Top 6 Reasons Why Adjustable Standing Desks Wobble

There is a big misconception that exists within the standing desk world: All standing desks wobble. The reason that this thought even exists? Because most standing desks do wobble. If we take a look at the industry as a whole, over the last two to three years we have seen cheap standing desks overtake the market.

With this has come to the perception that all standing desks are unstable since the majority of them being sold have movement when raised. But the truth is, with proper design and implementation standing desks don’t have to wobble.

Let’s take a closer look at the top six reasons standing desks wobble and how you can avoid this problem.

[Marvin-tfwc]

It seems like wobbling is an inherent issue here, every standing desk wobbles more or less and not as stable as traditional desks, they basically trade stability for height adjustment.

[hohn]

Again, another video with the desk right in front of next to them and they chose not to do a physical wobble test but decide to just talk about it.

[mnarch]

How does one fix front/back wobble? Or at least lessen the wobble.

[Aansal]

Is everyone gonna ignore that this video has no comments

[Steakfries]

What could I do for a standing desk that wobbles on carpet?

[lukakapanadze]

where can i buy only legs? i want to instal my custom table at the top of legs

[andilewis]

Thanks for making this video. You helped me troubleshoot my wobble.

[jgarfield]

Are C-shaped designs more susceptible to wobble/stability issues over time?

[catejedar]

I just noticed my desk wobbles because it doesn't have any glide system as shown at 6:40. What is the material the glides at 5:34 are made of?

[pedroacosta]

Where can someone buy those glide fit?

[maddoggperu]

I have a standing desk. If I try to lift the front right corner, it is extremely heavy, but the rear right corner lifts easily. Whereas the left front corner lifts easily, but the rear left corner is extremely heavy. Any idea why that might be? Thanks.

[EepicPhail]

Loose bolts!! thank you so much, you saved me so much frustration!

[RetroTeddyBear]

My Herman Miller desk has a "stabilizer" bar that confuses the heck outta me. Its screwed under the desk between the legs, but is about 2" from either leg. How an earth does this bar do anything?

[markr]

Can you please help me out? I have an uplift standing desk which I set to about 40 inches because I had to work on something underneath the desk. I got up too fast and my shoulder smashed upwards from under the desk into the front left corner. The impact was quite hard and now the desk has very bad front to back wobbling. Even slight pressure can cause the desk to violently rock back and forth now. I'm not exactly sure where the instability is at but it seems to be in the legs of the desk. Is there anything I can do to fix this or has the desk been damaged beyond my control?