Please dont take my negatives as a bad thing. I grew up for 58 years with real flocked trees. I even have my own professional flocking machine. I am just too old to continue to do it myslef. Last year I went with a green one and HATED it. So thats where this tree comes in. I researched and researched and this seemed like the best replacement. Wayfair BY FAR had the best price. Saw it listed other sites up to $600 more! I just put it up. We could not figure out how to connect the three sections of lights after an hour of searching. We gave up and just used our own gang style extension cord. The tree is beautiful...looks real. Its not as pretty as the real deal but thats my opinion because when I did my own there was no green showing which this tree has. It shed very little compared to when I flocked. The best thing is no watering and the branches dont sag when you hang the ornaments. If you are hesitating about this tree...dont!