After spending almost hours fluffing the tree I was happy with the end result. As I began decorating it, however, I found that almost any touching of the tree and the top half of it wobbles significantly. The stand it comes with doesnt seem able to hold this size tree (9feet). The first time our cat tried to pull an ornament down the whole tree came down. Our hope was that an artificial tree would be easier without all the needles every year but since that fall it will not stand straight at all, the top half leans quite a bit. I know it was not an expensive tree but we had hoped it would last longer than this. 
Overall probably not a bad buy for the shorter version but I would not recommend the 9 foot one.