How standing desk legs actually work

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Published 2023-07-18
Investigating how separately motorized standing desk legs stay in sync even with very uneven loads, then dissecting a 3-segment standing desk leg to figure out how it actually works.

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All Comments (21)
  • @flexispotus
    thanks for sharing this Matthias! you are such an ultimate engineer! but we definitely won't recommend others do something like this haha🤣 if you'd like to explore it, our customer service will stand by 24/7
  • @Dmitri_Schrama
    All these years and you have not changed a thing about your videos. Probably because they are still fun and informative. And you stayed true to yourself. I salute you Sir.
  • @crashwg
    I hope FlexiSpot's next move is to send you just the mechanical extension portion that you didn't disassemble so we can see how close you were!
  • @halsti99
    a german youtuber i watch did sponsorships with flexispot quite a lot. he eventually used the E7 to build a work table. it definetly has enough power for a big table with some drawers, and its apperantly really nice to have it lower for normal work and high for chisel work :)
  • @BoWhitten
    Knowing how this is made makes me like it more. Thanks for showing it.
  • @ClanMcCormick
    I always love how upfront you are. Thank you for doing it like that and not like other slimy youtubers.
  • The dual motor setup also lets Flexispot use smaller motors or lift more weight, whichever they choose.
  • @setSCEtoAUX
    Thank you for taking it apart. I try to do that with most things I buy, but I don't always do so with something as expensive as this!
  • @wraith313
    I feel humbled every time I watch one of your videos. It was bad enough when you were making elaborate machines out of wood, now you're an electronics expert as well. I feel like I need to study
  • @Spiker985Studios
    I've had my Flexispot desk for a few months now, and I've absolutely loved it. Dark Bamboo desk top, dual motor legs, 3 stored heights and an alarm for time based reminder for movement. The reason it wasn't bottoming out around 7:49, was because it was running fast enough that when it reached the bottom it hit hard enough to trigger the collision avoidance. That's why it kept reverting to the last static height you left it at
  • @chris_1337
    Most honest reviewer on YouTube - I'd watch you do reviews of anything Matthias!
  • @kingofcastlechaos
    I think you made FlexiSpot look awesome! I have been around lift desks since they came out and all the issues you introduced to screw the desk up were already allowed for in their engineering. I can guarantee that many other desks would not have done so well. Well done- am headed over to their website now.
  • @SamJantz
    I feel like you're unusually good at finding the edge cases for these sorts of things, and the flexispot seemed like it more or less handled them, not bad at all!
  • @paulpardee
    That's a pretty impressive design. Very robust. It would be very useful for sewing. When you want to sew, you want the table fairly low, but when you're cutting things out, it should be at like counter-top height. Being able to handle a big table top would be good, too.
  • @Jake9066
    "That seems a bit extreme"... one of the few guys in my branch to actually use their adjustable desk would've really appreciated this at the time. He was 6'7" and had to put a varidesk on top & extend it just to get it high enough.
  • @GordonGaz
    Seeing these types of videos actually makes you confident in a product
  • @sjhall2009
    9:10 I like to think the engineers at FlexiSpot are watching and laughing, knowing how they put it together.
  • Simply fantastic! You are the only one who, in addition to showing the product in normal use, showed all the technology (electronic and mechanical) of the interior. Thank you