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> The desk can lift up to 225 lbs. Okay, okay…it can actually lift more, but let’s keep things on the safe side.

255 lbs is 102kg; in other words, if I sit on this desk, I'm getting close to the breaking point. Not good :(.

(INB4: yes, people do occasionally sit on their desks, sometimes without even thinking about it - e.g. when full of joy, or drunk. Also there's a good chance that someone at some point will want to stand on a desk to, say, change a lightbulb. Consider this especially if you're buing desks for a more public place, like e.g. your local Hackerspace.)

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That's what it can lift, not what it can hold. In your scenario someone would have to sit on the desk and then try and raise it.

> Also there's a good chance that someone at some point will want to stand on a desk to, say, change a lightbulb.

...Or if they're someone who takes "Standing Desk" the wrong way.

Sorry I couldn't help it.

I'm guessing as long as you stand on the portion of the desk directly above a leg you're probably fine even well over 102kg.

That might just be the weight that it can life from low to high height. It might be able to still support more than that when static. It would be good to know what it can support statically.

Not that you need to be using the motor to lift yourself up and down. I'm sure the desk will still support your weight.

Something else to note is that further down it mentions that the 225 lbs limit doesn't include the weight of the table top, so it might be closer to 200.

Simple just don't let anybody overweight/obese get on the desk. Or do it in the morning and if it collapses it will make it easier for them to choose what to have for lunch.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.pdf

A 6 feet bodybuilder could pass 100kg with flying colors and no body fat to speak about.

Is BMI really the same for males/females? I always assumed that what is obese/overweight for a 5'9 woman would be different than a 5'9 man.

Bmi is mostly bullshit. Much better indicators for overall health is the amount of belly fat and the fat around the internals organs. Having a lot of fat on the butt/thighs is much less damning than lets say fatty lever.

Thanks. I am curious about "lever." Was that a typo or a english-locale dependent noun? I am not trying to be a typo jerk, I produce them constantly, I am just curious what the word is.

Its liver ...

Thanks for following up. I dont know why liver did not occur to me and I stared at the keyboard before replying.

There have been suggestions that slight differences should be allowed depending on one's race and age, too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index

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