Pre-Lit Fiber Optic Pine Christmas Tree vs Northlight 4' Color Changing Fiber Optic Tree

Both are 4 ft white fiber optic trees with 130 tips, 24 concave wide-angle LEDs and a color wheel in the base, so the light show and footprint are effectively the same. The real split is the base: the Northlight sits in a decorative gold-toned pot, while the Best Choice tree uses a black plastic pot with the on/off switch on the base. Owners of this class of tree praise the color-changing glow and easy two-piece setup, and complain that fiber optic strands can dim or fail over several seasons and that 130 tips look sparse up close. Pick on the base finish and the switch, not on light output.

• Choose the Best Choice Products tree if you want the on/off switch on the base and a neutral black pot that disappears against dark decor.
• Choose the Northlight tree if you prefer the gold-toned decorative base and want the tree to read as a finished decoration without a skirt.