7.5' Donner Fir Tree

This tree is everything I had hoped for & more. All the reviews you read are right on the mark. After last Christmas, I vowed to get rid of my 17 yr old tree. It weighed a ton & trying to get it back up onto a closet shelf was only possible with 2 people. I also hated the fact that it was not color coded & had to be assembled according to branch length. What a pain! The first thing I noticed when I picked this tree up at the store was the box size & weight. It was so manageable. It fit into the shopping cart & I could handle it myself! Fitting it into the back of my Escape was no trouble. My daughter & I assembled it with ease. The instruction sheet was simple & easy to understand, but the most impressive part was the end result. It is absolutely gorgeous.

This is an excellent tree for the money!!!! Last year I got a "pre-lit" tree and it was beautiful, but this year when we plugged it in, a lot of bulbs were out. We replaced a few, but some still weren't working. It was a nightmare. We bought this tree for another room, but decided we liked it so much that we put it in the front room and the "pre-lit" nightmare in the back. We are very happy with it. We may get another next year and throw away the "pre-lit"!

I did a LOT of research prior to buying this tree. I could not believe the prices of trees out there!! I spent a lot of time comparing prices vs amount of tips in order to end up with a full tree. I did not want one of these new prelit trees so that I have to struggle with a whole section of tree when a bulb goes out. This tree is just wonderful. It does take a bit of time to put together compared to some trees made today, but the difference in the product at the end is remarkable. This is the prettiest artificial tree I have ever had and for the same price we paid for less tree years ago.

This tree was delivered to the Web-to-Store pick-up quickly. Its box wasn't too big (fit in a small sedan back-seat) and it was easy to assemble. It does take a while to fluff out all the branches and get it to look just right. The reason this tree is less expensive is because it's the old school version where you hang every limb and it's not pre-lit. But for the price that is what we expected. It looks very nice overall. Out of the boasted 1492 tree-tips (branches) only two fell off during our assembly. We hung 500 lights from it and a variety of miscellaneous ornaments. It is a nice tree (picture attached). I guess I can't believe people pay $300+ for these when this tree looks this good. Only other note is that Walmart's regular white mini tree lights aren't very good. Half the strands were burnt out. We got some Sylvanias instead that have a lifetime guarantee.

I have always said that I would NEVER have an artificial tree, but have become tired of the hassle of walking miles at a tree farm to find the perfect tree, then paying an arm and a leg for it, only to throw it to the curb 3 weeks later. And of course, there are the needles to sweep up every day. The day after we bought the tree I set it up in the basement to be sure I was going to like it. To be honest,I didn't want to like it and was berating myself for buying it. But, after getting it all set up, I was very surprised. It is very full and very much resembles a real tree. Now I can't wait to bring it upstairs and decorate it. It's a great tree for the low price.