Needed a narrower than standard and 9ft tall tree, and I liked this one as it didn't look overly skinny. It also shows this size as darker in color than the shorter sizes, and it is accurate to the pictured shade. I used to buy real trees but did not want to deal with that hassle anymore. I also love that this is pre-lit, it is so much more convenient, only wished it had a color option as well. Comes with the stand and has 4 parts which connect together, and each section has a plug which needs to be connected to the outlet on the previous section. The lower 3 sections have hinged branches which easily fall into place, top piece has branches which need to be folded out and into place. Took a few hours to separate branches nicely and fluff up the tree. It is not as dense as I had expected and you can definitely see through to the wall and center trunk, but I don't mind it. I like having my ornaments not all at the branch edges and I think the decorations will fill in the spaces nicely. The topmost section is a bit denser than the rest. The end of each main branch cluster has 3 softer plastic real-look sets of leaved stems, while the rest are a tinsel type which looks decent because they have some brown tones mixed in at the center/stem. The tinsel is not super sharp or spiky either so I was able to handle the tree and fluffing with my bare hands. Had one light bulb out on the tree, but luckily it doesn't affect the functioning of the rest of the strand at all. The entire tree plugs in at the bottom (no on/off switches), with just standard-on warm white lights and a classic pointed bulb shape. Perfect amount of lights and bright, but not so much as to hurt my eyes as white LEDs do. The tree topper can be plugged into the outlet on third section (around 3ft down). Topmost branch is the soft plastic type and not very stiff, so I placed 2 nearby branches with it- it still isn't sturdy enough for a heavy tree topper but worked with my lightweight one. I was able to manage the setup on my own with a tall ladder. Amount of shed was very minimal. Overall I am happy with this tree and price, and it fits my space well. (Will include photos before fluffing and after- it is completely unfluffed in the daylight photo with tree topper).
