At first, I thought this was going to be skimpy, but once all the branches were fluffed, it filled out beautifully. It's also heavy and strong. We have cats and used to wire our old tree to the wall in case the cats climbed it. We don't feel we have to do that with this tree. Also, this was one of the least expensive trees of this size I found online and in stores. I think it looks better than many higher prices ones I saw. Very happy with it.