Bought this tree and had lightening fast shipping. The tree branches look real, you wouldn't know it wasn't real unless you touched it. You do have to spend sometime shaping the branches. I wanted a nice artificial since I am getting older and tired of putting a tree on top of my car, dragging it home and the awful mess after Christmas.  Well the bottom and middle parts of the tree were heavy as heck, hard to lift and connect to the base, I was able to do it by myself, but suspect in a few years I will need help putting it together. The good part is, the real look and it already came with all the lights so I wont have to do that or fight to take them off a dead tree after Christmas and this will extend my christmas decorating season. It came with easy to follow instructions and plenty of extra light bulbs.Over all I am very pleased with the tree.