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FlexiSpot ED2/EB2 dual-motor standing desk frame (No tabletop) - £219.99 after voucher @ Flexispot
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Somebody else has already posted a deal for the FlexiSpot E7 desk, which is on flash sale at £279.99. For people looking for a cheaper option, the ED2/EB2 model is currently available for £219.99, when you use voucher code AP-80. I know that this model has recently been on sale as low as £199.99. But I think that £219.99 is still a very good price. An Ikea Bekant sit-stand motorized desk frame costs £340 and doesn't include memory positions for the desk height.
This ED2/EB2 desk has dual-motors. So there is a separate motor for each leg. Some of the cheaper models have a single motor and a spindle which spans the underside of the table to move the other leg. Personally, I felt that the dual-motor version just looked a bit more solid, and less fiddly to assemble.
Compared to the E7 desk which somebody else has already posted, this ED2/EB2 only has 2-stage legs rather than 3-stage legs, so the ED2/EB2 doesn't go down quite as low, or go up quite as high, as the E7. I wasn't bothered about the increased height. I would have liked to have the slightly lower minimum height which E7 provides, but I can live with what the ED2/EB2 offers. The thing which pushed me towards the ED2/EB2 rather than the E7 is that I only have a rather narrow space available in my home office, and the ED2/EB2 can supposedly accept a desktop with just 110cm width, whereas (according to the support person on the online chat at FlexiSpot), the minimum desktop width of the 3-stage leg versions like E7 is apparently 120cm, which is just too big for me. Having said that, I'm not 100% convinced by the measurements on the FlexiSpot website, as some information in inches doesn't match up 100% with the information in cm, and they seem to mix and match images from one desk model to another!
This price doesn't include a desktop. But I'm planning to have one made to the exact dimensions which I need. Somebody had posted a link in one of the previous FlexiSpot posts to companies who apparently do nice solid wood desktops, and it will still work out cheaper than the Ikea Bekant.
I did ask the online support person at FlexiSpot to confirm the difference between ED2 and EB2, as this isn't clear from their website. Apparently it's just the keypad design which is different, and the design of the feet of the desk frame.
This ED2/EB2 desk has dual-motors. So there is a separate motor for each leg. Some of the cheaper models have a single motor and a spindle which spans the underside of the table to move the other leg. Personally, I felt that the dual-motor version just looked a bit more solid, and less fiddly to assemble.
Compared to the E7 desk which somebody else has already posted, this ED2/EB2 only has 2-stage legs rather than 3-stage legs, so the ED2/EB2 doesn't go down quite as low, or go up quite as high, as the E7. I wasn't bothered about the increased height. I would have liked to have the slightly lower minimum height which E7 provides, but I can live with what the ED2/EB2 offers. The thing which pushed me towards the ED2/EB2 rather than the E7 is that I only have a rather narrow space available in my home office, and the ED2/EB2 can supposedly accept a desktop with just 110cm width, whereas (according to the support person on the online chat at FlexiSpot), the minimum desktop width of the 3-stage leg versions like E7 is apparently 120cm, which is just too big for me. Having said that, I'm not 100% convinced by the measurements on the FlexiSpot website, as some information in inches doesn't match up 100% with the information in cm, and they seem to mix and match images from one desk model to another!
This price doesn't include a desktop. But I'm planning to have one made to the exact dimensions which I need. Somebody had posted a link in one of the previous FlexiSpot posts to companies who apparently do nice solid wood desktops, and it will still work out cheaper than the Ikea Bekant.
I did ask the online support person at FlexiSpot to confirm the difference between ED2 and EB2, as this isn't clear from their website. Apparently it's just the keypad design which is different, and the design of the feet of the desk frame.
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sorted bySo in the end I decided to go for this EB2 desk frame, and I was happy with the price of £219.99. Delivery was quick, and the desk frame is really solidly built. It was also very easy to put together.
I then started my search for a standard, off-the-shelf desktop with a width of 110cm. I spent many hours looking through the product details of all the main desk retailers, eBay & Gumtree listings etc., but I couldn't find anything. Everything was in multiples of 20cm, going from 80cm, 100cm, 120cm, 140cm. I also looked for listings of solid oak kitchen worktops, but everything was either too thick (eg. 40mm), not long enough (offcuts from kitchen projects), or not deep enough (many kitchen worktops are only 60 or 62cm deep). I also checked the Ikea website, but I couldn't find anything at that time, although I do now see a new desk called "Kullaberg" measuring 110cm x 70 with a pine desktop, which some people might like (see ikea.com/gb/…44/). But it looks like that one has pre-drilled holes, and if any of those pre-drilled Ikea holes prevent you from screwing it to the FlexiSpot desk frame, you could have some problems.
