Desks with Storage

Standing Desk with Drawers, 55 x 28 in - Black

Name: Standing Desk with Drawers, 55 x 28 in - Black
Brand: ErGear
Price: 159.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (635 reviews)

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What it is for

On a 48 inch desk, drawers and a dual-monitor setup are in competition for the same underside and the same surface. At 55 by 28 inches they are not. This is the size where two screens sit properly, a keyboard has room in front of them, and the drawers still open without the chair having to move. Black keeps the whole thing visually compact despite the width.

Check before you order. The 176 lb surface rating is unchanged from the smaller sizes, and the drawer shelves are rated separately at 26.4 lbs each. Heavy reference books belong on a shelf, not in the drawers.

What assembly actually means

A two-person job because of the top, a one-person job because of the drawers. Fit the drawer housing while the top is face down and easy to reach, then get help only for the moment the assembled top goes onto the frame and gets turned upright.

What it changes

Extra width means the drawer housing no longer sits under the middle of the working area, so knees and drawer fronts stop arguing.
A 27.6 inch depth lets a large monitor go far enough back that the front strip of the desk stays usable for writing.
Both drawers travel with the top, so files stay at the same relative height whether the desk is up or down.

In one line each

Black top, 55 by 28 inches
Two suspended drawers with a 26.4 lb shelf rating
Electric column, 28.3 to 46.5 inches of travel
Four memory heights on the keypad
Maximum surface load 176 lbs

Published figures

Desktop	55 x 28 in
Height range	28.3 to 46.5 in
Storage	Drawer unit plus monitor shelf
Shelf load	26.4 lb
Memory presets	4
Load capacity	176 lb
Frame	Painted metal
Colour	Black
Colour	Black

Figures as published for this model. Anything that has never been published is left out rather than estimated.

Where this one sits among the 13

The same figures as every other page in this section, lined up against the section itself. Being the biggest at something is not the same as being the best at it, so the last column says where a number puts this model and leaves the judgement to you.

Figure	This model	All 13 desks	Where that puts it
Top width	55 in	40 to 71 in	Wider than 5 of the other 12
Top depth	28 in	23.6 to 30 in	Deeper than 7 of the other 12
Lowest height	28.3 in	27.9 to 28.35 in	Lower than 2 of the other 12

Ranges cover only the desks that publish the figure at all; a model that has never published one is left out of that row rather than counted as a zero.

What the extra money actually buys

Figures on which this model beats every cheaper desk in the section, rather than beating a convenient one.

Top width 55 in. Wider than every one of the 5 cheaper models that publish this figure, the best of which is 48 in.
Top depth 28 in. Deeper than every one of the 5 cheaper models that publish this figure, the best of which is 24 in.

Where it sits in the range

Of the 13 desks in this section this is the sixth cheapest: 5 cost less, 7 cost more, and the section runs from $129.99 to $359.99. It carries a published list price of $199.99, so the figure above is below that rather than the usual asking price.

Against everything cheaper in the section it is ahead on two figures: top width at 55 in and top depth at 28 in. That is the useful comparison, because it is the part of the price you can point at.

It carries 635 customer reviews at 4.5 out of five, which is the highest rating in the section. Those numbers come from the retail listing and are reproduced rather than curated, including when they are unflattering.