I’ve been testing this standing desk — and I can’t believe how sturdy and customizable it is

The FlexiSpot E7 Plus is a highly customizable electric standing desk that’s as stable as it is strong thanks to its unique take on a four-legged design. Instead of having all four legs stand on their own, the desk’s feet combine two legs together for extra stability.

Unlike some of the other standing desks I’ve tested in the past with a weight limit of 200 to 300 pounds, the E7 Plus can support up to 540 pounds while stationary.

In movement it’s a different story: it can lift up to 440 pounds. Besides supporting and lifting all of this weight, the desk itself is extremely sturdy. It's also one of the heaviest sit stand desks I’ve built at 130-140 pounds depending on which desktop you choose.

The E7 Plus features 3-stage legs too which allow the desk to go all the way down to 26 inches or all the way up to 51.6 inches. This makes it a good choice for both shorter and taller people.

However, despite its impressive stability and sturdiness, the E7 Plus is a dual-motor instead of a quad-motor desk. As the desk’s frame alone costs $800, I would have liked each of its four legs to have their own motor. Likewise, as this is a more advanced standing desk, putting it together takes more time and you will need an electric drill.

My FlexiSpot E7 Plus review will help you decide if this is the best standing desk for your needs or if you’d be better off with a standard two-leg desk with a lower weight capacity.

FlexiSpot E7 Plus: Cheat Sheet

• What is it? A four-legged, dual-motor electric standing desk.
• Who is it for? People who want a sturdy sit stand desk that can hold a lot of weight.
• What does it cost? The FlexiSpot E7 Plus starts at $879 with a desktop or you can get the frame by itself for $799.
• What do we like? All of the various customization options, its sturdy build quality, that can lift up to 440 pounds or support up to 540 pounds while stationary and its 3-stage legs.
• What don’t we like? Its more complex assembly process and that it’s a dual-motor instead of a quad-motor four-legged standing desk.

FlexiSpot E7 Plus: Specs

FlexiSpot E7 Plus: The ups

The FlexiSpot E7 Plus is one of the sturdiest desks I’ve tested thanks to its four-leg design, which also allows it to support a lot of weight. Likewise, its 3-stage legs provide a greater range of motion which is ideal for both shorter and taller users.

Almost too many choices

When configuring my review unit, I chose the cheapest desktop option. Despite its lower price, the faux marble chipboard desktop on my E7 Plus looks quite premium even though it only cost $80 on top of the desk’s frame.

More choice is always good news when configuring a piece of home office furniture that you’re going to use for years to come. However, I’d take the time to think through what works best for your workflow and your workspace’s layout before finalizing your order.

As the E7 Plus is over a year old, FlexiSpot has expanded the desk’s configuration options. At the time of writing, there are seven different desktop materials and styles to choose from, each available in several different colors.

Whether you want a solid wood desktop, a more ergonomic option with a curved front edge or a desk purpose-built for gaming, you have an extensive range of options to choose from.

The E7 Plus comes in a variety of sizes, from 48x24 inches at the smallest up to 80x30 inches to suit your workspace. I went with the 48x30-inch version so that I could have the desk next to my fireplace with plenty of desktop space to work with. You can choose between a white or black frame with two height ranges to pick from. One is better suited to taller people, and the other perfect for those on the shorter side. Both support the same amount of weight.

While FlexiSpot’s metal cable management tray is one of the best designs I’ve seen yet, with plenty of grooves for running cables up to your desktop, you will have to pay extra for it. Fortunately, it only costs $35.

Built like a tank

The E7 Plus is a solid desk all around, thanks to its industrial-grade steel frame. I was easily able to sit on it and ride it up and down after assembly. The desk itself can easily support one of the best gaming PCs, a super ultrawide monitor like the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 and all of the accessories you could think of.

If you plan to use this desk for PC gaming, the gaming series version features a tailor-made desktop for smoother or more precise mouse movements.

Instead of going that route, I built a desk setup for testing the E7 Plus using the Mac mini M4 and the Apple Studio Display as I felt their anodized aluminum finish complemented the faux marble top I picked.

While I didn’t load up the desk anywhere close to its weight limit, it remained firmly in place even when I tried to shake it at its tallest height.

The E7 Plus may be the most solid electric standing desk I’ve tested yet, but it’s also one of the heaviest at 130-140 pounds. You will need two people to put it together and to move it. Overall, the E7 Plus didn’t budge a smidge in my testing and I’d be comfortable loading it up with hundreds of pounds of expensive equipment.

To new heights

In addition to its stability and sheer weight capacity, it was very impressed with the 3-stage legs.. They make the desk stable, but they serve another purpose too: A greater range of motion.