I therefore decided to buy a custom-made solid oak worktop from House Of Worktops (www.houseofworktops.co.uk), and their service was really good. I ordered it on the Tuesday morning, and it was delivered to my house on the Thursday morning. I was a bit limited by the fact that some of their solid wood worktops are only available in 40mm thickness, which was too thick for me, as the desk frame was already a bit too high for my liking. In the end, I went for a 1.5m length, 72cm deep, 27mm thickness oak worktop, which had a basic price of £110. There was an additional cost of £15 to have it cut to a custom size, £8 to have a 3mm radius rounded edge along all the 4 top edges, £27.50 to have it pre-oiled with 3 coats of premium Osmo oil, and £15 for shipping. So all in, it came to £175. I spent ages trying to understand the different oil options, and Osmo oil apparently requires MUCH less regular maintenance than the cheaper Danish oil, which apparently has to be re-oiled every few months. I went for a custom length of 111cm rather than 110cm, just to give me a bit of safety margin. I'm glad I did, because you don't really want to be screwing into it right next to the edge.
The service from both FlexiSpot and House of Worktops was really good. As far as the FlexiSpot desks are concerned, the only two things which I find a shame are as follows:
1. The only desks which can accept a 100cm desktop are their single-motor models, which just look less solid, and a lot more fiddly to assemble compared to the dual-motor versions.
2. The minimum desktop height for all the 2-stage leg versions seems to be 71cm (it's actually 71.5cm, when you add the thickness of the rubber washer which sits between the frame and the desktop. So by the time you have added a 2.5cm desktop, you're up to 74cm, which is higher than many people would prefer. I think they would do better to reduce both the maximum and minimum height by a couple of cm. I think the upper height of 120cm (plus desktop thickness) is probably taller than what most people really need.
I thought I'd post a few photos of my EB2 desktop with my custom-made oak worktop from House Of Worktops (111cm wide x 72cm deep x 27mm thick). It's just wide enough to accommodate my two 24" monitors. I bought a set of cable management baskets from Amazon (amazon.co.uk/gp/…c=1) to go underneath the desk and hold all my power supplies, cables and extension sockets in place.
Please see below a couple of photos. The first one is of the EB2 desk in the maximum height position, which is 120cm (plus thickness of desktop). The second one is of the desk at 100cm height (plus thickness of desktop), which is the height I have set for my standing height. The memory function is very useful. I have Memory position 1 set for the lowest height for when I'm sitting down, and Memory position 2 set for 100cm for when I'm standing up. I'm about 167cm tall (5'6"), and putting the desk height at 100cm works fine for me. I know that the 3-stage leg versions go higher than the EB2's maximum height of 120cm, but I think you would really have to be extremely tall, or maybe using it with a treadmill or exercise bike underneath it, to need anything higher than 120cm.
There is a bit of a wobble when the desk is raised, but it's really not enough to bother me. I notice it more with my left-hand monitor, which is fixed to an Invision gas-powered monitor arm (see amazon.co.uk/gp/…c=1). These gas-powered monitor arms can move relatively freely, and so will be more prone to accentuating any desk wobbling. My right-hand monitor is still on its original Dell stand, and it wobbles much less.
One other thing which I forgot to mention is that if you buy the desktop from House Of Worktops, they will send you the offcut which is left after they have cut your worktop down to the desired size. So I received an offcut of solid oak worktop measuring 72cm deep x 39cm wide (non-oiled), which you could use for whatever you want, or even potentially sell, if it's a big enough piece. If you accept the pop-up offer on their website, you also receive a free 29cm x 29 solid oak chopping board (promo code FREEBOARD). If you want to buy more Osmo oil to re-oil the desktop in the future, you can buy it at the same time for £20 for 0.5 litres (I bought the matt version, which is apparently what they apply at their factory, but there is also a Satin version)
The desk was very easy to put together. I’m really glad I got one of these dual-motor models, rather than having to faff around adjusting the spindle length of a single-motor version. The instructions were very simple and clear. The desk itself seems extremely solid, and everything fitted together without any problem, all done in about 20 minutes.
I have set mine to the narrowest possible width setting, and it is bang on 110cm wide, between the two outermost points of the upper part of the frame.
At its lowest setting, I measured 72cm from the floor to the upper surface of the rubber pads which sit on top of the frame.
