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FlexiSpot E7 Pro vs Uplift V3, side by side

They match on motors, warranty and free shipping. The E7 Pro costs less and comes with the bigger top, and the V3’s whole height range sits a little lower.

Which should you buy, FlexiSpot or Uplift?

The E7 Pro for most people, and the V3 if your space is tight or you want it to sit lower. Business Insider’s standing desk guide picks both, with the V3 as its best overall and the E7 Pro as its best heavy-duty desk.

Best for the money, with a bigger topFlexiSpot E7 Pro

• FlexiSpot about $500, with a 48 x 30 in laminate top
• FlexiSpot about $400, frame only

Buy the E7 Pro if you’d rather keep the money.

It holds steady, too, in every position and even raised all the way under a heavy butcher-block top with a PC and monitors on it.

The build is doable, and a teenager can manage it in about an hour. Give yourself an afternoon, and open the top’s box before you start on the frame. A damaged top is far easier to sort out before the build than halfway through it.

If the Pro is still more than you’d like to spend, the base FlexiSpot E7 costs less and carries the same 15-year warranty. The FlexiSpot E7 review covers it.

Specs25.0 to 50.6 in, as listed

Height

25.0 to 50.6 in, as listed

Holds

440 lb

Motors

Two motors

Frame width

43.3 to 74.8 in

Takes tops

47.2 to 80 in wide

Warranty

15-year frame, motor and electronics warranty

Returns

30-day returns

Best for a tight space or a lower deskUplift V3

• Uplift about $600, with a 42 x 30 in laminate top
• Uplift about $470, frame only

Buy the V3 if your space is tight or you’d like the desk to sit lower. It comes in a 42-inch top, and neither FlexiSpot E7 frame takes one that narrow.

It’s steady. Owners raise it all the way with two monitors on top and say it barely moves, and people typing at it standing up find it far steadier than their old desk.

E7 Pro owners call theirs sturdy too.

It suits someone who wants to add a side shelf, a monitor arm and a drawer and keep it for years. People who already had an Uplift come back to it when they upgrade.

Uplift designed the height range to fit 95% of users, so most people will find both a sitting and a standing height on it.

If other comparisons have you hunting for the Uplift V2, this is the desk that replaced it. Business Insider says the new design is easier to assemble, handles cables better and has a sturdier frame.

Specs22.6 to 48.7 in, as listed

Height

22.6 to 48.7 in, as listed

Holds

355 lb

Motors

Two motors

Noise

Under 48 dB

Warranty

15 years on the frame, motors and electronics

Returns

30-day returns

Details

2 in per second, 0.1 W on standby

How to choose between the E7 Pro and the V3

Measure where you want the desk surface, sitting and standing, then measure the spot it’s going in.

If you need the desk below 25.0 inches sitting, the E7 Pro’s lowest, buy the V3. If you need it above 48.7 inches standing, the V3’s highest, buy the E7 Pro. If both heights fit both desks, height doesn’t decide it, and the E7 Pro costs less.

Neither brand says whether its height range counts the desktop. If it doesn’t, the surface sits a top’s thickness higher, so leave a little room at the bottom of the range if you plan to sit with it all the way down.

The E7 Pro takes tops from 47.2 inches wide and up, so it needs a spot at least that wide. If your nook is narrower than that, look at the V3 with Uplift’s standard 42 x 30 in top instead.

Returns and shipping

Both ship free to the 48 contiguous states, and both give you 30 days to send the desk back.

Alaska and Hawaii pay for FlexiSpot shipping. Uplift ships the same day if you order by 3pm Central on a business day, and the desk reaches you in one to four business days. Bigger orders and custom tops go by freight, with a delivery appointment.

Both take a like-new desk back within 30 days. Uplift also wants it in the original packaging and covers return shipping only in the contiguous US, so keep the boxes until you’re sure you’re keeping the desk.

Who should skip each one

Skip the E7 Pro if you dread a build or your spot is narrow. Skip the V3 if price comes first.

• Skip the E7 Pro if unclear instructions would ruin your weekend. Buyers find them hard to follow.
• Skip the E7 Pro if your nook is too narrow for its smallest top. The V3’s standard top is smaller.
• Skip the V3 if price decides it. The E7 Pro costs less as a frame and as a complete desk.

Either way, both give you 30 days to send a like-new desk back if it turns out to be the wrong one.

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