- Time for a product review.
And with everyone in the world right now working from home,
there's a sentence that you never thought you'd ever hear
in your lifetime, I find myself, as many others do,
questioning their workspace somewhat.
So I thought for this video,
it'd be a great opportunity to look at one of the best desks
that I have come across in my hours of searching
for a really great quality but affordable electric desk.
Because most of the options that were available
whilst looking around were either super, super expensive,
or super-poor quality
that wouldn't really support much weight,
and what I went with in the end was this desk
from a UK company called Ergo Desks.
And this is the Autonomy Pro model
which currently comes in at 475 excluding VAT,
though they do also have an even more affordable model,
the Liberty, at 375 if you're looking for something
at that slightly lower price point.
Now, if those prices do float your boats,
then there is a link in the description down below
that will get you a further 10 pounds off your first order.
This isn't a sponsored video,
however much I'd love to do a sponsored video,
but I did reach out to Ergo Desks
and say that I'd like to make a video about their desk,
and to see if I can get any form of discount or offer
for people that watch this video,
and that's what they came up with,
10 pounds off of your first order, so thanks, Ergo Desks.
So this is the Ergo Desk Autonomy Pro
with a top of 180 centimetres wide by 80 centimetres deep.
It's got a walnut top on, a white frame,
and this is the one that comes in at that 475 price point
for a great-quality desk.
And when I say quality, I mean one that is,
it's a good finish, it's sturdy,
it doesn't wobble much at height, and importantly,
it can take an immense amount of weight from screens,
laptops and all of those heavy things you get at work.
As pretty much any desk is,
it's available in multiple finishes with all sorts of sizes.
You can go as small as,
I think it's 120 centimetres width and 80 centimetres deep,
right up to my 180 centimetres width by 80 centimetres deep.
And then weight-wise,
this can hold an incredible 130 kilogrammes,
which means it could hold seven, nearly eight
of those Dell 49-inch ultra-wide monitors on it.
Eight of those, or two of me.
What I'm getting at here is that this could easily hold
your screen, additional screens, your laptop,
your dock, your monitor arms, books,
and all of those other miscellaneous bits
that you need for a proper desk.
So it's as capable as they come,
but today I do use this as a secondary desk,
either for a working space like this, shooting videos,
or for when I'm on a video call and I wanna stand up,
stretch the legs and just get the blood flowing.
In terms of features, as most electric desks do,
it has a programmable control
that lets you go to a home position,
which is the seated standard position,
or you can set two heights
that you can set to your own preference,
as well as being able to manually adjust those
up and down whenever you like.
The desk extends to 130 centimetres tall,
which is really, really tall,
and even at its highest position, there is minimal wobble.
And, well, after two years of ownership,
there's nothing really of note to say about this desk.
Certainly no frustrations,
and I've even dismantled it and moved it
and put it back together again,
and it still works just great.
I am now so used to being able to go
from sitting to standing at the touch of a button,
and I find it particularly great
for those phone or video calls
when I find that just standing up helps me think better.
The only comment I would say is around cable management.
First of all, what you wanna do is go to Amazon,
buy a 12-way power strip
which you can then screw into the bottom of the desk;
that makes your life much, much easier.
And whilst you are there, also look at a cable tray as well.
You can get one from Ergo Desks direct
if you want that clean and OEM look,
but personally, I found 50 pounds was a fairly pricey price
to pay when you can get much more affordable options.
I'll put the links down below for both of those as well.
With that said, if you are now finding yourself
either permanently or semi-permanently working from home,
then might be worth considering something like this.
The fact it's electric means you won't get stuck
in what might also be a pretty poor dining room chair
or IKEA chair all day,
but that's a whole other video for another time.
It's great for a healthy body,
and it's also great for the end of the day
and when you have young kids who generally come in
and just touch everything on your desk
because you can just tap one button
and everything is instantly out of their meddling reach.
Neat, hey?
Anyway, if you wanna buy your very own,
then click the link below
to get 10 pounds off of your first order,
and maybe speak to your boss,
see if they'll cover the cost of the desk for you.
That'd be handy.
Once more, this isn't a sponsored video.
They're not paying me to say any of this stuff.
I am just running out of ideas of things to talk about,
so thought you should all watch a video about a desk
because it's a desk and it moves.
Yeah!
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Thank you, bye-bye.