I currently have a sitting one but I definitely prefer standing desk.

 

Granted the only standing desk I've used was an adjustable one so I could covert it to sitting within seconds.  Using a computer for 10+ hours a day, it makes a big difference.

[d33g33]

I think it really varies on what you are actually doing.

 

If you are bench as Slick was removing and swapping gpu's, cpu's coolers, moving from station to station, standing is definitely better. However for actually processing on a machine, that is review writing, essays or designing sitting would absolutely have to be better.

 

Lucky for me I have Herman Miller Aeron chairs and they are god...

[NazzzF]

Standing desk, with a tall chair so i can choose if i want to sit or standing LOL. 

[greenroost1445]

standing most of the time. I generally have to keep myself moving to do things.