Desk and Chair
Before starting my first full time junior role as a Cyber Security Consultant in September (go me!), my company offered to pay for a home office set-up to ensure my long-term comfort.
So I now have a Corsair TC200 ‘gaming’ chair and a GoStand Manual S2 Sit-Stand desk. Here are my thoughts on them.
Chair
Price: £350, Colour: Grey, Material: Fabric
Pros
- Very adjustable, especially the armrests.
- Leans all the way back (but I don’t expect to ever use it).
- Ease of assembly, done in 15 minutes, however the QR code on the box for the digital manual was a deadlink.
Cons
- Please give me a physical paper manual next time.
- I am comfortably below the recommended user height maximum, and yet the headrest is not really comfortable, and the neck pillow is both too thick and rests nowhere near my neck.
- Wheels don’t roll smoothly, but I don’t move around much anyway.
Desk
Price: £300, Frame Colour: Grey, Desktop Colour: Alaska
Pros
- Incredibly solid desk, especially the top, which looks great.
- Well documented instruction manual, took 90 minutes, can be done solo.
- Pre-drilling holes for £10 extra means no power tools required
Cons
- Desk goes up slightly short of what I wanted, max height is 115cm (but I was aware of this before I ordered).
- Handle turning is a bit clunky, but fortunately I don’t have to be excessively gentle.
All in all, I’m very happy with both and it feels good to have the option of sitting or standing. I like standing for reading and writing blog posts, and sitting, well whenever I feel like it. While it does take about a minute and a half of cranking to switch between the two, I don’t think a non-manual desk would’ve provided much benefit for the price increase, plus it would’ve needed a plug socket which I don’t have spare at the moment (the concept of extension leads terrify me). I can’t fit the whole of the chair beneath the desk when standing, but instead I can tilt the seat back and fit 90% of its profile under the area of the desktop.