I've been shopping for a 12ft slim tree since last Christmas. It's been so hard to find the perfect one but I finally found it! My options included trees that were twice as much as this one and in the end, I'm glad I went with this one. The tree looks exactly like the pictures. I was worried 1,400 lights wouldn't be enough, but they're perfect. There are plenty without overpowering the greenery, and we love having both warm white and multicolor options. Assembly and shaping were surprisingly easy, I hardly did any fluffing and it looked great straight out of the box. For the price, I'm extremely impressed. We compared it with trees costing $900–$1,500 , and I don't feel like we compromised. If anything, I prefer the more natural silhouette of this one. It looks beautiful even completely undecorated!