Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Somewhat disappointed with this tree, as others appear to have been. It's not a "bad" tree, per se, however there were quite a few things I was taken aback by (not in a good way). Firstly, I don't know who (or what) they have applying the pre strung lights, but it looks very odd since about 2/3rds of the 150 lights (I bought the 4.5' tree) are all in the bottom half foot of the tree. The bottom of the tree looks amazing with the lights. It's just since the rest of the tree look anemic because there are no lights. Personally I didn't want to send it back over that ... I'm simply going to fill it in by buying a set of string lights and filling it in myself. I am annoyed I even have to do that though - that was the point of buying a pre lit tree. The next thing that led me to give it two stars ... you have to fill out the branches (obviously), but it took me over an hour and a half to do that on a 4.5 foot tree. Utterly ridiculous how much effort it took to make the tree ... look like a tree. This was due to whoever it was that wove the branches ... many branches where twisted around others like the twisty tie on bread bags, but not at the trunk. This was done all throughout the tree, so to get the branches to fill out in a way that didn't look like something Tim Burton would have made, I had to undo the horrible job whoever put this tree together had done to make it look right. Next, and I really feel like this is something the company should make clearer on their description ... this tree has two sections, so of course they need to be connected together. My main issue was with the fact they have two power cords - one for the top and one for the bottom, so there's no way for the top half's male plug to connect to a female connector near where the two sections meet when assembled. No ... you actually have to plug in two male plugs that run down the tree. Really horrible way to work the wiring. Lastly, no matter what I did I still have two larger empty spaces I could not fill because of where and how the branches were created on the tree. I turn the tree against the wall so those spots aren't in plain view, but I'm thinking a decoration or two could make the empty space fairly unnoticeable. The good ...? Once I did get the branches filled out, ignored the two empty gaps, and decided to add my lights myself ... the tree looks pretty nice. It's the perfect size for my apartment, and it should store well when it's time to put it away. I do like that's it's narrower than most trees it's size. Also, now that I've spent all that time fixing the branches so it fills out ... I shouldn't ever have to spend more than 5-10 minutes to do it again come next year, when it's time to take it out again.