Bought this as a gift for my daughter and her family. First, it is 5 1/2 feet tall, at best, even when inserted into the stand, not 6 feet. One entire side of the tree has no lights. The fiber optic effect stopped working after one hour.  We'll keep it, as it would be too much work to take it down go out looking for a new one and then get it home and put it up and decorate a second time. But we are very disappointed with this dud of a tree.