Standing desksFollow

So I'm sure you've all heard about how terrible sitting is for you, and I'm finding that I get really tired of sitting all the time and want to mix it up a bit.

The featured desk in this review is of course very cool, but also quite expensive. I'm leaning towards something more like this

It's still expensive though, so I'm currently using a shelving unit to try it out to see if I like it. So far so good, if I like it I'll convince the company to buy me one. [:optimism:]

Anyone else using non standard desks, chairs keyboards etc? Any thoughts?

http://www.amazon.com/Kinesis-KB500USB-BLK-Advantage-Contoured-Keyboard/dp/B000LVJ9W8/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1383680234&sr=8-13&keywords=ergo+keyboard

Lots of people have standing work stations around here. Our ergo guy says you shouldn't have just a standing station, cuz standing static in one place is just as bad as sitting static for any length of time.

So some have just tall desks that are set at a height for them to stand at, but then they also have a stool, like a bar stool. Or some people have desks that you can crank up or down.

For the most part people with standing stations really like them for computing purposes. If you do plan on standing more than sitting get some sort of anti-fatigue mat.

I just got a new wrist rest - it's made out of memory foam.

Feed a light but steady stream of carbon black into the HVAC system, hang a few canarys about the office, sit back and watch productivity sky-rocket.

Aquiring a trackball for your computer is the quickest way known to mankind to make it on the list of "people your IT person at work now hates" followed closly by people who insist on turning on left handed mouse mode. I regularily use a right handed mouse with my left hand on the secondary computer, so when someone decides to reverse the buttons, argh!!!!!!

I had a kneeling computer chair growing up for many years, and I think it actually did more harm than good personally. it could just be my frame and height were not a good match for it, but it seemed to put more stress on the knees, not less.

I use a Vertical Mouse at home and at work, but standard keyboards. I float type so the split ergo keyboards are just super awkward for me.

Aquiring a trackball for your computer is the quickest way known to mankind to make it on the list of "people your IT person at work now hates" followed closly by people who insist on turning on left handed mouse mode. I regularily use a right handed mouse with my left hand on the secondary computer, so when someone decides to reverse the buttons, argh!!!!!!

I literally witnessed a conspiracy to fire a Dvorak keyboard user, once.