New Desk

[Norphy]

So, the crappy paper desk I bought from IKEA donkey's years ago is finally disintegrating. That's what happens when you bolt 3 28" monitors to the thing I suppose. Not only that, it's too narrow and I desparately need something a bit wider.

 

I've looked around, and most second hand furniture shops either don't deliver or charge a fortune to deliver to where I am, making it uneconomical. Office stores are charging in the region of £300+ for new desks that size and I don't want to spend that much. So I've been looking at IKEA again and I've seen the Mittzon which seems to fit the bill. It's got a particleboard top and quite a robust looking underframe which supports the entire width of the desk, so warping hopefully wouldn't be an issue, and the cable management features look pretty nifty. It's £175 and can be delivered to my local Tesco for free to be picked up, so that's not so bad. I should be able to get that into the back of a Škoda Octavia, right?

 

I've also seen some desks on Ali Express which are roughly the same size for about £100. Something like this. Supposedly delivered from a UK warehouse so it won't cost a fortune for postage. But Ali Express stuff doesn't exactly have a reputation for high quality, so I'm wary of the old "buy cheap, buy twice" thing. The one linked is supposedly a height adjustable standing desk, but that's not something I'm interested in.

 

Has anyone tried the cheap Chinese desks? If so, how have you found them? Or should I just get the IKEA one?