6 Reasons Pneumatic Standing Desks are Better than Electric Desks

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1. Pneumatic desk = power free mobility
A pneumatic workstation offers complete mobility to keep your space flexible. There’s no need to set up shop near an open outlet – unless you want to. Add lockable casters and slide your workstation around wherever you need to, without running over your adjustable height desk cord. Change your room layout easily, whenever you feel like it. A strong, lightweight tabletop – like particleboard surfaced with Formica – means there’s no need to call in the furniture movers when you rearrange.

No extra cords = easy to relocate and no risk of running over your desk’s cord
Lightweight (if you opt for a strong, but lightweight tabletop)
No outlet-based limitations on where you can take your desk
Total mobility (just add lockable casters)
Total freedom with your room’s layout

2. A pneumatic desk can raise or lower in less than 3 seconds.
That’s less than the time it takes for one breath. (And it’s about as whisper quiet.) Compared to an electric desk, a pneumatic desk moves 8X faster. These quick, smooth adjustments are the hallmark of pneumatic desks, and add a lot to the overall enjoyment of using a standing desk.

3. A pneumatic desk = the easiest way to start standing – or stand more
A pneumatic desk is the easiest way to support the active, standing lifestyle. Why? A pneumatic adjustable height desk supports your natural movements, moving at pace with you as you change positions throughout the day. Quick adjustments mean you can easily tweak the height until you hit just the right spot. Find the sit/stand rhythm that works best for you, with no training needed to adjust the desk, and no complicated presets.

The overall usability of a pneumatic L-shaped standing desk lets you gradually build the muscles needed to stand more — and to make a real change over time. With a pneumatic sit-stand desk, you still have the option to sit as needed. When transitions are so easy, they become second nature. And that’s the key to lasting change.

4. The desk that can actually boost your productivity
It’s a given: when you’re more comfortable, you’re more productive. Pneumatic desks, with their precise adjustability, enable you to shift seamlessly to the most comfortable position at any given moment.

Being faster than electric desks means these little adjustments don’t interrupt your work flow. Once you achieve a flow state, any distraction means a 20 minute interval before you get back there again. Pneumatic desks dramatically reduce those pesky interruptions.

5. Durable, long-lasting desks
With fewer components than a motorized desk, a pneumatic system is simply more dependable. Though electric desk motors are known for motor burn-out and failures, pneumatic sit stand desk introduce no maintenance or malfunction. So no service calls or power losses, no spikes or collisions.

A well designed pneumatic desk, built with commercial grade materials, can last 30 years or more – a very wise investment over time. Our desks are the only commercial-grade pneumatic standing desk on the market – quality, American-made pneumatic desks designed in Germany, built with Swiss steel.

6. Safer than an electric, motorized desk
With fewer mechanized components, pneumatic-powered desks are simply safer than electric desks. You’re in complete control of the desk’s movement, so you can stop it instantly during adjustment to avoid pinches and collisions.

What’s more, you aren’t going to cause an electrical fire or damage your electric standing desk lifting system just by spilling your coffee. And there is no risk of fire from a voltage issue or a wiring break.

Can stop the desk instantly when adjusting; you control the motion
No risk of electric fire when you spill your coffee
No chance of voltage or wiring break causing a fire