PowerPro™ 36 Inch Electric Standing Desk Converter, Height Adjustable Sit to Stand Up Desk Riser, Laptop and Dual Monitor Desktop Workstation with Wide Keyboard Tray and USB Port, Black

I bough several of the VIVO desk riser, and while OK, I wasn't thrilled with it. For my personal use, I wanted to see if the $200 extra is worth it for me to buy this Versadesk....luckily I bought a good as new used desk for $150. I hope to make a fair comparison since not many reviewers here have owned the cheaper risers and the versa desk. What I like: 1. Very good packaging. Very easy assembly. Just 4 thumb screws. No tools needed 2. Thick material...about 50% thicker than the VIVO. 3. Better material...surface is glossy and high quality. Switches are high quality. With the VIVO you get basic MDF surface that has the finish of a cheap closet shelf 4. Much sturdier. Perhaps unfair b/c this is a motorized unit. But it feels and looks much sturdier. What I don't like: though the keyboard tray is sturdier than the VIVO...there's still some flex. The weakness here is that the brackets holding the keyboard is just bent steel. For the price, please reinforce it. I hate bouncy keyboard trays. Summary: when deciding between a $100 and $350 riser, the more expensive Versadesk is obviously much better built, much sturdier. It's also much heavier. Get the VIVO if you are on a budget. It's not as good but works fine. Get the VIVO if you want to save 20lbs of weight. Some of our counters have a hard time handling the versa desk with 2 monitors, etc. Get the VIVO if you don't want another power plug. Get the VIVO if you want rapid up/down adjustment. The motor on the Versadesk is smooth and quiet...but not as fast as manual risers. But for me and for most, you'll the quality of the Versadesk much more reasuring, especially when you have it right next to the VIVO. It's much better, much sturdier. And it's American designed and made :)

I did research the Versadesk vs others before I purchased. And when it came in, it was very easy to assemble and put on top of my desk. It goes up and down via the electric buttons very easily and quietly. I like that is American made and the quality is excellent. The cherry matches my existing desk and is very sturdy - like something I would get if I actually worked in an office that had higher end fittings. My only enhancement request is if the Keyboard/Mouse tray could move. It is permanently fixed to the unit and I would love to be able to flip it up and out of the way in some way when I want to use my desk as my as my writing surface. It will just take some getting used on my part to use a different area of my desk.

Professional quality, sturdy and easy to assemble

It’s big enough for my monitors and has a really nice finish that seems durable. It’s beautiful. I use it standing more often than not. Assembly was a breeze-takes about 2 minutes and no tools. However, it could be more stable. It wobbles a bit when I’m typing. I’m afraid to lean into it at all. Not the end of the world, but the main reason I bought something so expensive was because I wanted it to be stable.

Real nice, quality piece. Had it 9 mo now and works 100%

Easy to assemble. Large working surface on top. My computer is large so it hangs over the bottom shelf but the surface is fairly non-skid so I'm not having an issue. Loving it!

I could not be more pleased with the quality of this product! I developed a hernia and struggled to sit at my desk for hours at a time. I needed to stand up periodically. This is super stable and holds my 3 monitors as well as my laptop. It’s big enough to also hold a pen holder, 2-3 cups , a frame, calculator, phone charger etc. The convenience of pressing a button to raise and lower (smoothly btw) is a must! It also has a usb plug so my phone charger doesn’t need an extra extension cord. Probably one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. Even now after surgery and healing I still use it.

The unit is easy to assemble (not really any assembly required except connecting up the keyboard tray and plugging in the power wires). I have not been able to raise the table because my monitor cables are too short. I have ordered new longer ones, so hope to be able to raise it to the standing position soon. When I tried it without anything on it, or even raising it half-way with my monitors on it, it seemed to work fine. There are definite problems with the keyboard/mouse (K/M) tray dimensions. The area for the keyboard is way to shallow (or maybe the problem is it isn't wide enough). I like to use a wrist guard and with it (2.5" deep) and my standard keyboard (approx. 6.25" deep), the keyboard legs keep falling off the back (or the side at the back) of the tray. I'm going to have to put something on the tray around the keyboard legs to keep the keyboard on the tray. There is absolutely no wiggle room for the positioning of the keyboard and wrist guard. My standard mouse pad with wrist guard is about 9-1/8" long (deep). The depth of the mouse area of the K/M tray is only 7-7/8 wide. So, I had to cut a large chunk out of mouse pad in order to even place it on the K/M tray. The support bar for the K/M tray is right where the mouse pad and the mouse need to be. So, even with my mouse pad alteration, I keep banging the support bar with my mouse. All this makes the use of a mouse quite awkward. I will note that the mouse area of the K/M tray would be adequate for a rollerball type mouse. The designers of this sit-to-stand desk should have, in my opinion, tested the keyboard tray for likely keyboards and mouse setups, and made the whole thing a little deeper, say, by 2 inches. They also should have made the keyboard part of the tray wider so you are not forced to put your keyboard dead center of the desk. They also could have put the support bars at the end (or even curving the opposite way) to leave more room for the mouse pad and mouse movement. I thought about returning this, but I've already broken down and recycled the box it came in and rearranged my office and I don't feel like tearing it all apart again. I'm hoping to solve the keyboard problem with, as I said, putting something on the tray to hold the keyboard in place. I'm hoping to solve the mouse problem with a mouse extension device that is on the way. One more thing. The instructions have warnings about not getting wires in the scissor mechanism. How much effort or design would it take to put a cable guard at the back of the unit to prevent that from happening?