 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the vert desk. Now this is the first time I've ever looked at a desk on this show and Honestly the pitch like here Linus. Do you want to check this out? It's kind of like I guess so until I did a little bit more looking into it So it would appear that this is becoming pretty well established that sitting too much aside from the general inactivity inactivity associated with sitting can actually be a direct that may have a direct correlation to health problems including obesity cardiovascular disease Even for people who are otherwise sort of similar test cases things like bus drivers So standing trolley operators were less likely to have heart attacks than sitting bus drivers for example Which to me was sort of bizarre, but I guess I'm not going to be the one to To knock it before I try it so the vert desk is an electric Automatically well not automatically have to press a button but an electric adjustable desk that goes from comfortable sitting height To comfortable standing height in about 25 seconds So the idea it holds up to 200 pounds Which means all of your gear that you'd normally have on your desk will comfortably fit on them It could even sit on if you don't have the aforementioned obesity problem Although I wouldn't sit on it and put a heavy computer on it and all that stuff And the idea is that instead of sitting all day or instead of getting a standing desk and having to stand all day You can have some kind of a compromise between the two that will make you more comfortable overall So it's available in a variety of different options. This is the black base I believe the black base is the only base but you can get a couple of different tops for it So we are going to be going through the process of assembling the vert desk Which came in three boxes for me over the next little bit here. Very exciting! So it looks like our table did arrive in one piece Well, okay, like as one piece as you'd expect a table that you have to assemble to arrive So there's cardboard packing around the outside For whatever reason this particular box was labeled do not lay flat I can't imagine any reason why a tabletop couldn't be laid flat But there you go. There's pre-tapped holes on this side, the bottom side Where apparently we're going to be screwing things into at some point So you can see there here here here here We're not pre-tapped but pre-trilled so just starter holes And then I want to show you guys all the other things that are included So we've got feet for the bottoms of these Height adjustable feet We've got whatever this is Some screws, bag of screws Little plastic channel for something Okay, two motor looking pieces, one of which has two plugs One of which looks like it's for the remote motor So I'm guessing this goes on one side, this goes on the other side And then the other one goes to what appears to be a control pod Where you can go up and down using this and it plugs into the main control box right there Alright, so then we've got two stands So two sets of two feet with support pillars that adjust up and down And then we have the tabletop itself which you can get it without the tabletop I think you save a hundred bucks or something like that if you want to put your own tabletop on it And finally we've got four pieces of metal that presumably do something We also have an instruction booklet which we are definitely going to need Otherwise we would be doomed Read all the instructions prior to blah blah blah etc etc etc So, here we go guys Alright, so the first step is to take the left leg Which you can tell because of where the threaded holes are located And the back of the device is going to be the shorter leg, not the longer one And you take this small motor assembly and put two of the machine screws Which look like this if you guys want to have a look at that In with the included Allen key So the only thing you really need to provide for yourself To assemble the vert desk is your own Philips head screwdriver Because they provide the Allen keys that you need So we're going to put in two of those Secure it just like that so the motor head faces towards the short leg And then the other thing we need is this hex rod here Which is going to go through the motor assembly into Oh, hold on, we want the longer piece Haha, into the table itself Yeah, there it goes So to diagnose the hex rod not going all the way into the left leg support We're actually hooking up We're jumping ahead of ourselves a little bit In the vert desk assembly operation So we're hooking the motor up to the control unit And what I want to do is turn it a little bit Yeah, I thought it wasn't working because it was so quiet You can't even hear it So we're just going to try and rotate it to find the right spot And I need that Allen key back there Okay, it seems to be aligned now So you can see pressing on it is actually moving the vert desk now So I'm going to go ahead and stab it some more And now I think we are actually correctly inserted So we're going to carry on now So the next step is to put the hex rod through the other table Now what I realized is that when we hooked this one up in order to rotate it We didn't have to do that All you have to do is pull on it and it will rotate the inside piece No problem However, once you've got the hex rod in there It's hooked up to this motor so they don't move anymore Now they're completely stuck, aligned So the next thing now is to go ahead and screw the... Here we go Put screws in and attach it to the workspace top itself Now you can tell from where the pilot holes are That the ones here, right here and about here somewhere That are aligned for these, these are the back of the desk Because there's more leg room towards the front of the desk Where you're less likely to hit this rod The four long wood screws go in now So one, two, three, four Without fully tightening them And I cannot emphasize enough the importance of getting these lined up right So that they're the same height away from the hole on either side Because otherwise, as far as I can tell Your table will be permanently crooked The control switch has special screws So these are the only screws for the control switch They're kind of about the length of the width of your finger And you can mount it either on the right