Calico Designs Adapta Desk - Height Adjustable Desk - 23"-33.5" - All-Purpose Standing Table for Home Office, Art, and More - Black/Walnut

i guess this review was a long time coming. I used this as a desk (full-time work from home) for just under 4 years. The height adjustability was great, I had it at about 28" high. Sturdy for 2 monitors, laptop, keyboard, mouse and network equipment. I recently needed to expand my work area so I disassembled this table and reassembled it upstairs to use as a sewing table adjusted down around 25 inch height and I have used it for a few months for sewing and quilting and even after reassembling it is very sturdy with a 35 lb sewing machine running at full speed.

Great for a small space! Its adjustable height was a plus. Really easy to put together.

The table had very cheap product materials. The legs made of very thin metal and the leg bases are made of plastic. The back plate didn't even have the holes drilled correctly as they were all off by 3/8ths of an inch. After I assembled the table and tried to move it a little bit, the legs caved and ripped out of the sockets in the back of the table and the cheap plastic for the leg bases were bent. I've bought other self-assembly furniture including tables off amazon and this is by far the worst product I've ever used. Also, all the product parts itself had scratches all over the tables, legs and leg bases like it was used.Pros:Easy to assembleCons:Easy to disassemble - the whole thing fell apart in a matter of seconds after assembly due to cheap product materials.

Its heights are good for kids up to average sized people. It's cheaper than other desks that are 26in high.It's extremely easy to out together, a few minutes if you're fast. Came with no build imperfections. Top of the table mostly perfect there was a minor imperfection, doesn't affect my keyboard.It feels sturdy and stable, I have a heavy monitor clamp, dac, amp, heavy glass mouse pad, keyboard, and switch all putting weight on the desk but it doesn't wobble or feel shakey, feels sturdy.The cons are as follows, the back end of the table leg mount makes it so you cannot attach a monitor mount in 2 separate places, the legs are a bit close together on the bottom making it a tight fit for chair wheels.The table is lightweight due to its size, and the wheels of your chair will push it as you move in, also you will hit the edge and it will easily move. Unless it is flush against the wall. I used the corner styrofoam to bridge the desk with the wall due to my monitor arm not allowing it to be flush. This keeps the table from moving forward on any side. A block of wood or other hard material would be better. Installing lizard skins to the feet prior to assembling your workstation would undoubtedly help. Regardless this is what causes it to lose a star.

I have nerve compression problems in my arms (carpal tunnel + thoracic outlet) and typing/writing position is a real problem. The average desk is much, much too high for me to use for any length of time before I start feeling the effects of bad posture, but this desk can adjust to very low heights. Most adjustable desks I've seen have a minimum height that is still too high for me, but this one has a more versatile range.It's easy to put together. The top of the desk is very sturdy; the surface of the desk, laying flat on the floor, could support my body weight with no problems.To adjust the desk, you have to loosen the knobs on the legs of it, move the writing surface to the height you want, and tighten the knobs again. This may be difficult for people who cannot physically lift the top of the desk and hold it steady while simultaneously messing with the knobs underneath it. I set my feet on the horizontal part of the legs and hold the surface where I want it with my thighs to do this to keep it steady when adjusting it, so I can adjust it multiple times without much effort. It may be difficult to make the top of it perfectly level, but you can eyeball it pretty well.The bottom of the writing surface is a little rough around the edges, but that's a superficial complaint and I only noticed it when putting it together.Overall, I'm very happy with this desk. It's the only table I've found that adjusts to such a low height and is small enough to fit the space of my old desk. This table is a real improvement for people who find the average desk too high for comfortable typing and writing.

I bought this table for my embroidery machine. My machine is heavy (weighs about 35 pounds); the table has no problems with the weight. However, when my embroidery arm moves from side to side, the table tends to sway and move. My husband solved this by making a cross brace out of aluminum angle; this stablized the table and it no longer moves. While the table does have a brace from leg to leg on the underside, it is not enough to make the table stable for my use. I love the fact the table top is larger and allows for extra room, but had I known the table was not as stable, I would not have purchased it. The aluminum angle added an extra $35 to the cost of the table.

I've been searching for an adjustable height desk that is short enough for me to sit at comfortably and be ergonomically correct for working from home. This is perfect. It will go down a little further, but I have it at about 24" in height. It's very sturdy (and pretty heavy), like I wanted. It's pretty large for my small office, but after rearranging, it fits well. It was easy to put together with only 6 pieces plus the bolts. I leaned it up against the wall and assembled it, then tipped it up and was able to get it into place all within 30 minutes. The only thing that would be better is if it was electric adjustable.