This garland on the whole is good.  The thing that I am disappointed in, and this probably changes from garland to garland, is that the lights seem to be heaviest on one side with the center area a bit sparse in lights and the other side a little more lit than the center, but not as much as the other side.  It works fine.  I do understand now what another reviewer said about the battery compartment being heavy.  The battery compartment is big, but it houses D size batteries.  It's my fault for not reading the description better or I would have realized that it had to be big, given it was D size batteries.  I just assumed the batteries were the typical AA batteries.  Still, I will say that hanging the way it does, the battery compartment is only visible if you are really looking.  All in all, I am satisfied with this purchase, just would have liked to have seen a little better distribution of the lights.