Staples Union & Scale Electric Standing Desk Review: Micro Movements

The desk height ranges from 25.5 to 51.1 inches, and the dual motors glide effortlessly up and down, and they're not too loud. You'll want to be careful when lowering it—there's collision detection, and it successfully stopped the desk from crushing a stool after I put it underneath, but it seems to depend on where the object under the desk is. I rolled my seat in so that the arms of my chair were directly under the desktop, and when I pressed the lower height preset, the desk kept going and would have probably broken my chair arms (or toppled forward) had I not forced it to stop. Maybe had I not stopped it, the sensor would have paused the operation automatically, but it was a little too close to my liking. I haven't noticed much wobbling when the desk goes up and down, though if you put pressure on the front of the desk (maybe you're leaning forward with your elbows on the surface), there's a slight forward shift. This didn't cause any problems. Staples offers a seven-year warranty ... Read full article.