The tree looks nice, we put it in our condo in FL, not our primary home so didn’t want to spend a fortune (we also don’t have many ornaments on it). It went up easily and had lots of tips to spread out so it looks pretty full even though it’s a pencil width. We added our own lights. It did shed a bunch (I bought a more expensive brand for our primary house, which barely shed), and each time we put an ornament on or gift under it more dropped...and the fluff made me sneeze. But since the end product was nice, and it was cheap, it’s fine. Not sure I’d want to deal with it every year though...