We purchased several 6 foot and 7.5 foot trees to decorate the front of our house. Assembly takes around 15 mins per tree and is pretty straightforward. Trees are well made. We used our own sandbags instead of the included water bags to anchor trees against wind and storms. We also covered each tree electrical connection with a small plastic box/cover for rain. The trees have been in several rain storms over the last two weeks and are still going strong. We plan to use these trees for several seasons.