Stilford Electric Adjustable Desk

Taking back – Delivered with uneven legs and can’t get past e60 error Show details

Well Engineered Product, except for few details – An elegant and well Engineered Product. Detailed printed instructions and videos online. Printed documents vary within the packages. Lacking torque values. 2 out of 4 middle tabletop mounting holes did not align in Y direction, considering these holes are on there same part. Used only 6 screws. Middle 4 holes need to be slots. Mounting screws for… Read more

control unit is way too small, need a watch makers screw driver, can not apply enough force on a self tapping screw. Swapped these for shorter, slightly larger screws with larger Philips head. Cable Tray & Cable Guide - Not very well designed, not very useful. End holes do not alugn well. Should allow for switched power board. Overall, extremely satisfied. Hard to find products of this good quality these days.

Perfect - had it for months, long warranty – I bought the 1500mm Stillford S2 electric desk from Office Works and am absolutely in love with it. It's a large, sturdy, clean and nice looking desk. The legs are completely out of the way and lay very flat against the ground. Unlike some other electrical desks, there's no large motor that gets in the way of your legs or where you sit, it has… Read more

three heights you can calibrate (I have sitting, reading, and standing height). It moves very fast and calibration is so easy it takes no time at all.

All the cords are well kept/hidden at the back of the desk. I'm a female and built the desk by myself, though two people would be preferred (but if need be, it can be done alone). The only thing to consider is its weight if it needs to be carried up stairs (it weighs 51kg both the table top and legs/motor). The legs of this desk are designed to accomodate different sized table tops - theoretically if I wanted to get an 1800mm, 2000mm, or 1200mm table top the legs could accomodate it.

The motor also has a 5 year warranty, and the frame has a 15 year warranty.

Stilford S2 Electric Desk is a good bang for the buck – Officework's own electric desk you would not find somewhere else. This Stilford S2 Electric Desk is sturdy, versatile and well priced. It is not perfect. Must say I am pretty fortunate that I have been using electric desk for some time at work and the work ones are really good. So my expectations were somewhat high. I want it very steady, very… Read more

stable, very smooth strong motor. I don't want to trip over the legs easily and I want it strong without modesty panel or bar in the middle because I have plans to put a drawer underneath which is very deep and will run into the panel or bar.

After shopping around, I found electric desk to be very expensive. There are some cheap ones out there but you do get what you pay for. IKEA has an electric desk and some found it unsteady and unstable when the table is going up or down. I do love IKEA stuff, they in most cases are well built and very well priced. But I prefer heavier duty in this case. I might not just write on my desk but do some machine work on it.

Good Height adjustment is amongst the best at 670-1230mm. Other Officework's offerings like the cheaper Matrix Electric Desk has a range of 705-1155mm. More expensive Rapidspan is 685-1205mm. For short people like kids in the household, 670mm is awesome.

Sturdy - This table is heavy (57.3kg) and every part are thick and strong. You really appreciate that if you assemble it yourself. Even the table top isn't light. This desk comes with adjustable feet for levelling but it is so heavy they are not necessary.

Smooth motor action - well, I have seen smoother motor but this one is definitely not bad, especially given the motor is mid mount, unlike some that has motor on one side, the table top goes up and down smoothly and won't spill any drinks even if it is full to the brim. There are 4 memory settings.

Good choice of colours - Legs comes in either white or black and I do wish there was a grey option as well. But the table top comes in white, oak, walnut or white with oak or black edging.

Low profile feet is great and means you won't trip over them easily. I might be tempted to add small castors in the future!

Quality finish - I like the commercial 25mm thick scratch resistant melamine laminate with 2mm ABS edging covering the E0 particle board inside, powder coated steel frame, heavy duty motor, 15 years guarantee on the frame and 5 years on electric components.

Assembly is easy especially if you have a powered screw driver. Everything are labelled very well and individually packed into labelled zip lock bags. I am amazed that no label came off. It also came with some spare hardwares. All tools are provided apart from phillips screwdriver. What I don't like so much Screw and screw holes don't align in the middle between the table top and centre frame. Instead of a perfect "u" shape, the center frame has a slight "v" shape hence screw holes in the frame did not match pre-drilled holes in the top. Attaching the motor mount plate and you would notice just how much of a "v" shape it is. You are supposed to mount the top on both sides of the frame but I ended up only attaching one side. Given it is so sturdy, you won't notice it and it does not appear to affect motor action. I have since fixed this problem so the two screws that didn't align have been installed. There is very sight improvement over table stability and no improvement / degradation to motor mechanism. The difference is minuscule.

