Purchased expensive 6' flip tree thinking it would last us many years to come. WRONG! As soon as the warranty ran out, a string of lights died. I supplemented with additional strings and every year a new line dies. Our tree has been up less than 2 weeks and TWO additional lines have died. Totally ridiculous! We are NOT talking about a burned out bulb but a complete string of lights! Considering our tree is rarely up more than 3 weeks at the most, this purchase was definitely not worth the cost and FRUSTRATION. This tree is "going out the door"...not dealing with this frustration another year!