First off, my tree did NOT come with a base! Unless that was in a separate box that got lost in shipping, because there was no base in the box. I had 3 bases at home, but none of them fit it quite right. The one I am using looks just like the one in the photo, but it still does not feel very secure.
After i fluffed it, I thought it was very pretty and full. The flocking is pretty but as others have said it does fall off EVERYWHERE. Actually, I feel like it is almost too full / large ornaments cant really nestle into the branches but sort of lay against it. Also, the branches themselves are not very strong / heavy ornaments bend them right over.
Overall I think it looks very pretty, it fits in my little corner of space, and Im happy with it; but the amount if fighting I had to do with it to get it to even stand up, and the giant mess I had after all that and putting on the lights (I did not want a pre/lit tree as I have snowflake/shaped lights I wanted to use) was really frustrating. If it actually had come with a base, which would have eliminated a lot of my frustration, I would have given it 4 stars (taking off one for weak branches shedding).
Pretty but frustrating.
First off, my tree did NOT come with a base! Unless that was in a separate box that got lost in shipping, because there was no base in the box. I had 3 bases at home, but none of them fit it quite right. The one I am using looks just like the one in the photo, but it still does not feel very secure. After i fluffed it, I thought it was very pretty and full. The flocking is pretty but as others have said it does fall off EVERYWHERE. Actually, I feel like it is almost too full / large ornaments cant really nestle into the branches but sort of lay against it. Also, the branches themselves are not very strong / heavy ornaments bend them right over. Overall I think it looks very pretty, it fits in my little corner of space, and Im happy with it; but the amount if fighting I had to do with it to get it to even stand up, and the giant mess I had after all that and putting on the lights (I did not want a pre/lit tree as I have snowflake/shaped lights I wanted to use) was really frustrating. If it actually had come with a base, which would have eliminated a lot of my frustration, I would have given it 4 stars (taking off one for weak branches shedding).