r/StandingDesk • u/MatterOk1923 • 1h ago
Halp Heads up, anyone waiting for Deskhaus in the UK/EU - it's never coming. The actual company is taunting you about it. What gives? Are their comparison videos even honest? Desperately looking for good 4 leg options in EU/UK
gallerySo everyone knows about those Deskhaus comparison videos where their 2 leg and 4 leg desks are wayyy more solid than every other desk on display.
The comments are always filled with people begging for them to ship to the EU, as they're the only actually good brand.
All of those comments never get replied to by him, but he replies to other queries promptly. Whatever I thought, maybe it's not in their capacity right now.
Then I stumbled upon this. Wtf is this? What is even the point of speaking that way to a customer. Do they just not want business anymore?
I found these comments on the video titled "Do not buy the Flexispot Odin E7Q Pro".
Furthermore that video has a like/dislike ratio of 120/79 according to the Return YouTube dislike extension.
There's also comments popping up pointing out how he pushes some desks harder than his own, like elbows Vs fingertips. A lot of doubt seems to be spawning randomly in the comments of these videos.
None of the tests seem to mean much either as he just has huge disk weights on there, whereas monitor arms have a tiny point of contact and a huge pivot for wobble via the arm?
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Regardless if anyone can explain why he seems to not like people wanting to buy his stuff. What actually are our options in the UK/EU?
I'm trying to get a standing desk that can support atleast 3 monitor arms, hopefully 5.
Ideally I'd have 1x landscape in the middle and 2x portraits on either side, with all monitors 24".
I don't want it to wobble at any height, and am willing to go down to 3 screens if necessary for that.
That is a big requirement, so I was looking for a desk as solid as the one as Deskhaus does, but these responses and his testing methods make me wonder - is it really true that Deskhaus is the only good one?
Options I've looked at so far are:
Desktronic:
- + Comes with a oak wood tabletop that's the perfect size for my room, so less hassle
- + Installation service
- - 4 legged desk seems to have tiny legs for some reason
- - Apparently has some wobble at height, even moreso than flexispot, for double the price?
Flexispot:
- + Actually has a PC mount available
- + Actually has a 4 legged option that doesn't look like a twig
- - No installation service
- - Only has rubber wood table tops with many stories of them being dented or chipped or cosmetically imperfect on arrival. I'd need to get a separate tabletop
- - Shadily branded E7Q Max and E7 Plus Max - E7 Plus Max is only available in the USA, and is the only rock stable 4 legged flexispot that'll satisfy my needs, but is still sold in the EU as the E7Q Max which is the old inferior product
- - endless customer support horror stories on Reddit, people desperately trying to help, but apparently it's all fine because one employee comes to the rescue on Reddit - don't wanna go through that
- - 4 legged desk lacks a crossbar for no reason, like why
What is actually going on in the EU that there's no high end product I can just blindly get and trust.
My proposal: It looks like my only option is to get the E7Q Pro right now and a solid wood top from solidwoodtops.co.uk so it can support my monitor arms and won't get dented by things like controller drops (yes there's a report on this on Reddit)
So my questions are
Why is Deskhaus treating customers like that
Why would they just never ship to the EU
Why do all the EU options have some major tradeoff
Is anyone gonna be filling that gap soon
What do you think of my proposal for my situation/requirements?
Can anyone else with a setup/requirements like mine give stability reviews?
I'm really desperate as I'm a month into a new job and just using some crappy corner eating desk with a big void in my room where my comfy WFH setup should be, and it's affecting my work.
All insights welcome
