“I record two hours a day at this thing. The frame doesn’t hum on the
way up, and honestly that’s the whole review.”
Dara Whitlock@dara.builds — 214k subscribers
“Raised and lowered it about four hundred times since November. It still
lands on the same millimetre every time.”
Ken Oyelaran@kenmakesthings — 88k subscribers
“The cable spine took me eleven minutes. I have spent longer than that
untangling one monitor cable.”
Priya Raman@setup.notes — 41k subscribers
Atmosphere modes
Three light states. One dial on the underside.
The integrated edge light has three presets and nothing else — no app, no account, no
firmware update. Turn the dial; the desk changes the room.
Mode 01
Focus
One warm pool of light lands on the keyboard and stops there, with the wall behind
you dropped to near-black. Nothing pulses, shifts or breathes while you work.
2700KFixed outputNo animation
Mode 02
Session
A wider, flatter spill that covers two chairs, a controller and whatever is on the
floor. Brightness holds within 2% so a camera never hunts for exposure.
3400KFlicker-freeTwo-seat spread
Mode 03
Wind-down
Output falls from full to 8% across nine minutes, slow enough that you stop noticing
it. At the end the desk returns to standing height and holds there overnight.
2200K9-minute fadeReturns to preset
Cable management
Every cable has one route, and it was decided before the desk was drawn.
Three parts, stacked. Power enters once at the left leg, travels inside the frame, and
surfaces where your hands already are.
1Surface layer — twin 60mm grommets
2Tray layer — magnetic drop-down spine
3Frame layer — internal leg channel & inlet
01
Twin 60mm grommets, threaded not punched
Machined ports at both rear corners, so the same desk works left-tower or
right-tower. Blanking caps are included if you only need one.
02
A 640mm tray that drops on magnets
Holds a 240W brick, a hub and eight cables. Pull the front lip and it hinges down
for access without crawling under the desk or removing a single screw.
03
Power enters once, inside the leg
The actuator loom and your extension lead share a channel inside the left column,
clipped every 90mm so nothing rattles or snags through the full travel.
One cable leaves the desk and goes to the wall. That is the whole
visible story from the front of the room.
Materials & durability
Two parts to get right: the thing you touch, and the thing that holds it.
Measured figures from our own test rig, not supplier datasheets. If a number moves in
production, we publish the new one.
Surface
Matte phenolic over bamboo
A dense core so the top doesn’t drum, under a laminate chosen for how little it
reflects on camera.
Core18mm compressed bamboo, 5-ply
Top layer0.9mm phenolic laminate, 4% gloss
Scratch4H pencil hardness, no visible mark
HeatStable to 90°C — mugs, not soldering irons
Edge3.2mm radius, wrist-side eased by hand
CleaningWater or isopropyl; no wax needed
Frame
Cold-rolled steel, ball-screw lift
Thicker walls and screw-driven actuators, which is why it is heavier than most desks
and quieter than all of them.
ColumnsCold-rolled steel, 2.0mm wall
LiftTwin synchronised ball-screw actuators
Travel622–1257mm (24.5–49.5in)
Load120kg dynamic, tested at full extension
Wobble<0.8mm lateral at 1118mm height
Noise42dB at 1m while travelling
Cycles15,000 full cycles, no drift recorded
Warranty10 years frame, 5 years electronics
Choose a size
Same frame, same tray, same finish. Only the top changes.
Pick the depth your monitor arm needs and the width your room allows. Price shown is the
full desk; the deposit comes off it.
All three sizes take the 640mm cable tray and both grommets. Wide ships
as two boxes; Compact and Standard ship as one.
Before you decide
Five questions people actually asked us.
What does the $95 deposit actually do?+
It holds a unit from the launch batch in your name and takes $95 off the final price.
We charge the remaining balance when your desk is packed and ready to leave the
workshop, not before.
When does it ship?+
Launch-batch desks leave the workshop between 12 and 26 May, in reservation order.
You get a build date by email within 48 hours of reserving, and a courier window three
days before dispatch.
If a date slips, we email you before the date passes — not after.
Can I change size after I reserve?+
Yes, up until your build date. Reply to your confirmation email and we’ll move
you across; you pay or receive the difference at the balance stage. Changing size may
move your ship date if that size is further along the queue.
What’s in the box, and how long is assembly?+
Top, two columns, two feet, crossbeam, cable tray, grommet caps, hex driver and eight
bolts. No loose parts bag, no proprietary tool.
Median assembly time across 34 test builds was 22 minutes for one person. The tray and
grommets add about five.
Does the edge light need an app or an account?+
No. It has a three-position dial and a brightness wheel under the front-right edge.
There is no radio in the desk, no account to make, and nothing to update. The three
modes are the three modes.
Reserve
Put $95 down and keep every option open.
You are reserving a place in the launch batch, not committing to a
purchase. Nothing else happens until we email you a build date.
Deposit today$95
Size selectedStandard — 60 × 30in
Desk total$1,380
Balance due at dispatch$1,285
Your $95 deposit is refundable in full, for any reason, any time
before your desk ships — reply to your receipt and the money is back on your card within
five working days.
Shipping is $0 within the contiguous US and included in the totals
above. Taxes are calculated at the balance stage.
Surface
Frame