It turned out a lot better than I had thought it would be,  Went up in a jiffy.  
The lights are very bright colors.  I attached the sturdy base to a wood platform to level it off and then screwed it to our deck railing. And so while the tree is just 5 feet high it looks bigger because it is up some 2 or 3 feet on th railing. 
At night the tree lights up the whole area.  Looks great both from the living room and when viewed while driving up to the house.