The frame on my desk can go as low as 26 inches or as high as 51.6 inches, making it a great fit for taller users. In fact, the only desk I’ve tested that can go higher is the Autonomous SmartDesk 5, which has a max height of 52.7 inches and also features 3-stage legs.

For those on the shorter side, you can configure a different frame. It only raises up to 45.7 inches but goes as low as 24 inches. This is quite low for a standing desk but not nearly as low as the Uppeal 2 Leg Desk, which is also designed for floor sitting in addition to sitting and standing

Even if you’re short like I am, it’s still nice to have a desk that can go as high up as the E7 Plus. I find that with the desk raised to full height, it’s easy to get underneath it to manage cables or add under-desk accessories. The E7 Plus is also compatible with FlexiSpot’s under-desk drawers and keyboard trays if you want to make full use of all that space underneath the desktop.

Another great thing about the E7 Plus is its keypad which features four height presets and a USB charging port. This way, two people can use this desk and program their preferred sitting and standing heights.

FlexiSpot E7 Plus: The downs

The FlexiSpot E7 Plus certainly has a lot going for it in terms of build quality and sturdiness but its assembly process is much more complicated than other electric standing desks. At the same time, despite being a four-legged desk, it features a dual-motor instead of a quad-motor design.

Not the simplest assembly

Since this is a four-leg instead of your typical two-leg standing desk, I anticipated extra work when putting it together. I didn’t expect it to take as much work as it did, however..

Compared to the Vari Electric Standing Desk and other easy to put together desks I’ve tested in the past, its assembly process was quite complex.

The desk arrived in three boxes with the desktop in one, the frame in another and the legs in a separate box. The desktop and frame’s boxes were in perfect condition, but the box the legs were in got a bit banged up during transit.

After unboxing everything, I started putting the frame together. This was fairly easy and straightforward, though I had to repeat the process for either side.

The hard part came when I had to line the frame up and attach it to the desktop. Having multiple desktop sizes to pick from is great, but it does make assembly more difficult when lining up the frame with the desktop’s pre-drilled holes.

In fact, my desktop’s holes weren’t pre-drilled like they should have been, so I had to do that on my own. It took a bit more planning, but I eventually got the E7 Plus put together.

At 130-140 pounds, this is far from a lightweight standing desk. As I’ve been building them on my own for years, I didn’t have any trouble flipping it over but for everyone else, I highly recommend having someone else or even multiple people help with assembly.

Four legs but only dual motors

Having a desk with four legs is great for stability and holding more weight. Unfortunately, FlexiSpot cut a major corner to keep the price of the E7 Plus down. Unlike the Branch Four Leg Standing Desk I reviewed, which has a separate motor for each leg, this desk only has a single motor on either side.

To get all four legs to move simultaneously, there are connecting rods that run across the middle of the desk and attach to the leg without a motor. Not only does this mean you now have more moving parts that could break, it also significantly increases the desk’s noise level when going up or down.

I measured the noise of the E7 when going from sitting to standing, and saw 54 db. This isn’t as noisy as the Uppeal 2 Leg Desk at 65 db, but it is higher than dual-motor, two-leg desks I’ve tested like the Secretlab Magnus Pro at 50 db.

Decibels aside, desks with connecting rods across their underside have a more annoying sound than those that don’t, in my experience.

If you like the look and features of the E7 Plus and have a bit more in your budget, the FlexiSpot E7Q Pro is a quad-motor desk. Likewise, the FlexiSpot E2Q is a dual-motor, four-leg desk that can’t hold as much weight but is several hundred dollars less than the E7 Plus at $599.

Don’t get me wrong, the E7 Plus is an impressive four-leg standing desk, but at its higher price point, I wish it featured a quad-motor design instead of a dual-motor one.

FlexiSpot E7 Plus: Verdict

The FlexiSpot E7 Plus is a rock-solid, electric standing desk that can accommodate some seriously heavy workloads. I like how customizable it is and the fact that FlexiSpot offers multiple frames for taller and shorter people. There are also quite a few desktop sizes to choose from to suit a variety of workspaces and home office configurations.

At $800 for the frame on its own or $879 with its cheapest desktop material though, I wish that FlexiSpot had gone the extra mile and made this a quad-motor instead of a dual-motor electric standing desk. If you want an even higher weight limit with quad-motors and have the budget for it, there’s always the E7Q.

Overall, the FlexiSpot E7 is a very sturdy and capable electric standing desk that should be more than enough in terms of features and weight-bearing capacity for most people.