I was so excited to receive this tree and admire the 'real feel' branches. Much to my disappointment barely 1/3 of each branch is like that and the rest is just like the inexpensive one I had. Granted they are beautiful and these are where the lights are. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to fix the big gap between the bottom and middle sections. It was very easy to put up and looks stunning otherwise. I was just xpecting more from this expensive of a tree.