FlexiSpot E8 vs FlexiSpot Comhar Pro Q8

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FlexiSpot E8

Not sold new in the US. FlexiSpot's US page for the E8 reads "Off Shelf" and "SOLD OUT", and the store no longer links to it.

FlexiSpot has taken the E8 off sale — its US page reads "Off Shelf" and "SOLD OUT" — so this is a reference for anyone weighing a used one. It was the design-led one: oval columns rather than the E7's square steel, a slimmer profile and a bamboo top that looks like furniture rather than office equipment. It keeps the three-stage travel and a low 24.6-inch working minimum, which is the important number, but the rounded profile costs it capacity — 275 lb against the E7's 355 — and the frame only spans 48 to 60 inches, so a 72-inch top is out. Choose it over the E7 if the desk lives somewhere people see it and the load is a monitor, a laptop and a lamp. Choose the E7 if you are mounting a tower, a heavy slab or a multi-monitor arm, because the extra 80 lb and the wider span are the whole point of the square columns.

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FlexiSpot Comhar Pro Q8

The Q8 is the one that doesn't look like a standing desk. A single 55×28 bamboo surface with a shallow drawer built into it, a Qi charging pad set into the top, three USB ports in the front edge and no visible cable tray — it is designed for a bedroom or a living room where an office frame would be an eyesore. Underneath it is a proper three-stage desk, 23.6 to 48.8 inches, which is a wider range than plenty of frames that look far more serious. The limits follow from the design: one size, one shape, 220 lb of capacity, and a drawer that eats the space a keyboard tray would use. It is also not cheap for what it carries. Buy it for the integration and the look; if you want capacity and choice for the same $700 the E7 Plus is four-legged and lifts 440 lb.