A full-time desk for a shorter user
Standing desks solve standing posture and leave seated posture alone. A tray is the fix for the seated half, and on a 47.2 by 23.6 inch top there is enough width for it to run full length without interfering with anything else on the desk. This is the middle size in the tray group and the sensible default for someone who spends the working day at a keyboard.
Underside first, as with every tray model: runners, then frame, then upright. The 48 inch top is light enough for one person to turn over on a carpeted floor, which makes this the easiest of the tray desks to build alone.
| Desktop | 47.2 x 23.6 in |
| Height range | 28.35 to 46.46 in |
| Storage | Full-size slide-out keyboard tray |
| Memory presets | 4 |
| Load capacity | 176 lb |
| Finish | Steel |
| Colour | Black |
| Colour | Black |
Figures as published for this model. Anything that has never been published is left out rather than estimated.
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 | 47.2 in | 40 to 71 in | Wider than 3 of the other 12 |
| Top depth | 23.6 in | 23.6 to 30 in | The shallowest of the 13 |
| Lowest height | 28.35 in | 27.9 to 28.35 in | The lowest of the 13 |
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.
Figures on which this model beats every cheaper desk in the section, rather than beating a convenient one.
Of the 13 desks in this section this is the third cheapest: 2 cost less, 10 cost more, and the section runs from $129.99 to $359.99.
Against everything cheaper in the section it is ahead on two figures: top width at 47.2 in and lowest height at 28.35 in. That is the useful comparison, because it is the part of the price you can point at.
It carries 1,024 customer reviews at 4.4 out of five, with 4 of the other 12 rated higher. Those numbers come from the retail listing and are reproduced rather than curated, including when they are unflattering.
The three desks nearest this one in price, so the comparison is between real alternatives.
The 48 by 24 inch drawer desk in white, which is the version that disappears into a pale room.
The smallest desk with drawers, 40 by 24 inches in white, for a working corner that is not a room.
A 44 by 24 inch desk with a pull-out keyboard tray, the compact way to get the keyboard off the top.
