That $200 adjustable desk converter sitting in my garage collecting dust

I bought one of those standing desk converters back in April thinking it would fix my back pain. Paid about $200 for it from a store in Albuquerque and set it up in my spare room. Turns out my cheap old desk was too wobbly for the extra weight and it just wobbled constantly. I tried adding some rubber feet and even a support bracket but nothing helped. After two weeks I gave up and bought a proper standing desk frame instead. The converter has been sitting in my garage ever since. Anybody else waste money on those things before realizing they need a whole new desk setup?

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paulnguyen4d ago

Wait, you tried to add a support bracket and it still didn't help? That's rough, sounds like that cheap desk was just hopeless from the start.

fionanguyen4d ago

Totally get it, but is a $200 converter really that big a deal? Sounds like the real problem was that old desk of yours being a total piece of junk, not the converter itself. Most people just plop them on solid Ikea furniture and it works fine. You're out a couple hours of fiddling and one garage ornament, not exactly a life-ruining amount of money.