Fully’s Jarvis is my favorite standing desk, and it ranks as one in all my finest purchases ever. It glides up and down as easily because the day I assembled it, and the eye-catching curved bamboo desktop nonetheless attracts admiring feedback, even when it has picked up a few dents through the years. However, it very a lot seems to be like a standing desk. Shop round for different options they usually all considerably look the identical.
That’s the place the Fully Nolan is available in. Where the Jarvis relied on L-shaped legs with two motors to maneuver up and down, the Nolan has a extra conventional desk design with 4 telescopic legs. The controls are embedded within the desktop, and a metallic body outlines the underside. The headline enchancment right here is superior stability because of 4 motors. But with the Nolan beginning at $1,299, in comparison with $569 for the Jarvis, that is an costly improve.
Functional Elegance
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It’s been 4 years since a standing desk changed my life, all however banishing my again ache. I’ve discovered it actually useful to alternate between sitting and standing all through the day, and having a desk that may transfer up or down means you possibly can choose the perfect height if you end up sitting. It helps when the desk additionally simply seems to be like every other desk.
Assembling the Fully Nolan took me round half an hour. The 4 legs slot into place and screw into the body, and the body screws into the bamboo desktop. The motors plug right into a small management unit by working cables neatly via channels contained in the body, and that is it.
You can get the metallic body and legs in black or white, and there are two sizes of bamboo desktops, however other than numerous extras—like a desktop-mounted surge protector or cable administration trays—that’s it for personalisation. I opted for the cable administration tray ($30), which screws into the underside of the desktop and holds a surge protector. My solely second of pause? I needed to resolve the place to screw it in, because the guide solely had suggestions for the Fully Jarvis.
The Nolan’s rectangular metallic body goes across the underside of the desktop, which might current a possible challenge for monitor arms, because the clamps have to be prolonged and fitted to the entire body. I’m utilizing an Ergotron LX for my ultrawide monitor, with its portrait companion mounted on a VonHaus Single Arm Gas Mount. After somewhat fiddling, each securely clamped in place, and I haven’t had a wobble since.
Using the Fully Nolan is simple by way of the management panel embedded within the desktop. You can set fastened positions or use the up and down arrows, and I a lot desire the tactile bodily buttons to Fully’s touch-sensitive OLED management panel on the Jarvis. The peak seems on a delicate show, which solely involves life whenever you press one of many buttons. It’s responsive and environment friendly. I frightened about setting it off by chance, as a result of it sits on the entrance proper of the desktop the place my arm generally rests, however the buttons require a deliberate press.
Highs and Lows
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The one factor I’ve lengthy disliked about my Jarvis desk is that it wobbles. It jiggles barely when the motors kick in, and the upper it goes, the much less steady it feels. I’m 6″1′, and with the Fully Jarvis … er, absolutely prolonged for my standing place, my displays rock if I bump the desk.
By distinction, the Nolan is rock-solid. That annoying shudder from my monitor arm is totally gone. I can lean on the desktop of the absolutely prolonged Nolan and it doesn’t budge an inch. It would possibly sound trivial, however the further stability appears like a serious improve. Other desks enhance stability with a crossbar on the again, however even that resolution can’t compete with a motor on every leg. I additionally admire the pleasingly easy design that leaves you with loads of actual property below the desk, with nothing to get in the way in which of your legs.
The Nolan’s vary of motion, at 26.5 to 45.5 inches, is extra restricted than the three-stage Jarvis body, which might go right down to 25.5 inches and as much as 51 (there’s even a low model that bottoms out at 22.6 inches), however that gained’t be a difficulty until you’re very brief or very tall. The solely factor I miss concerning the Jarvis is that contoured desktop, which you’ll be able to add as an improve. That’s not accessible on the Nolan (not less than, not but), however given a alternative between the 2, I’d choose the Nolan each time for the added stability.
Unfortunately, you may pay a hefty premium for it. The Jarvis begins at $569, and in case you spec it just like the Nolan, it jumps to $749, which remains to be a far cry lower than the Nolan’s $1,299 asking value. But in case you can afford it, you may adore it. The Fully Nolan is the most effective standing desk I’ve ever examined.
