Which Desk Works Best in Today's Work Environment?
What is a good work desk? If a proper office desk once had to be imposingly massive and accommodate a lot, today these qualities are secondary – many paper stacks have moved to computers, and many people no longer have their own personal desk since work happens in open offices and very flexible conditions that also promote remote work. So, if you're looking for a suitable office desk, it's worth looking primarily at sleeker and more space-saving models, while not forgetting ergonomics. If you want to offer your employees an additional benefit in the form of a healthy work environment, the best option is an electric desk.
Health-friendly electric desk
Office work is not very active, and those who do it often struggle with headaches and muscle pain and other health problems resulting from a sedentary lifestyle. One way to alleviate these problems for employees is to use electric desks.
What makes an electric desk powered by electricity special is the ability to change its height with just one button press. This way, an ordinary office desk can become an ergonomic standing desk in seconds, allowing employees to stretch their legs and rest from forced position every little while. Frequent changes of position reduce the pain caused by a sedentary lifestyle, and besides, frequent standing up has a positive effect on body weight – it has been found that this way the body burns up to 50 kilocalories more per hour!
Individual settings for each user
In addition to the positive effect on health, the electric desk is also extremely practical. When multiple people use the same desk throughout the day, it's very convenient if each employee can adjust it to exactly the right height for them and save the selected configuration. Depending on the model, an electric desk is capable of saving the settings of five to six different users, which are activated by just one button press on the remote control that comes with the desk. As for the remote control itself, there's no need to worry about losing it, because when it's not in use, it can be neatly attached to the desk.
All electric desks are equipped with an Anti Collision safety system, which ensures that upon contact with an obstacle, the desk stops lowering immediately. This means that if you're sitting on a chair and accidentally select another user's height from the remote control that is lower than yours, the desk won't crush your legs thanks to special sensors, but will stop right away.
Why choose an electric desk?
An electric desk has many advantages, the main ones being
- health-friendliness – thanks to adjustable heights, the desk is extremely ergonomic, reducing muscle tension and pain caused by a sedentary lifestyle;
- easy height adjustment – the height of an electric desk can be changed with just one button press on the remote control;
- saving settings for different users – depending on the model, an electric desk remembers the settings of five to six different users;
- safety – special sensors stop the desk from lowering immediately upon contact with an obstacle;
- maintenance-free – despite appearing complex in technology, an electric desk actually requires no special maintenance.
Largest selection of electric desks at OCCO
The Estonian company brand OCCO offers a very wide selection of electric desks at the most affordable prices on the market, starting from 360 euros per desk set (desktop and legs plus remote control). You can choose between single-person and corner models, and you can also select from a large variety of desktop colors the one that best suits your office interior design.
An electric desk is not more expensive than a regular non-adjustable work desk, yet it offers users incomparably more benefits!
