This tree is gorgeous! I purchased the 7.5ft for my 7.9ft ceilings and it fit perfectly (without a topper). It was beautiful right out of the box with the flocking and lighting. This is the most gorgeous tree we’ve ever had. I assembled it myself. It was relatively easy, a little heavy, but not bad at all. The quality is amazing and the flocking barely came off while assembling. Since it’s been up, I haven’t seen any flocking come off unless my kids really hit it and even then it’s not much. When we had real trees, we were constantly vacuuming up needles and it was so much more work. If you’re on the fence, buy this tree!