>It's about a $750 purchase for a geek desk. Is it worth it?
If you're a typical, eight-hours-a-day-at-or-near-computer HN person, then yes. I've had one for a while and keep meaning to write a longish post about the sit/stand experience, but the short version is that I'd find it hard to go back to a purely sitting experience (here are a couple photos of my setup: http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/the-geekdesk-writin... ).
That being said, I also don't think I'd like to stand all day either, since my legs do get tired after a while. And apparently standing all the time has its own set of health issues associated with it, and from what I can tell most research points to variety in movements, motions, and positions as being the most important thing one can do.
BTW, the Geekdesk you want is probably closer to $1,000, shipped: the shipping fee is $125, and you really want the GeekDesk Max, which lets you pre-set a number of positions. Once you figure out the right height for sitting and standing, you'll probably use only those two heights. There are four presets, so a second person could easily configure the same basic setup.
If you're a typical, eight-hours-a-day-at-or-near-computer HN person, then yes. I've had one for a while and keep meaning to write a longish post about the sit/stand experience, but the short version is that I'd find it hard to go back to a purely sitting experience (here are a couple photos of my setup: http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/the-geekdesk-writin... ).
That being said, I also don't think I'd like to stand all day either, since my legs do get tired after a while. And apparently standing all the time has its own set of health issues associated with it, and from what I can tell most research points to variety in movements, motions, and positions as being the most important thing one can do.
BTW, the Geekdesk you want is probably closer to $1,000, shipped: the shipping fee is $125, and you really want the GeekDesk Max, which lets you pre-set a number of positions. Once you figure out the right height for sitting and standing, you'll probably use only those two heights. There are four presets, so a second person could easily configure the same basic setup.
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