I really wanted to like this tree. I tried but I just could do it. There are a good amount of pines. The tree does t look sparse. That’s where the positives end. The pines are so shiny that it’s undeniably fake. Many of the firs are so flat that no amount of fluffing would make them look more realistic. It’s hard to see how shiny they are in the pictures. It seemed better in the daytime light than at night with our indoor lights. Even after over an hr of fluffing out the pines, the middle section seemed about the same size if not a little smaller than the bottom. I think for the price and for the description of “more realistic,” it should be a lot better than it is.