I have been purchasing real Christmas trees for years. I wasn't very keen on using an artificial tree, though it seemed like it would sure be a lot more user friendly. My girlfriend was working on me to get an artificial that we could manipulate branches on to decorate easier, etc. We looked a couple places. They seemed expensive for anything that looked nice. I looked on line, and found this one. It truly is a great value. Looks very nice, and at a great price. I would very much recommend this as a great value.