A desk that is mostly used in the evening
A desk used mainly after dark has a lighting problem no desk lamp solves well, because a lamp bright enough to work by also throws glare across the screen. This model builds a colour strip into the frame and puts the monitor on a raised tier above the main surface, so light comes from behind and below the screen rather than over it. The strip takes a remote or an app, timers included.
Two jobs rather than one: the desk goes together like the rest of the 48 inch line, then the upper tier bolts on and the strip is routed and clipped. Do the lighting last and with the desk at standing height, because the cable run has to tolerate the full travel of the column without pulling tight.
| Desktop | 48 x 24 in |
| Height range | 27.9 to 46.8 in |
| Lighting | RGB strip, remote and app control |
| Upper tier | Raised shelf with backstop and 2 hooks |
| Cable routing | 2 grommet holes plus clips |
| Mount support | Recessed rear edge for a C-clamp |
| Memory presets | 4 |
| 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 12 desks | Where that puts it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top width | 48 in | 31 to 70.9 in | Wider than 5 of the other 11 |
| Top depth | 24 in | 19 to 29.5 in | Deeper than 5 of the other 11 |
| Lowest height | 27.9 in | 18.9 to 28.35 in | Lower than 1 of the other 11 |
| Highest height | 46.8 in | 28.3 to 46.8 in | The tallest of the 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.
Figures on which this model beats every cheaper desk in the section, rather than beating a convenient one.
Of the 12 desks in this section this is the third cheapest: 2 cost less, 9 cost more, and the section runs from $99.99 to $259.99.
Against everything cheaper in the section it is ahead on three figures: top width at 48 in, top depth at 24 in and highest height at 46.8 in. That is the useful comparison, because it is the part of the price you can point at.
It carries 92 customer reviews at 4.7 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.
The three desks nearest this one in price, so the comparison is between real alternatives.
Same 48 by 24 inch platform with a warm brown woodgrain top, for a desk that has to live in a shared room.
The 48 by 24 inch desk in pale oak-toned brown, the lightest top in the standing range.
The 48 by 24 inch desk in natural pale wood, the finish that matches furniture rather than offices.
