National Tree Company Pre-Lit 'Feel Real' Artificial Full Downswept Christmas Tree, Green, Douglas Fir, White Lights, Includes Stand, 6.5 feet

The media could not be loaded. I purchased the 6.5 ft size National Tree Company Pre-Lit ‘Feel Real’ Artificial Full Downswept Christmas Tree to create a central focal point in an entertaining space with a low ceiling. Yes, time was spent fluffing out and arranging the branches exactly to my liking. However, this is a task I expect on putting up an artificial tree. The version I purchased came with only warm white lights pre-installed. I added a 100 ft 300 LED Christmas lights strand, multicolored, 8 modes, into the central interior of my tree. I felt that lent additional dimension. The tree packaging was sturdy. Arrived as scheduled. Comes in three sections that went together intuitively, along with a metal stand of reasonable sturdiness. With the tree fully installed, the stand is also fully stable.I spent a fair amount of time, over several weeks, researching artificial trees online. For the price point, this tree checked all of my buttons and exceeded expectations. The tree has significantly more warm white lights than average. Extra ornaments, tucked into the center of the tree, along with the additional light strand, mentioned above, easily ‘corrected’ the less than realistic inner branches. Those are wrapped vs tipped. At the same time, the outer tips are gorgeous and very close to realistic in appearance Further, I greatly appreciated gloves weren’t required when I set up this tree. That, alone, was a big plus for me. At the end of the exercise, this tree, fully decorated, looks far more expensive than it was.I hesitate and rarely write product reviews. That said, this particular tree has earned my unreserved recommendation. It reminds me of the real Douglas Firs we had during my growing up years on the East coast.

UPDATE: National Tree sent me a replacement tree at no charge. The customer service rep was very understanding and helpful. Happy customer here.ORIGINAL REVIEW: Tree was lovely while it worked. Very realistic and easy to assemble. However, two of the light segments failed after several months of use. The instructions indicate that this was probably due to fuse failures. Replacement fuses are included with the tree, but good luck trying to replace any of them: They are tiny, and it's extremely difficult to determine whether the fuse has failed or not from visual inspection, and they're nearly impossible to remove even with fine tweezers (no fuse-puller is provided). I gave up trying to replace them. I have warranty claim in with the company, and will update this review once I hear back from them. For now, I would not recommend.

This is the first 'regular' size Xmas tree that I've purchased in years and the first one that didn't already come with ornaments attached. After searching through numerous trees on Amazon and reading the reviews I decided on this one in spite of some poor reviews. The description says that 'assembly' isn't required but it is, although not too much. This came in a fairly small box considering the size which prompted me to call a male friend to carry it inside and upstairs until ready to set up for the holidays. He had the tree assembled in about 15 minutes but left me to fix the hinged branches to my liking. I'm waiting to do them all until it's brought downstairs but started with the upper ones to get some idea of what it's going to look like when finished. This tree is NOT sparse as one person stated - if done properly the tree does appear full - it just takes time and a good eye to arrange nicely. (As a female that's something that I don't mind doing!) I looked at some trees that were more expensive and some less expensive and am very pleased with this one! The white lights are carefully placed and spaced around the branches and all the lights worked on mine. The branches can be shaped and bent with ease and can also hold regular ornaments without making them sag or pull down the branch. For this size tree I bought ornaments that are different sizes (from 1 1/2" - 2 7/8") and shapes to make it look interesting, but I don't think something over 3" would look that good. The hinged branches was something that I wasn't familiar with but it means the branches 'fold down' which makes it pretty easy to set up. The tree has an upper and lower section and the stand needs to be attached but the lights didn't need any stringing or fixing (only unwrapping). I can't say it 'feels real' as it's described but the colors of the branches look 100% natural, with some having a touch of brown on the tips. Personally I think this is a great tree and a very good price! I don't plan on disassembling the tree for storing from year to year since I have a lot of storage space but I don't think it would be as easy to take down as it is to put up!

My family’s previous Christmas tree of 13 years broke and we needed a new one. I spent a lot of time comparing artificial trees and this one was the best value for a tree that has mostly PE branches, which make the tree more realistic and not shed.Pros: The tree is easy to put together, the branches are easy to fluff out.It’s sturdy enough to handle my little kids enthusiastically decorating it and hold heavy ceramic ornaments.The spacing of the lights on the branches look great.Cons: would like more branches in the middle section to fill in the gaps. I had to do a lot of bending the branches to make it look full. I recommend using filler branches and ribbon to help make it full.I would also like a step on switch/button to turn the tree on and off rather than crawling under the tree to unplug it.The plugs on the tree that connect each section are big and bulky and I prefer a sure-lit pole but forgot about that feature when I bought it.Other notes:It comes with extra lights, replacement fuses, card with a QR code to website for instructions (you do have to search for them).