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description. So today we've got a different review for you guys and that's this desk which has a very
special feature it's called the yoyodesk pro 2 xl from sitstand.com and i've been using it
for nearly a month so it's time to give it a full review and show you guys exactly what it can do so
full disclosure they sent me the desk for free but it's an honest review with honest
opinions many of you may have already seen this desk in action on my twitter or instagram but
as you may have guessed by the website name this is a desk that allows you to work while sat down
or even when you're standing the yoyo desk 2 pro is a motorized s system that allows you to change
the desk height with the simple button pressed on the side you can press and change this from
70 centimeters all the way up to 120 and the desks themselves that come in many different sizes and
colors but as you can see here i've opted for actually the largest model they do which is 180
centimeters by 80 and of course i've got the white table top so the first thing we're going to cover
is the specs of the desk and that's something i never thought i'd be saying on this channel and
then we're gonna go through what it can do and what i like about it and also what i don't like
so it's an electrically powered height adjustable desk it ranges from 70 centimeters all the way up
to 120 and this makes it suitable for user heights of up to 185 centimeters
for people that are taller than that there's also a yoyodesk pro 2 plus but this desk has a
still frame and it comes in a choice of silver white and black and the height adjustment is
powered by silent motion technology it's able to lift a maximum capacity of a hundred kilograms
it comes with five years warranty and i selected the upgraded control panel on the side
along with a cable management system so overall it is a great desk i mean the first thing we're going
to do now because you probably do want to see this is actually see the motor in action before we go
through the detail so if i use my control panel on the side i can actually move it up and down
so we'll just do that to show you it does work and it's very easy to do it all works very well
so as you can see that's the desk at full height so it does make it very suitable
for standing up working and i mean i would actually have this a little bit lower
so i'm just going to move this back down before we continue
so overall it is a great desk it does what it's supposed to do and it means i can sit down and
work if i get any back problems or just feel like standing up i can do so without the hassle
of having to move any equipment or change my setup the whole design is impressive and actually even
in just sit down mode thanks to the metal frame in the middle it makes for a very sturdy setup
but there are just a couple of things that i think could be improved and we'll go over those shortly
the desktop as a whole is great quality i tend to leave things on the desk and get
marks all over it but so far i haven't actually managed to scratch the surface of the desk yet
i have actually managed to take the tiniest of chips out of the left side here but this was 100
my fault as i left these metal edged headphones on the edge when i was moving the desk up that
got caught i didn't notice and kept trying to push it up so i take full responsibility for jamming it
in there but it could have been a lot worse so i opted for the large desk and even though it
is pretty big it's stable in every single part of the desktop and normally with a desk this
sort of size you may have to worry about some support in the middle but with the yoyodesk pro
2 it's got a very strong metal frame it actually runs all the way along the desktop in the center
at the back corners we've got two holes and covers for our cable management and i have to say this is
of course the hardest thing about this desk when it comes to the cable management of course you
need to make it so that the desk can easily rise and full but you also still want the setup to be
neat i've placed my tower on top of the desk to make moving up and down much better and neater
and i have to say the cable management tray upgrade that i got here is a must
i haven't actually finished my cable management yet but it's nearly done and as you can see i've
got a lot of cables inside this tray to be fair i probably need a lot more cables than most as
i've got the three monitor setup and i've also got an additional two led light strips
but the way i've done my setup is i've got two four gang multi sockets underneath they're inside
each tray and then the cables are running up from the wall into there i'm going to be using
trunking here in future to neaten this up but one thing i would like to see in a future model
would be a built-in multi-socket on each side if i could for instance plug a plug into the bottom leg
and it would transfer through up to a multi socket at the top this would make life so much easier
and i think it would be a huge improvement on an already good desk next you can see to make this
work with my current setup i've actually had to stick my internet router to the bottom of the desk
now i've decided that i'm actually going to be moving this into another room meaning it's just
an ethernet cable running up here instead but i haven't got around to that yet another improvement
i would have liked to have seen is that given this is obviously an office solution maybe an ethernet
port at the bottom that transfers up to the top and again it would just make things so much neater
but overall there is plenty of management options there's plenty of space and i am happy with the
design now we're going to move on to the motor and i have to say this did impress me the silent
motion technology while not completely silent it is pretty quiet on top of that the dual motors
that move the desk up and down incredibly smoothly giving you full confidence in the equipment that
you're trusting the safety on top i've also updated for the upgraded control panel on this
as well so while you normally have an up and down i've then got a one two and three programmable
options now i can set the heights to the numbers so i have one as my preferred seating position i
have number two as my preferred standing position and if there was someone else that was using this
they could use three for their preferred standing position as well now to keep things safe you
can't just press the number and it goes to that height you have to hold it in and keep holding it
until it reaches the height now this is of course something they have to do for safety and i think
it is a good idea in the specs it states that this motor can be cycled at least 10 000 times
at full load so these motors are gonna stand the test of time well i personally didn't work
standing out much this desk has truly given me the freedom to do so and it's now something
that i do consider doing on top of this there are benefits that i hadn't considered such as cleaning
i can raise the desk up to easily clean underneath while i used to struggle getting over my desk
to that window there to use the blinds i can now just put the desk to its lowest position
if you're suffering with a bad back and you don't want to commit to a standing only desk then it's
definitely going to be a good choice not only does it bring more options but it also provides the
most sturdy and secure desk that i've ever had as i said cable management is difficult to get neat
considering the challenges so i highly recommend the case hide the bulk of it and i still use
plenty of cable ties and velcro build quality does seem to be very good and there's no doubt
that i'm going to be using this desk for years to come so finally in the bit that many of us don't
want to hear and that is the pricing so straight up there's no need to lie they are expensive but
if it's something you need then it's worth it the desks of course get more expensive the larger you
go when it comes to something like this it's not really where you want to cheap out and risk having
issues now the small version of this desk is 120 by 80 and that is 500 pounds for 140 centimeters
wide it's 524 if you want 160 it's 536 pounds and this 180 centimeter model is 548 pounds
now given that this is a considerable purchase i would advise you to think hard and make sure you
really do need the stand-up desk coming from someone who hadn't considered it before and
wouldn't use a standing only desk i really am starting to appreciate the benefits especially
if you have multiple users where they want to sit and some want to stand then it really is going to
be the perfect solution and for those that don't feel comfortable setting it up they also offer
a completely free installation service of course for those of you that want to take a look at the
desk pro 2 i've placed links down in the description below that'll take you to their
website and if there's anything i've missed or you've got any questions then just ask in the
comments and i'll get back to you as soon as i can but thanks for watching the video if you liked it
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