Uplift Desk - 2-Leg V2 Standing Desk

I have an Uplift V2 Commercial C frame since early 2020. It’s a solid desk and still going strong. I’m not sure what the V3 changes but it looks like it doesn’t have the lower crossmember. That may be a plus if you’re mounting a PC under there, but I love using it to put up my legs.

After doing a lot of research which included lots of great info from the smart people in this sub I set my requirements; at least a 60x30 hardwood desktop for durability and four legs for stability. I’m very fortunate that I didn’t have to scrimp on price but also didn’t want to spend more than I had to. I was planning buying a Flexispot four leg base, ~$650 on sale and buy a 60x30 butcherblock countertop from Home Depot for $150. The countertop would require finish sanding and some sort of finish; I was planning on using a nice oil that I liked. So roughly $800 and a little extra work on top of assembly. I started checking out on eBay, Facebook Marketplace and other secondary markets. After a couple of weeks I bought a slightly used Uplift desk, one of the best brands on the market that matched my requirements exactly. Four legs (and four motors ) and a 60x30 1.5” thick solid hardwood desktop. This thing is as stable as a regular desk or a dining room table. This exact desk sells for $4800 new, I got it for $650 less than 20 miles from my house. The only down side was the desk weighed approximately 350 pounds so I paid a couple of strong guys a few bucks to lug it out of our van and upstairs to my office.

In my opinion, single motor desks are more prone to issues as they have to have some sort of differential mechanism for the side without a motor. My four legged Uplift has four motors and it’s so quiet and smooth. BTW, a two legged Uplift v2 desk has a 355 lb weight capacity and a four legged one supports 535 lbs.

I love my uplift standard shaped desk, but they can get very pricey for the L shaped. I'd take a look at Desky as well as the others. Helped a friend get an L shaped from them and only have positive things to say about the experience.

Not sure what you’re worried about with uplift, they have a great reputation. I’ve had their commercial C desk for years. With v3 all of their desks go down extra low. I would like another one, but I don’t want to pay that much so I’ve been looking at what else I might be able to get or see if I could find one used.

I am 5’4” and I have the Uplift C2 Commercial Frame and it goes low enough for me. The specs say it will go down to 21”

I have a dual monitor setup with two laptops on it and it is stable enough for me. I am standing at it right now typing and I do not notice any wobble on my screens. I do see a little vibration on my laptop screen as that is on a monitor arm. For normal use I find it to be good. It will move if I lean on it or push it but any two leg is going to do that.

I've had three standing desks over the last 7 years: * Started with a VIVO dual motor from Amazon; broke just after 3 year warranty mark * Replaced with Uplift V2 C-Frame in 2021; made a custom top; killer desk, I still have this in my shop * Currently running SecretLab Magnus Pro; even more killer of a desk The Uplift desk is great. I have it sitting on 3" casters and even still it is very stable. The Magnus Pro feels beefier in every way; the weight and rigidity is next level. I got the Magnus for the specific features (cable management, magnets, etc) and appearance. I can't speak to long term reliability but I can say both the Uplift and Secretlab are tanks and remain stable at height for my 6'3 frame. Both desks have a laptop and one 32" display. The Uplift uses an arm, the Secretlab display is on a stand. Edit: As for usage, I do stand multiple times a day. Mostly if I'm in a meeting and my watch tells me it's time to get up. If I'm not in a meeting, well, I go walk around the house or something.

I think Uplift have a heavy (4 leg) model. I have the two leg and very happy with it

I think the Ergotron XL arm fits. That's what I use on my 2 leg model, although parents poster is correct that the 4 leg model has a thicker top. I've found cheaper monitor mounts just sag so badly over time. For reference on my 2 leg I have 2 x 27" and 1 x 49" monitors as well as the laptop and PC + accessories and a 10" rack and I'm _at_ the limit of what the desk can handle. It's still pretty impressive load tho'

I had the 2 leg version and it worked fine. You just have to attach your speaker monitors to the desk so they rise with the desk for your listening position.

I think Uplift would fit with almost all your criteria if you wanted to do minimal DIY stuff. Motorized with programmable presets 48" width Considered to have good stability for a 2 legged desk. Available in C frame with or without a crossbar. The crossbar is for side to side stability, something not really needed for most desk use cases. Uplift states that the standard V2 with wedges has equivalent side to side stability as their desk with the crossbar. The crossbar version is mainly to maintain side to side stability with a lower minimum height. Standard desk shape with a good height range. Large amount of desktop options that are predrilled. It comes with a cable management tray that has an adhesive and two screws. Drilling/screwing accessories is really not as difficult as it may seem but with the amount of stuff you have, you probably don't even need a cable management tray. Using the supplied sticky back cable tie mounts and some zip ties, you can easily use the frame of the desk itself to manage your cables. If you don't like that, there are some lighter/smaller cable management raceways that can be attached using adhesive like this https://www.amazon.com/6X15-7in-Management-Install-Self-Adhesive-Organizer/dp/B07Q8QN5CB?th=1. They have tons of accessories which makes it a one stop shop, but you can find better deals for most of them from other places like Amazon. Grommet holes are more of a personal preference but remember that grommet holes can be added but cannot be removed or moved. Just one power strip is all that you need but if you wanted to mount it to the desk without drilling, they do have power strips that mount to the frame. Most available monitor arms clamp onto the back or have the option to switch for grommet mount, so there is no issue with adding those later.

If you are using a free standing monitor base and only using the desk at the seated position, the 2 leg Uplift would be more than enough.

The Uplift V2 and V2 Commercial have additional features to increase the side to side stability (wedges on the column for the V2 and a crossbar for the V2 Commercial). The V3 supposedly has similar/better stability to the v2 without the wedges. The Uplift also has accessories that will bolt directly to the frame, which may interest those who don't want to or can't mount things to the desktop.

Not sure how this is related to Bloomington-Normal, but I have an Uplift as well. I got the light Bamboo. It’s nice. Ordered during a Black Friday sale one year to get discounts and free stuff.