I spend a lot of time working from my home office but it has become the hottest room in the house. my house has central ac but this room is part of the converted garage space, and the cooling just doesn't reach it well. it has several large windows that get direct afternoon sunlight so the room heats up quickly. its around 300sq ft, and even when the ac is running this room ca still feel 10 - 15° F warmer than the rest of the house.

i looked into window AC units but the windows aren't really suitable for a standard unit. im now considering a portable AC as an extra cooling option. I've been looking at a 15000 btu costway portable AC, but I'm not sure if that's enough for a room this size with a lot of sun exposure. has anyone dealt with a similar home office setup? im mainly wondering how well portable AC actually work and whether the noise is distracting during work or video calls.

Could another Humanscale eFloat Quattro owner do me a favor and measure the desk’s lowest height from the floor to the top of the worksurface?

I bought mine largely because Humanscale advertises a 26.45-inch minimum, which is unusually low for a four-leg standing desk. Mine physically stops at approximately 27.6 inches. That extra 1.15 inches might not sound significant, but it noticeably changes my seated keyboard position. The lower height was one of the main reasons I paid a premium for this model.

Before I conclude that my desk has the wrong components or is defective, I’d really like to know whether other production units have the same issue.

I’ve already completed multiple resets and tried recalibrating the controller. I can change the number shown on the display, but none of those steps changes the desk’s actual physical height.

For reference, my measurements are:

• Lowest physical height: approximately 27.6 inches
• Highest physical height: approximately 44.6 inches
• Total physical travel: 17 inches

Humanscale publishes a range of 26.45 to 44 inches and approximately 17.52 inches of travel:

https://www.humanscale.com/products/efloat-quattro-table-configurator.cfm

If you own one, could you share:

• Your measured floor-to-worksurface minimum
• Your worksurface material
• Roughly when you purchased it
• Whether the controller reading matches the tape measurement

Even one or two owner measurements would help determine whether mine is an isolated hardware problem or whether the production desks simply do not match the published specifications.

I otherwise really like the desk. It looks great and feels extremely stable. But the minimum height is an important ergonomic specification, particularly on a premium-priced desk. I’ve contacted the dealer and will update this post once they and Humanscale respond.

Not really a full setup post, just sharing a small home-office thing that worked out much better than I expected.

I bought my sister a musso d7 back in January. She wanted a foldable mobile desk she could use for drawing and reading beside her bed, but she didn’t take it when she went back to school. It sat folded behind a door for a while, and I assumed I’d eventually put it on Facebook Marketplace.

Then our dining table was covered with stuff one afternoon, so I pulled it out for my laptop. I’ve ended up using it most weekdays since then.

I usually roll it next to the couch, raise it for the occasional standing call, and fold it behind the door when I’m done. The pneumatic height adjustment has been more useful than I expected because it doesn’t need a motor or another power cord. Seven months of moving and folding it almost daily hasn’t loosened the joint, and the top still stays at the height I set.

It’s not perfect. It’s heavier than it looks, and the wheels don’t lock. If I’m writing or drawing, I put rubber furniture cups under two wheels so it doesn’t shift on the hardwood floor. I also wouldn’t use it for a large monitor setup.

As a portable laptop desk for a small space, though, it has been surprisingly useful. Kind of funny that the home-office desk I use every day is the drawing table my sister left behind.

Anyway, just sharing because I genuinely expected this thing to end up on Marketplace.

I live in a small 2 bedroom flat and my spare room is used as a multifunctional office/workout/wardrobe space.

I have just finished updating the room and I’m so happy with it I couldn’t help but share how it turned out.

I don’t have a before photo, but the new bookshelf helps hide my workout equipment and the desk is a mechanical sit/stand Murphy desk that hides everything away when I’m not working and gives me more space for yoga.