Pre-Lit Artificial Christmas Trees.... Whatcha got?

the ones i see people have, they never look good after a year or two.

when you save it, the branches will get smashed and mushed up, and then the fiber optic lights just dont look like they are supposed to anymore after that

they do look nice in the stores though

Costco, they have great trees. A little expensive but mine is 4-5 years strong

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Balsam Hill

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Do you have one of the flip trees? I loathe taking the tree out of the box and having to shape the branches.

I finally broke down and got a premium flip tree from Balsam Hill. Now it’s ridiculously expensive but wow, I’m very impressed by the looks and quality. It took me forever to fluff the damn thing because it has so many branches and bits to fluff, but now it looks incredible. Definitely worth the investment, and the ease of the flip base being on wheels, will be super easy to store.

Anyone with a 7.5'+ fat tree have any storage tips? This Balsam tree is too wide to put into totes.
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We have a 9 or 10 foot one.

It came with two bags and we store it in our garage.

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Do you have one of the flip trees? I loathe taking the tree out of the box and having to shape the branches.

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Brother’s mother in law has a flip tree. They had a slight quality control issue a few years ago- I wasn’t the one who fixed it, but theirs came unable to be flipped until her husband found a pin/screw/bolt that was in backwards or something to that effect. Someone else who has bought one at the same time has a lighting problem (either only half came on or the color/white side was out…I forget)


As far as a company goes, I’ve had some slow shipping times with them.
Their products are expensive, but they really are the best.
My front door is decked in their Apple Spice garland, wreaths, and topiaries. At Halloween I have their plastic cat/dog ghosts for my front porch. I get tons of comments on how good it looks. I have a couple of their hanging baskets for spring/summer.

I have no problem recommending the quality and how great their products are. I will buy a flip tree from them next (I’ve got a Costco one now- looks great, but I hate the 5 sections and stuffing them into a bag each year that wouldn’t take up any less space than the flip-up and would, presumably, keep straighter branches for longer).
This will be Year 5 on the Costco tree. It’s still going strong, I have no intention of replacing it for quality, but when it goes, a Balsam Hill flip tree is at the top of the list to replace it.

They have a 9ft Blue Spruce for 749 & free shipping
Sale ends tomorrow

That’s not a bad price for a good tree

We bought a 9 footer about 15 years ago. Sections of lights started to fail after a couple of years. Each year, another section would go out. Had to string our own lights every year to fill in the holes. The convenience of having a “prelit” tree was negated. Those big trees also require a ton of storage space.

Having said all that, costwise, the tree was about the same price as buying a real tree at $80ish each year over the time it lasted.

You are correct. When we get real, we settle for something in the 6-7 foot range.

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Time for the annual "let me go to the website, pick out a tree, and chicken out until next year"

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I did the same until I got a 20% off coupon. It was still expensive, but worth what I paid over what I've had in the past.