Artificial Christmas Trees

Liquid_Entity · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:14

It'll soon be the month of December and all across the lands the obligatory trees, lights, ornaments and wreaths will appear in every house.

So, for the first time in a decent home I need to get an artificial tree. Preferably with LEDs or lights already fitted. Budget of £50

Where can I find a good looking tree to befit my lounge?

pitchfork · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:25

Artificial trees look crap regardless of how much you spend.

Spend that £50 on a real one and a thing of lights, avoid tinsel at all costs (beads are where it's at). Not only do they look better, they smell awesome.

Hyburnate · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:26

pitchfork said:
Artificial trees look crap regardless of how much you spend.

Spend that £50 on a real one and a thing of lights, avoid tinsel at all costs (beads are where it's at). Not only do they look better, they smell awesome.

And also make your house need hoovering everyday xD

Liquid_Entity · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:28

Last time I bought a real one it left half of it in the car on the way to the house and 5 times as much when I went to throw it away down the dump.

Cosimo · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:30

This :

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-6...s-tree/136-5555.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=136-5555

or this

http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis...istmas-tree-green-4ft/p231216501#BVRRWidgetID

and a fiver on lights.

Or a pre-lit for £60:

http://www.diy.com/nav/christmas/ch...it-Sherwood-LED-Green-Christmas-Tree-12959181

Liquid_Entity · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:32

The John Lewis one looks great, 4ft bit small though, maybe I push my budget to get a 5ft haha

edit: damn it they don't do 5ft cheap tree

NightSt@lk3r · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:34

Liquid_Entity said:
Last time I bought a real one it left half of it in the car on the way to the house and 5 times as much when I went to throw it away down the dump.

It obviously wasn't a Nordmann Fir then!

Basher · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:36

Hyburnate said:
And also make your house need hoovering everyday xD

Not if you buy a decent real tree...

pitchfork · 27 Nov 2013 at 14:53

Hyburnate said:
And also make your house need hoovering everyday xD

Never had an issue, every 3-4 days is adequate, and I don't mean a full hoover, just a quick run round.

Provided it's a fresh, decent tree and not some trash you picked up outside tescos or B&Q that's been sitting around for a week.

Maccy · 27 Nov 2013 at 15:59

We just bought an 8ft one in Homebase for £80. Over budget but was half price and double nectar points!

Hyburnate · 27 Nov 2013 at 16:11

pitchfork said:
Never had an issue, every 3-4 days is adequate, and I don't mean a full hoover, just a quick run round.

Provided it's a fresh, decent tree and not some trash you picked up outside tescos or B&Q that's been sitting around for a week.

Perhaps. I personally prefer artificial but that's from a money POV.

Pawnless Endgame · 27 Nov 2013 at 16:49

Maccy said:
We just bought an 8ft one in Homebase for £80. Over budget but was half price and double nectar points!

I know that you can use the Nectar card at Sainsbury's (collect/redeem) and at Argos (redeem only), but I didn't know you could collect points at Homebase too. Where else can you use the Nectar card? Club card is Tesco only isn't it?

Liquid_Entity · 27 Nov 2013 at 16:54

www.nectar.com I would suspect holds all the answers.

I found a tree on Sainsburys Online but they don't let you redeem nectar points towards payment and I can't use my triple points voucher online either. Have to go in store and hope they have stock.

Liquid_Entity · 3 Dec 2013 at 13:29

So I did end up going to Sainsburys and purchased a tree. £40 with triple points voucher. Decorations from Primarni. Not bad for us.

Cosimo · 3 Dec 2013 at 13:40

Liquid_Entity said:
So I did end up going to Sainsburys and purchased a tree. £40 with triple points voucher. Decorations from Primarni. Not bad for us.

That looks good. How tall?

Liquid_Entity · 3 Dec 2013 at 13:51

Tis a 6ft pre lit tree. Only standard bulb lights but we like them.

covenantuk · 3 Dec 2013 at 14:59

I got the Tesco one 7ft one 2 years ago for £25 (was £80 full price).

If you check on quidco etc they often have offers of £10-15 off your first online order plus voucher codes and double your money on clubcard vouchers if you have them.

Russinating · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:31

We got ours from B&Q and I think it was £60 for a pretty decent tree. Try there?

Liquid_Entity · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:34

I have the tree now, hence the photo but thanks. I did look in B&Q but saw quite a few that were more expensive and didn't look half as good as the one I got.

Plus all their decorations were so expensive. Still saw loads of people with buckets of decs. They must have spent £100s. Xmas is expensive haha

Hyburnate · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:38

Liquid_Entity said:
I have the tree now, hence the photo but thanks. I did look in B&Q but saw quite a few that were more expensive and didn't look half as good as the one I got.

Plus all their decorations were so expensive. Still saw loads of people with buckets of decs. They must have spent £100s. Xmas is expensive haha

That's because Christmas is a commercialised season these days.

Scrooge signing out