8 Best Standing Desks 2023 | The Strategist

Motorized adjustment | 22.9 inches to 43.2 inches, 30 inches to 49.3 inches, or 25.5 inches to 51 inches tall | Nine desktop sizes starting at 30 inches by 24 inches | $$

The Jarvis bamboo standing desk by Fully comes in nine desktop sizes, starting at a compact 30 inches by 24 inches and going all the way up to 78 inches by 30 inches. Three of those desktop sizes are also available with a curved front edge. A choice of three frame sizes will determine the height range of your desktop, going as low as 22.9 inches or as high as 51 inches. (Note that the default “two-stage” frame configuration on Fully’s website is recommended for people between five-foot-ten and six-foot-nine, so the most popular option is to pay $20 more for a “three-stage” frame with a greater height range.) You also have the choice of six different frame colors and no grommet holes on the desktop, or up to two grommet holes with powered grommets, depending on desktop size.

The wide variety of options is why the Fully Jarvis desk is praised by multiple staffers at our sister site the Verge. Deputy editor Dan Seifert has one of the larger sizes, which “has served me well for about four years now,” he says. “It’s a comfortable, stable, spacious desk that has more versatility than typical desk options.” According to news editor Nick Statt, this desk is one of the best work-from-home purchases he’s made. “Just having the option to sit or stand, when you’re cooped up in your room or home office all day, makes a big difference,” he says. Plus, “assembly was far less cumbersome than I thought it would be.”

News writer Jay Peters, who also owns a Jarvis desk, embraced Fully’s upgrade options to create a more custom build: “I highly recommend spending the extra $20 for the extended-range height, which lets the desk get lower for sitting and higher for standing, and the extra $35 for the programmable height switcher, which lets you preset heights that you can switch back and forth just by pressing a button,” he says. Peters also uses his Jarvis as more than just a desk: “I also sprung for the $29 casters so that I could wheel it around my apartment, which lets my wife and I use it as a mobile entertainment system,” he says. Fully sells a range of other add-on accessories, like a clamp-mounted surge protector, a monitor stand with a drawer, magnetic hooks that hold up to 35 pounds, even a bottle opener. You can also choose between a lighter or darker bamboo color for the desktop (or, if you don’t like bamboo, the Jarvis comes in other styles as well).