Introduction
Standing desks have become very popular in recent years as more and more people learn about the long-term health effects of sitting down for long periods of the day, but you can now buy a standing desk exercise bike that offers even more health benefits.
The Flexispot Deskcise Pro Standing Desk Exercise Bike is designed to be used in a home or office setting, and as the name suggests, it combines a standing desk with an exercise bike to help you burn calories, keep fit, lose weight and increase your activity level while you work.
This innovative product is available in either black or white, and you can choose to buy either the full version, which includes an attachable desk, or the slightly more affordable version that doesn’t include an attachable desk, which is probably the better option if you already have a suitable desk to work at.
Features and Benefits
- combination of a standing desk and an exercise bike
- can be used at home or in the office
- burn calories, improve fitness and increase activity level
- large fully adjustable desk (optional)
- height adjustable contoured seat
- 8 resistance levels
- LCD display
- track time, speed, distance, calories and RPM
- exceptionally quiet in operation
- suitable for anyone between 5’1 and 6’2
- accommodates user up to 300 pounds
- very easy to assemble
- comes with 3-year warranty
Product Dimensions
The height of the desk can be adjusted between 42.5 and 48.4 inches, and the height of the seat can be adjusted between 29.6 and 37.2 inches.
The attachable desk is 20 x 22.8 inches, which is big enough to accommodate a laptop, a mouse and a few other accessories, and can be adjusted forwards and backwards between 37.6 and 47.4 inches (from the back of the seat).
Positives
One of the obvious benefits of this Deskcise Pro machine is that you can use it to increase your activity level while you are working or watching TV, for example, whilst also burning calories to improve your fitness and aid weight loss.
Furthermore, if there are times that you don’t feel like exercising, you can simply sit on the bike or stand up and use the desk to work on your computer because this machine doubles up as a standing desk.
The desk itself is large enough to accommodate any kind of laptop and mouse, with room for a few extra accessories, and is strong and stable enough to work on for several hours without any problems.
As mentioned above, it is 20 x 22.8 inches in size, and can be adjusted forwards and backwards and upwards and downwards so that you can easily find the most comfortable position to work.
You can also adjust the seat upwards or downwards to help you find the most comfortable riding position, and unlike some exercise bikes that require you to get off the machine in order to adjust the height, this one has a pneumatic adjustment lever that enables you to adjust the height really easily while you are exercising.
With regards to the actual exercise bike, it has everything you need to give you a good cardiovascular workout because it has 8 resistance levels that enable you to vary the intensity of your workouts.
So you can either pedal away for several hours on a low resistance setting, for instance, or you can crank up the resistance to 8 and pedal at a much higher intensity if you want to really burn a lot of calories.
You will find that it is extremely quiet in operation, no matter which resistance setting you use, which means that you can easily use it at home or in the office without disturbing anyone else around you.
If you want to track your performance, there is a built-in LCD display that indicates time, speed, distance, calories and RPM, and there is also a built-in water bottle holder just above this display that many people will find useful.
It is worth mentioning that this Flexispot Deskcise Pro Standing Desk Exercise Bike is exceptionally easy to assemble because all you need to do is attach the desk to the frame. Everything else has already been done for you.
Finally, this Deskcise Pro is adjustable enough to be used by anyone between 5’1 and 6’2, and is strong enough to support anyone up to 300 pounds, and if anything goes wrong with this machine, it is backed by a full 3-year warranty.
Negatives
One slight problem with this Flexispot multi-purpose exercise bike and desk is that the seat doesn’t have any kind of back support.
This might not be a problem if you are just using it for a few hours, but if you are using it for most of the day to work on your computer, you may sometimes wish that you had more support for your back.
It should also be pointed out that while the seat can be adjusted upwards and downwards, you cannot adjust it forwards or backwards, although this isn’t too much of an issue because you can still adjust the desk forwards and backwards to find a comfortable position.
Apart from this, the only other minor complaint is that the LCD display is fairly small and is not exactly in the most convenient location because you need to keep looking down to see it, but once again this isn’t necessarily a major problem.
Final Thoughts
There are now quite a few upright exercise bikes that come with their own workspace, but this Flexispot Desk Bike is one of the few that can be used as a fully functioning standing desk.
The desk itself is a decent size and is strong and stable enough to enable you to work on your laptop for many hours without any problems, and the actual exercise bike is not bad either because it has 8 resistance levels to help you vary the intensity of your workouts, and includes an LCD display so that you can see how many calories you have burned and how long you have been exercising for, for example.
(If you have your own desk that you want to work at at home, you might want to buy the basic Deskcise Pro, pictured right, because this doesn’t include a desk attachment.)
The only thing that it is lacking is a back support, but otherwise this appears to be a top quality desk bike that is strong and sturdy and very practical to use, whether you are planning to use it at home or in the office.
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