Skip to content

Comment on The $40 Standup Deskparent

Comments

Why not have a desk fixed at standing-height, and a stool / tall chair adjusted so that sitting in it leaves you at the same height as standing?

Because then you would be forced to sit with your legs dangeling -- and that gets pretty uncomfortable too.

Most tall stools I've seen have something at about the right height to rest your feet on, whether just a brace between the legs of the stool or a ring that looks like it's intended as a footrest.

Even without that, a detached footrest would still be rather easy to find.

"Because then you would be forced to sit with your legs dangling"

Most stools let you adjust the height without problems, so you could put your feet on the floor. Some of them you could even attach to the floor, so you could use it as a support.

You'd probably want a stepstool or applebox anyway when you're standing, just to vary your feet positions. That could be used as a footrest when sitting.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.