I have used both. A standing desk and a converter. I prefer the desk only because the converter takes up desk real estate. It also depends on how tall your current desk is and your chair height. Since the converters will set everything up a bit higher when at sitting. My wife convinced her boss to get her a converter at her office. She uses it quite a bit. I use more the standing desk. I think hers is a Vari-desk converter. I use an Uplift adjustable desk. What I found more helpful was taking a 5-10 minute walk every hour. I found out about this idea on NPR. Here is a link to a continuation of their study. Answer from Fast_Edd1e on reddit.com