I have become pretty picky about my Christmas trees over the years. I've always had a real tree until about 8 years ago when I found myself alone and you really can't put a real 6-7ft Christmas tree up by yourself. So, I haven't had a tree in a while, but this year, I decided to get my first full size "artificial" Christmas tree! After reading numerous reviews on various types of trees I finally decided that this tree was the one. Prices of a slim (not pencil) pre-lit tree at 6ft varies so I went with a somewhat moderate price of $89. I was almost afraid to open the box when it arrived because I read some pretty bad horror stories on a lot of different tree types. After getting some nerve up I proceeded to open the box and check it out. A little early to put up a Christmas tree but I needed to know what I bought and if I did enough homework before buying. Overall, this tree looks very nice in my dining room, no decorations as of yet, just pre-lit as is. I started assembling in my kitchen, so I was able to spin the tree freely there to fluff, I started with the bottom section first and fluffed that and then attached the middle and fluffed that and after finishing the middle I moved the tree into the dining room which is carpeted (no spinning there) and affixed the top piece and finished the final fluffing process there. If you take the time when putting it together to fluff as you go it only takes about 45 minutes or so to get a proper looking tree. It looks nice and full and the lights, which all work are distributed nicely throughout the tree. There are no bare spots in the tree if you fluff properly. The tree looks really nice. I'm amazed when people take the pieces out of the box (no fluffing at all) put them together and say, "look how terrible this tree looks!" I actually saw pictures in reviews of that exact thing. You have to put a little love into it, and they look pretty nice afterwards. The tree measures 72" as advertised but you may have to bend the top limb in half to affix your tree topper as it is a bit flimsy, and it does wobble a bit if forced but all in all, this tree is exactly what I was looking for. I would recommend this tree to anyone who wants a nice "smaller" tree with minimal work involved and it's manageable at 12lbs, it will be easy to disassemble and store.