I read reviews on many fake ficuses (because honestly, who can keep a real one alive) before ordering. I settled on this one.Pros:It arrived well-packaged in a long cardboard box. Inside that, the tree was housed in a drawstring bag made of the same material those reusuable shopping bags from the grocery store are made of. It also had Styrofoam surrounding the base. Very pleased with the packaging. It arrived fully intact.The leaves are different colors, which adds to the beauty of the tree. It is highly shapeable. The branches are moveable and bendable as are the individual leaves.I am very happy with how it livened up that corner of the room.Cons: (Not big enough deals for me to take off stars)For the proportions of this tree, the base is TOO SMALL. It looks ridiculous and wants to topple over. The "trunk" of the tree is off center in the pot which also contributes to its topple-over-ness. I got a heavy planter to put it in and turned the tree so that the trunk appears centered and it' fine. Be prepared to use another pot on the outside. It needs the extra weight on bottom.One of my branches completely fell. off while I was shaping the tree but I was able to hot glue that sucker right back on with no problem and still move it around and it stayed put.Where we have the tree (in a corner) we did wire it with floral wire to a hook in the wall just to keep it from toppling over should the cat decide to go a-wanderin' but so far he' let it be. The first day or two he sniffed it and chewed on a leaf a little but then he lost interest. I would recommend anchoring it in some way (either to the wall or by weighting it further at the base) if you have an adventurous cat or active dog. Like I said, it' top heavy and could topple over pretty easy without the right weight balance.These things are minor and easily fixable so I would still give 5 stars. It looks great. I'm very pleased.