This tree looks as real as real can be from this artificial one!  It was easy to put together, but it was heavy to put together.  And when fluffing the tree, you will need to wear long sleeves or the tree fibers will scratch you pretty bad.  The lights are very bright and look very nice on where they are placed throughout the tree!  It's a great tree and I would 100% buy this tree again, just use precaution putting it together!