I read the reviews and had expected it to be awesome.  Unfortunately it is just OK.  I think maybe the other reviewers had replaced an inexpensive tree with this one.  I say this because I had an expensive tree that lasted me 15 years.  It finally just got old.  This one, I doubt, will last 3 years.  On top of that you can see through it.  Fluffing it was painful with the sharp tips of the branches, many scrapes.  It is Ok for the money.  If I didn't have to pay for shipping back, I would return it and get something else.