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I have an Ikea Skarsta: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/skarsta-desk-sit-stand-white-s5....

Pretty affordable and well made standing desk (~$250). The only problem is having to crank the desk up and down can get tedious after a while, but I'd rather do that than shell out $2k for a motorized standing desk.

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I have the powered Bekant or possibly an earlier version of it and after a couple years it still works great. It does have a weight limit but can typically support most use cases. However I have to admit that I’ve been lazy lately and don’t stand as much as I should, ha.

Both IKEA skarsta (€200 manual) and bekant (€500 electric) are great. I've helped several of my friends install them this year.

It's easy to switch out the desk surface to whatever you want. I switched out the plastic for a much larger (0.8*2.0m) edge glued robinia wooden surface. Love it.

Oh wow, I didn’t know ikea had a motorised standing desk. Would be more than happy to pay $500 for that; hand-cranking the desk up and down gets tiring after a while.

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