One point to mention, for anybody who buys this before they buy a desktop. I wanted to test that it definitely worked straight away, even though I haven’t yet ordered a desktop. So I plugged it all in and tried it. I found that if I kept my finger on the Up button, it would initially go up, and then after about a second it would start going down. Likewise if I held my finger on the Down button, it would initially start going down and then go up again. So I contacted the FlexiSpot online Chat support, and they said that the control box has to be flat with the table, whereas I had just left it dangling from the desk by its cable. As soon as I put the control box on a flat box on top of the desk frame, it worked fine. I guess this is some kind of security measure.
For those of you who were as confused as me by the info on the FlexiSpot website, I have attached a couple of photos of the desk legs. The wider leg section, which is at the bottom, measures 7cm x 7cm. The narrower
leg section, which is at the top, measures 6.5cm x 6.5cm. It all feels absolutely rock solid!
That EQ4 model does indeed look nice, based on the info on the FlexiSpot website. When I asked FlexiSpot about their models with 3-stage legs (in order to get a slightly lower minimum height), they told me that all the 3-stage leg versions had a minimum tabletop width of 120cm, which was too wide for me. But the info on their website for this EQ4 model directly contradicts what they told me, because it shows the same minimum frame with of 110cm like the ED2/EB2 model. They really should do a better job of making product information clearer on their website!
The other thing which I noticed is that the EQ4 model only has a single crossbar, whereas my EB2 model has dual crossbars (see photo below):
They say that the single crossbar version provides more room for your legs underneath the desk, which I suppose is a fair point.
This Duronic one doesn't offer as much freedom to easily reposition your monitor in the vertical position. But it's very solid, and my monitor which was previously on the Invision gas-mounted arm now wobbles much less. And by the way, the comments in the Amazon reviews about this Duronic dual monitor arm being poor quality are nonsense, in my opinion. The people complaining about not being able to tighten up the arm on the pole, or prevent their monitors from sagging forwards, clearly didn't read the instructions properly. There is a ratchet mechanism to tighten the arm on the pole, and you have to pull the lever out in order to turn it. You can also use the provided allen key to tighten the VESA mount to prevent it pivoting and prevent the monitors from sagging forwards. It's a nice piece of kit, in my option, and a very good price at £25.49.
Cheers OP
But their website also shows some images with the extending part of the legs at the bottom, and some images with the extending part of the legs at the top. So I’m not sure whether that’s an additional change, or just the use of generic images which are not 100% representative of the actual product.
My desk frame is 110cm wide, and the the desktop will be about 72cm deep.
My preference would be for a thinner desktop, because the height of the frame is already a tiny bit higher than I would have liked. But I don't want to order a 27mm thick solid wood work surface and then find out that it isn't strong enough for a span of 110cm. (edited)
I noticed that the EQ4 is on a special at the moment for £249.99. But you can also use the code "FLEXISPOTUK10" to bring it down to £239.99
So its £20 more than this deal, also only comes in black (which is the colour I wanted and not available in the ED2/EB2)
Also Flexispot is on TopCashback at 5.5%, no idea if it will track but thought I'd give it ago.
Impressed on the delivery time - should be with me by 10am.
I had been thinking of getting a solid hardwood top for mine, because I need a width of 110cm (it's the minimum width of the desk frame, but it's also the maximum space which I actually have available), and there just don't seem to be any standard desk tops out there with a width of 110cm and a depth of about 70cm. All the standard widths seem to be in multiples of 20cm - 80, 100, 120, 140, 160 etc. If I get a solid hardwood top, I can have it made to whatever dimensions I want. But most of the companies I have found (eg. Worktop Express, House of Worktops) recommend oiling the work surface 3 to 6 times before using it, and then oiling it again every 3 months afterwards, which sounds like a complete pain. I was thinking I would just have to rub it down and varnish it once!
In the meantime, if anybody has any recommendations for a traditional desk top (laminate etc.) which is available off-the-shelf with a width of 110cm and a depth of 70 to 75cm, I'd love to hear, as it sounds like that would be a lot less hassle than applying dozens of coats of oil !
The problem is, they give out product information which is simply wrong! For example, the EB2 desk which I bought is showing a frame width of 100-170cm in that table, which is incorrect. I have set mine to the minimum width, and from the two outermost points on the top, the width is 110cm, not 100cm. I cannot see anything on this desk which measures 100cm wide! If they cannot even get basic product information like this correct, I’m not sure I would trust all of the rest of the information!
Thanks that looks great. Do you mind posting a photo of it raised? Also how sturdy is it when raised?
Incredible writeup, thank you!