FlexiSpot EN1 vs VIVO Electric Standing Desk 60×24

FlexiSpot

FlexiSpot EN1

Not sold new in the US. FlexiSpot's US page shows the EN1 as "Off Shelf" with no way to order it, and the store's sitemap no longer lists it.

FlexiSpot has taken the EN1 off sale: its US page now reads "Off Shelf" with nothing to add to a cart, so this entry is a reference for anyone weighing a used one. It was FlexiSpot's cheapest complete desk and the clearest illustration of what one motor and two-stage legs cost you. It arrived nearly assembled, the top already on and the cable routing built into the frame, so you were working in twenty minutes — all genuinely good. But two segments per leg means the lowest it goes is 29 inches, which is the height of an ordinary non-adjustable desk. A 29-inch surface suits someone around 6 ft 1 in sitting; for anyone shorter it is the same too-tall desk they already have, just one that also rises. A single motor drives both legs at an inch a second and lifts 154 lb, which is enough for a laptop and two monitors and not much more. If you are tall, or the desk is mainly for standing, a used EN1 is a lot of convenience for the money; if sitting at your current desk hurts, it is the wrong desk.

VIVO

VIVO Electric Standing Desk 60×24

VIVO's proposition is simple: a complete 60-inch dual-motor desk with memory presets for about $300. This is the 2B Solid Top, the dual-motor kit, not the cheaper single-motor desk VIVO sells beside it. The one-piece top matters at this price, where two-piece surfaces with a seam down the middle are common and can be felt under a mouse. The 220 lb rating is honest and adequate for two monitors and a laptop. Range is better than the price suggests: three-stage columns take the 60×24 desk from 24.6 to 50.4 inches, which by the elbow-height rule fits users from about 5 ft 2 in to 6 ft 9 in, at a published 38 mm (about 1.5 inches) per second. What the money does not buy is depth or a long warranty. The 60-inch top is only 24 inches deep, which puts a large monitor close to your face, and three years covers the frame, the motors and the top alike, where the mid-market offers ten to fifteen on the frame.