****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
Update (July 2022): I had to leave my last desk at a former location and needed a new desk at my new location. With that said, I loved the so much I bought it again. First thing I noticed was that the desktop itself was a singular piece and not split into two as the previous iteration. Assembly was pretty straight forward, and the full sized pad is great. They added a cable management system to the back which is great. Also fewer pieces to assemble than when the desktop was in two pieces.The assembly directions could benefit from a bit more of "this side this direction" or larger illustrations, the only "difficult" part was the cable management box, it just didn't seem to make sense at first.The drink holder is nice, but was annoying on the front so I just used two of the pre-drilled holes on the underside to mount it to the side.Definitely can't go wrong with this desk.When the desk first arrived, my first thought was "they sent the wrong desk" as the length of the desk was about twice as long as the box. So be mindful, the top surface is in two pieces. This is where the full-sized desktop mouse pad comes in handy, though in actuality the surface would be just fine without it regarding mouse scanning abilities at high DPI settings. It seems almost more cosmetic than anything, but definitely a great feature that I had never considered.Frame is solid metal, welded securely, all the bolts fit well, I think I had one bold or machined area that didn't fit just right, but did a different bolt and seemed fine.Cross support underneath is great, the desktop material is ~1" thick and solid. Definitely great for gaming.Assembly can be a bit of a frustration. I found that the directions don't exactly show the directions of the machined holes, like is that the hole to left or the bolt hole to the left? Why would I put a flat surface on top of bolt heads, thinking the crossbar support should be flat, but that wasn't clear in directions until I was attempting to bolt the desktop to the assembled legs. Even with my errors at reading the directions, it took me less than two hours to assemble it.It is definitely a good solid desk, not like two big guys dancing on top sturdy, maybe 2 hobbits or a Dwarf and Elf sturdy. Colors are nice, the designs are stickers to be applied to the legs (or not) the covers to the leg base "T" are plastic snap on, they're more cosmetic than anything so no loss for anything there and makes the desk look nice.The accessories: Full sized mouse pad is really high quality, stitched well, absolutely no slipping. The gamepad holder is a nice add on, I probably wouldn't buy one for myself, but as the company was nice enough to add it, it's a neat feature, I have my two Xbox gamepads on it and the chargers are nice to have so I can charge my gaming headset underneath (hint: the gap between the surface and frame is great for running a USB cable back through the cable holes to the headset hook). The Cupholder. I've had them before, it's nice, but I still find myself with my cup on the desktop. The surface is quite large, for me, so plenty of space, thought now, as I've moved my PC to the right side just under the cup holder, I only use it for my water bottle as I'd still likely knock something over.Overall, it's a good quality desk at a price that is much better than any cheap knockoff one might find at a local bigbox store, or end up paying more for less.Oh, and it shipped super fast too, and this was during the COVID-19 pandemic, so hats off to the company and shippers for maintaining business.