side or on the left side It's totally up to you So I think being right handed I will go for the right side of the table So you just align that with the pilot holes and screw those in Then you run the cable on the inside of the control rod Of the hex rod right there So this next piece is the cover for the hex rod So you can put it on either way And depending on which way you put your switch You're going to take these notches here And run it through the notches, there we go So that there's some cable management going on And so that nothing's going to interfere with the hex rod itself So this is where I guess a drill might be kind of nice Because this is going to take me a little while here So I'm going to put about eight of these screws in In order to attach this firmly This is one of those things where you can never quite decide Is it faster to just soldier through it Or is it faster to go get the drill and do it that way So the rod cover here we fully tightened as we went But this next one we're not going to fully tighten as we go It takes three wood screws See there's guide holes that are in here So three wood screws that go through it And we're not fully tightening any of this stuff So I do have my drill now so I'm just starting that for the sake of the camera And then we take these guys, these honking guys like this And these go into the ends Actually maybe it would be better to do this end so you guys can see what I'm doing So it goes into the end here and then screws into the end of this I guess they call it a support tube but it's more of a square So I don't know how exactly that works And that screws in like that so this gives some rigidity to the table itself here Okay so we slide this plate and there's a particular orientation for it There's a hole here so that goes towards the front And then what we do is we put the screwdriver through that hole With this one screw that came inside that box And we drop it And we put that into this hole right here That's what actually keeps the mounting plate in place And keeps it from just completely falling away from this guy Besides just its natural animal-like sex appeal There we go, now that won't go anywhere Then we take this guy and we mount it somewhere Presumably here Presumably this way So that this actually reaches You have the option to go either way if you want We'll figure this out And we're tightening these guys all the way Now they want you to screw this thing in But it's just like a wire management thing for bringing this wire over to the control box It comes with double-sided tape I'm inclined to sort of give it a shot with the double-sided tape and see if it holds out But if it really doesn't last then I guess you could always screw it on It's not mission-critical by any stretch of the imagination So then we can plug this in There we go, they only align They only go in one way, they're keyed See there's a little thing here that only goes in one way So there you go And we can push those in there Not that I'd recommend like, schwacking it like that Next thing So now there's only one wire that actually goes into the wall So all of our other wires are managed at this point Now we have to install our cross support brace Which is gonna sort of slide on somehow supposedly So we'll need a moment for that Where'd that other Allen key go? The cross brace isn't too hard because these legs do rotate out So you rotate them out, then you bring the cross brace in, then you rotate them in And it's six Allen keys at the back in order to actually secure it in place Let's see, align them with the hole, of course, that won't work better So this piece we fully tighten as we go Now they're saying the next piece to fully tighten are these big guys that are in the side here So we're just gonna give those the old... Alright, okay, from either side And then that leaves us with the last things to fully tighten Being the four screws that hold these pieces to the desk itself And I understand now why they ask you not to fully tighten them earlier in the process Because there's a lot of shifting and settling and adjustment that goes on While you're attaching pieces like this that are meant to guide it and make sure that everything is aligned So we're just gonna give it a quick tighten down here One, two, three, four, and then they are, because you guys are all so ergonomically conscious They make sure to tell you, hey, make sure you have an assistant help you flip the desk over into its correct position Right side up, so that you don't... Because for all the good it's gonna do you to prevent cardiovascular disease if you break your back Moving a desk around, then you're not gonna be happy about that either So we've got leveler feet that you can just screw into the bottom That kind of go like this There we go, we've seen those on desks before And we are pretty much done So let's do a bit of a demo here with the vert desk completely assembled and plugged into the wall So here's what someone like me might use a desk for like this So here, I'll show you guys the full range of the height adjustment is extremely quiet So you can sit very comfortably at it Here's my chair stands Alright, and then you're just pressing the button here You can raise it up to a comfortable height where you could use it standing up So I might use it for things like product showcases and demos and unboxings Where some things are small and I'm gonna want to have them right up here where I can show them to you Wow, this thing goes really high I guess I'm short, so I'm only 5'6 So it's a little high for me at its very highest height But if you were actually a reasonable height, then of course you need to be able to use it as well But I guess that's the point of ergonomic furniture, isn't it? So German made motor, very solid feeling actually Even at its full height you can see I'm heaving on it a little bit here This probably weighs a good 35-40 pounds And it's not even sitting actually here It's not even sitting on the concrete here, so the feet aren't fully stabilized as well But there you go, that's the VertDesk Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos And apparently desks now, we do desks now And that gives you some idea of the speed of the height adjustment as well So it's about 1 inch per second according to their specifications