Control panel looks cheap albeit buttons are rubber and display is clearly and brightly lit. If it loses power for more than a couple of seconds, the table needs to go through calibration again. I have never seen a table that needs it. Thank goodness it doesn't lose the 4 memory settings.

Motor is slow at 25mm per second. It takes 22.4 seconds to go from 670 to 1230mm. Compounded with the need to recalibrate every time it loses power, you pray power shortage isn't a frequent event in your area. It can take 40+ seconds for recalibration if you like to keep this table low.

Motor and controller mount position. This one really perplexes me. Looking at what community had posted about this product, it looks like it has gone through a couple of iterations making it more economical over time. Controller used to be placed in a steel tray which can be mounted on either side of the center frame, on your side or at the back. Now the tray is gone and controller is mounted directly on table top. I kid you not, going with the pre-drilled holes, it ends up 18cm from the front edge and the power port is pointing at you meaning the cable is little over 10cm from the front edge. Perhaps they expect you to pull it out from time to time for resetting?! Given my OCD, I used quite a few cable ties and have all the dangling cables tidied up and thank God the controller while really big (60x220x110mm) is not hitting my legs like some other users complaint about. If you don't follow the pre-drilled holes, there is enough space and cable to mount the motor behind the center frame. It’s not causing me problems so I am not relocating it. I might want to attach powerboards underneath the table at the back also.

Other notable mentions The scalloped back edge is kind of nice over cable management ports. Unless the ports are located where you want it. They may not be practical if cables are not long enough.

There are lots of holes in the center frame and I used them to tie cable ties to tidy up the cables. Very handy.

There is no clear stop for the shafts when inserting into the motor slot. Therefore, one shaft may be inserted further than another and there is at least 5-6mm from either side where the shafts may move. I hope the shaft doesn't come off from the motor over time and possibly increase wear. Occasionally, I do see an E16 error which supposed to indicate if a sudden resistance is detected where there is nothing in the way. I wonder if it is pinching a gear for some reason. Anyway, this hasn't developed into a problem. Will update if it does. And I have tested that this table / motor doesn't stop when there is an obstruction it hits while lowering. It ends up lifting the whole table in that case. I didn't test where there is obstruction above. I can imagine failure there would look spectacular. Tempted to remove 1/2 a star just because of the lack of this safety feature.

Two assembly instructions were provided. One of which saids load capacity is 100kg on front page and 70kg on back page and in the Safety and Warnings section. Another consistently saids 70kg. Website saids 90Kg. I know which one I am going to believe.

It comes with optional modesty panel and cable management tray you can order from Officeworks.

All in all, it is a really positive experience and I love the table. It is not the professional much more expensive electric table I have at work with built-in power and usb power supplies, cable management tray underneath. But I am very happy with it.

Rubbish! – Bought a Stilford S2 Electric Corner 1800mm Workstation complete with Modesty Panel. $1,157.95 Delivered Assembly instructions could've been better for the corner workstation model. Took 4 hours to assemble correctly due to the bad instructions for the corner version. Good thing is it doesn't shake or vibrate at standing height like the… Read more

Varidesk.

Desk lifts and lowers perfectly during the learning process, but after that it refuses to lower without fuss. It keeps stopping saying that it's hitting something when lowering the desk even when there's NOTHING under the desk nor on the desk.

Rang Officeworks for assistance and they said to bring it back and get a new one (J Burrows is an Officeworks brand). WTH? The stupid thing took 4 hours to assemble and is HEAVY AF and it's for my office. I can't take a day off work to resolve this stupid damn desk. (Pack up computer, monitor, etc, disassemble desk, wait for collection, receive new one, assemble desk, set up computer, etc)

This isn't like returning a faulty mouse or keyboard!

DO NOT BUY a stand up desk from Officeworks. Buy from a local shop that can actually offer local support when things go wrong like this.

Versatile desk – I found my old desk wasn't deep enough so looked at alternatives. I decided if I was getting a new desk I might as well get a height adjustable model to give me some options. After some research I decided on a white Stilford 1400 x 750mm electric height adjustable desk from Officeworks (only available online). Other widths and colours are… Read more

available.

Delivery took about a week, which I deemed acceptable. The desk arrived in 3 sturdy cardboard boxes. It took about an hour to put together and have it operational. I found the single motor mechanism works well on my desk and was relatively quiet in operation. I don't have the desk plugged in all the time (so it doesn't chew electricity unnecessarily) meaning I can't use the preset options. I prefer to set my own level/s when it suits me and it is no bother to me to plug it in as needed to adjust the height.

I now have the option of standing or sitting at my desk. Whilst standing, I can set the desk height to whatever feels comfortable at the time and make for less back pain (for me).