Monday, December 31, 2012

The Best Artificial (Fake) Christmas Tree's

Fake Christmas Tree

The Best Fake Christmas Tree

If you are looking for a tree that you will have to tell friends and family it's not real this is the one you want.  It is a reproduction Blue Spruce pine tree from the company Balsam Hill.  The technology and attention to detail that goes into these artificial Christmas trees is absolutely amazing.  The designers looked at the actual trees they are modeled after for inspiration and the branches are hand-made to look nearly identical.  These are not one size fits all trees, in fact they produce fake trees available in Aspen, Saratoga, Brandywine and many other species to fit the local area.  However, this Blue Spruce model is what we've deemed The BEST.  It is the quintessential specimen that screams Christmas and REAL.  

Artificial Christmas Tree Lights  -  

On my first two artificial trees, one I got at Lowe's and another from Sam's Club the main source of frustration was the lights!  After spending $200 on what I thought was an awesome prelit tree I ran into the typical problems.  We had to fluff the tree out every year and "hide" the center pole with ornaments and the such to try to convince ourselves it looked more real than it did.  Also after the first year the top wear the angel was had burned out over 12 bulbs, then after the second year a string of lights was broke and after many attempts I deemed it un-fixable.   The problem with these trees is they are mass produced to sell in huge quantities through the big box retailers and while they look nice on the surface the quality flaws begin to appear the longer you have them.  The lights on the pre-lit version on The BEST Christmas tree are of superb quality and come with a three year warranty.  Also, if one goes out ALL the rest stat lit so it is easy to tell where the problem is and replace that individual bulb.

Fiber Optic Christmas Trees

Best Fiber Optic Christmas Tree

Pictured at the right is the highest quality BEST fiber optic Christmas tree available. The favorite tree I ever had was a small 3.5 ft fiber optic tree from TRIM A TREE.  It used a lightbulb at the bottom and a wheel that had colored film that spun around this light was transmitted through the bottom of the strand to the tree. It was multi-colored and always looked cool.  When I went to get a full sized one I couldn't find one until now.  

Well technology has also been upgraded quite a bit since then and the old color wheel technology is no longer state of the art in fiber Optic Christmas Tree.  

artificial-christmas-tree.com   offers these great looking and easy to operate Fiber Optic Christmas trees.  A simple flick of the switch is all that is needed to change from multi-colored to bright white lighting. These are green friendly artificial trees using no motors, generating no heat or noise, all while using the bare minimum of electricity.  Of course they come with the storage bag, stand and ac adapter everything you'll need to get it set up.

Bonus Tip - Save Money on Artificial Christmas Trees

WAIT- to buy your tree from either of these suppliers till AFTER CHRISTMAS and the prices PLUNGE- sometimes by as much as 50% with free shipping. 

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

The Best

the best
Many of The Best Things
Hello all my loyal readers.  If you've stumbled upon this page I am SORRY.  While there is not much here I will try to tell everyone what this site is all about.

It starts with a story my wife was telling some family members of mine over Christmas.  Essentially, we were talking about the "habits" of spouses and she casually mentioned something to the effect of just ask Chad he'll know what's best.  It got into a long discussion about how I research everything on the internet and in person to try to make an informed decision.  Honestly, it was more a hey Chad you spend too much time on the computer talk than anything.

The problem is it often takes hours or sometimes worse days to fine "the best" of any particular thing.  Well I'm HERE, with the goal to turn this site into a simple place to find whatever it is your looking for or like when I go to the local discount warehouse all the things I didn't know I was looking for.

Suggesting a The Best

This is the page to comment on what you want to see me make a The Best out of.  So if you are looking for something I haven't yet made a page about just comment under here.  I can't promise I will make everything but certainly the most popular I will.  Try for things more like "The Best of Cakes",  "The Best Glassware" or the "The Best Drywall:"     Stay Away from ultra specific things or crazy stuff only You want to know about like  "The Best guys named Fred in Boston" or "The Best color red to go with my shoes".   and hey KEEP IT CLEAN.    You get the idea.

That is NOT The Best

OK OK,  you are right we are not going to agree on everything I label The Best.  If you've got an idea for something better, go ahead leave a comment I won't get mad.  Please, just be nice...cause you know SANTA is watching and waiting for you to be Naughty.  I will be reading the comments and I take it all to heart.   You'll get credit in a revised posting if I make a change.

That's it folks have fun reading and finding the best.