Ikea Utespelare desk review
The day gaming desks were renamed to battle stations, I knew marketing targeted to my demographic was always going to be just a touch batshit. Now you can get desks complete with RGB lighting, standing desks, desks that are actually a bed and much more. While undeniably cool, that’s not always what a fair chunk of gamer people are looking for in a desk. In fact, I’d argue a lot of us just want something that does the job of holding up our stuff while looking smart and not being uncomfortable to sit at at a reasonable price.
IKEA’s Utespelare gaming desk absolutely nails that brief, but adds a few extra features that I’d argue are more battle worthy than an inbuilt rave experience.
The Utespelare comes in two colour options, an all black which feels very gamer chic, or a breezier grey with light wood look top. Both are otherwise identical so i grabbed the lighter colour way to match my setup. Unsurprisingly it arrived as a flat packed box ready to end relationships in its assembly.
Because the table top is largely one piece, it’s quite a large unwieldy box and you need a bit of room to set it up. This includes flipping the desk after installing the table top which was a mighty effort, but that’s to be expected for a desk this size.
Max load: 50 kgs
Width: 160 cm
Depth: 80 cm
Height: 68-78 cm
Features: Cable management hammock, metal mesh portion
Price: $270 | £129 | AUD$199
That’s the first thing to hit me about the Utespelare gaming desk, it’s really pretty big. Coming from standing desks, having a 160 cm by 80 cm workspace is actually huge.
You can easily fit a full sized PC, a couple of monitors, routers, your mug printing gear, and that old iMac you rescued out of the rubbish and have been working on getting up and running for fun without any trouble. Plus there’s a decent amount of space under it for more stuff thanks to the relatively small space taken by the legs.
The official site says it has a 50 kg max tolerance but I’m a mystery number over that and have
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