Best File Cabinets For Standing Desks
We now see pretty much all major online sellers of standing desks offering matching file cabinets to go with their desks.
The one big disadvantage of giving up your old sitting desk for a new height-adjustable standing desk is losing your drawer space. In fact, it’s one of the biggest reasons that many people go for a standing desk converter instead of swapping out their entire desk.
There are several historical reasons that you still don’t see drawers on standing desks too often. Chiefly, these have to do with the significant amount of weight that would be added by attaching wooden drawers to a wooden desktop, space constraints underneath the desktop of typical standing desks, the cost of fabrication (and the added shipping weight), and the strain that the added weight of a drawer(s) might place on the sensitive lifting columns mechanisms.
This is gradually changing as more and more standing desk storage offerings reach the market, and hence the creation of the Standing Desk Storage Reviews round-up. We have scoured the market to identify the most practical drawers and file cabinets specifically designed for standing desks, compared their specs, and lab tested several of them in the initial establishment of this important new standing desk accessories category.
We now see pretty much all major online sellers of standing desks offering matching file cabinets to go with their desks.
The Stand Up Desk Store File Cabinet has a 100-lb weight capacity and a fifth wheel under the front edge of the bottom drawer to prevent tipping.
The Stand Up Desk Store File Cabinet With Cushion has a 265-lb weight capacity and is one of the more expensive file cabinets we've reviewed.
The Stand Up Desk Store Heavy Duty File Cabinet has a 265-lb weight capacity and is one of the more expensive file cabinets we've reviewed.
Elegant storage cabinet to match your iMovR Solid Wood Standing Desk, part of the Lander Collection.
There’s no question the iMovR Lander Premium Drawer is the best standing desk drawer we’ve reviewed. Being the best, it's also the most expensive.
As basic as they come, this is a thin steel, 3-drawer mobile file pedestal that's supposed to match Autonomous' standing desks.
The iMovR Hide-Away add-on drawer is solid, simple and cheap. It helps gain back some of the storage space you gave up when you switched to a standing desk.
The iMovR Tech Dock allows you to securely store your laptop, tablet, or other device at your standing desk while keeping it easily accessible to use whenever needed.
We review all the easy ways to add storage space to a standing desk, from add-on drawers to matching file cabinets, and more.
Fully missed the mark on the Jarvis Bamboo Desk Drawer by failing to include a hardware pull on the drawer or drawer slides.
The one big disadvantage of giving up your old sitting desk for a new height-adjustable standing desk is losing your drawer space.
The UpLift Locking Under Desk Drawer is a good option that suffers mostly when compared to cheaper alternatives from other manufacturers.
The Stand Up Desk Store Sliding Under-Desk Drawer overcomes some drawbacks by being cheap, coming in multiple colors and offering a locking option.
There's nothing about any of these cabinets that should sway your decision as to which standing desk you're going to buy.
The very cheapest mobile file pedestal you can buy for use with a standing desk. Drawers deep enough for letter and legal-sized documents.
We can't recommend this Vari file cabinet over others in a similar price range unless you're trying to match the black decor of your other Vari furniture.
The FlexiSpot Theodore is an exercise in extremes. It has a couple of drawbacks, but if you can work around those then you might have a desk you'll love.
The FlexiSpot Esben standing desk is great if you are on a budget, need storage and aren't too worried about fine-tuning your ergonomics.
The FlexiSpot Comhar has an easy assembly, drawer and 3 USB ports. But those come with a troublesome crossbar and a lack of ergonomic flexibility.
The iMovR filing cabinet is a rare standing desk storage solution that has been built specifically with active desk user in mind
The Fully Desk Drawer is decent, simple and cheap. Because it doesn't pull out all the way, you might get less storage space than you hoped for.
The Fully Sidekick comes with a 10-year warranty, which is as good as it gets at this price, but overall the feel of this product is on the flimsy side.