Lets just say when we opened the box, we sorta went oh no what have we done. We started to put it together and fluffed it ,and then we said WOW... We turned our branches down a bit to look like they weighed heavy with the ornaments. My only wish would have been to get the 7.5 because I have so many ornaments ,but they were out of stock. It was very easy to put together and light weight which was a plus since we are getting older. I like the lite dusting of snow on some of the branches. The tree looks great with no lights, white lights or the colored lights. It was a great deal and we are very satisfied with this tree.