It meets our needs this year of fitting a tree into a smaller space. We put it on a small table and it's cute; there is room for enough of our usual ornaments. The biggest negative (and it's the reason for only two stars) is that the light strings don't connect to each other. We spent probably an hour trying to find the other end of the first string and came up empty. As a result, we had to plug 4 light strings into an extension cord. We have to leave the bundle of plugs either dangling behind the tree like a giant knot--so festive!--or nestle them carefully in the lower branches and turn it to the wall--a fire hazard.