GreenForest
GreenForest Folding Desk 70 cm with Monitor Shelf
12,294 ratings behind it
£49.99 £59.99 -17 %Guide price, checked on 11 September 2026
12,294 ratings averaging 4.6, which is an unusual amount of evidence for a desk at this price. It arrives assembled, so it unfolds in seconds. The whole thing occupies 70 x 56 cm including the monitor shelf; the writing surface itself is 63 x 45 cm.
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How much room it really takes
Everything at the same scale, with a 1 m² square behind it so you can picture it properly.
Our assessment
Editor's score from 0 to 10 on seven criteria. These are not the manufacturer's figures: they are our judgement, and we explain how we work them out in how we choose.
- Space efficiency*5.6
- Capacity6.4
- Real ratings8.0
- Value for money7.9
- Build quality7.0
- Ease of use9.0
- Design8.0
Worked out with an absolute anchor Editorial judgement
* The manufacturer does not publish a reliable folded measurement for this model, so space efficiency is worked out from what we do know: how compact it is open and what it weighs. How we score.
Full technical details
Figures the manufacturer does not publish appear as «—». We would rather leave a gap than fill it with an invented number.
| Unfolded measurements | |
|---|---|
| Width | 70 cm |
| Depth | 56 cm |
| Height | 82 cm |
| Usable surface | 3,920 cm² |
| Folded measurements | |
| Folded width | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Folded thickness | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Folded height | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Floor taken when stored | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Floor it still takes | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Weight and strength | |
| Weight | 8.6 kg |
| Maximum load | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Interior storage | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Shelves | 2 |
| Drawers | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Linear metres of shelving | 1.4 m |
| Total shelf area | 7,840 cm² |
| Materials and assembly | |
|---|---|
| Surface | Engineered wood with an oak-effect laminate |
| Frame | Metal |
| Finish | Matt laminate |
| Needs assembly | No |
| Assembly time | Not needed |
| Mechanism | folding legs |
| Portability | lightweight |
| Warranty | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Other details | |
| Manufacturer's overall size | 70 x 56 x 82 cm, upper shelf included |
| Shelves | Two, one of them open |
| Writing surface | 63 x 45 cm |
The analysis
This desk has two sets of measurements and both matter. The writing surface is 63 x 45 cm, and the whole thing occupies 70 x 56 cm of floor because the monitor shelf sits behind and above it. Measure your gap against 56 cm, and plan your working room against 45.
Those 45 cm are the ones you feel every day. At 40 cm a laptop fits and nothing else; at 45 an external monitor sits back far enough that you are not craning your neck at it, and the shelf lifts it further still.
It comes fully assembled, and that is not a convenience, it is the whole point. A desk that needs a screwdriver ends up parked in a corner forever; one that unfolds in seconds actually gets folded away in the evening, which is the reason you bought a folding desk.
At 8.62 kg one person can move it without help. What the manufacturer does not publish is the folded thickness, so we cannot tell you whether it slides behind a door or needs a wall to lean on. The listing claims 2.55 cm, which is thinner than the top plus the folded legs can physically be, so we have left the field empty rather than repeat a figure we do not believe.
In favour
- 12,294 ratings averaging 4.6
- 63 x 45 cm of writing surface, enough for a laptop and an external monitor
- A monitor shelf that lifts the screen to eye level
- Arrives assembled, so folding it away is a two-second job
- 8.62 kg: one person can carry it
Against
- The published folded thickness, 2.55 cm, is not credible, so the field is empty
- No stated maximum load
- The monitor shelf takes the footprint to 56 cm deep, 11 more than the writing surface
Best for: Anyone working from home with an external monitor in a room that has to go back to being a bedroom at six o'clock.
What the people who bought it say
Across 12,294 ratings the average is 4.6. The theme that repeats most is that it arrives ready to use and folds away without tools. The most common complaint is lateral wobble when you type hard, which is the usual trade-off of a folding frame.
Reviews published by buyers on Amazon, reproduced as they are. We do not edit them or pick them by rating.
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GreenForest Folding Desk 70 cm with Monitor Shelf
£49.99 £59.99 -17 %Guide price, checked on 11 September 2026
Disclosure: Abatible takes part in the Amazon Associates Programme. If you buy through our links we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. The scores do not depend on that commission. More detail.