Choosing the Best Artificial Flocked Christmas Tree

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Updated November 3, 2020. I have been a fan of artificial flocked Christmas trees for years. It is pretty difficult to find flocked Christmas trees in person, so many (including myself) have to resort to buying them online. Without being able to see them, who knows what you’re going to get, right?

I am pretty picky when it comes to picking out a flocked Christmas tree, so I thought I would share some of my tips for picking out a tree and some of my favorites.

Choosing your Tree Shape and Height

I like trees that have branches of various lengths kind of protruding past the overall shape of the cone. I don’t really love the cone shaped trees and here’s why – I find it very difficult to place ornaments on them. You can see what I mean by looking at some of the ones I picked out as my favorites in the widgets below (note – some may be sold out already as they sell out quickly!) :

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I like to pick slightly shorter trees than the ceiling height because I like to boost the tree up and put items below the tree. For instance, this room has a 10′ ceiling and an 7.5′ tree that I placed on a bin and covered with a tree skirt. This also leaves room for plenty of presents!

It’s All About the Amount of Flocking!!

I like trees that really look like fresh snow had just fallen on them. I love clumps of snow just like you would see in real life. I like seeing a bit of green underneath as it adds to the realism. Can you see this tree below and how there are clumps of snow on it? This is what I look for!

Let’s Talk about the Lights

1. LED vs. Incandescent: I’ll be honest, I prefer the look of incandescent lights better because they have a softer glow and I feel that LED lights still have not been able to emulate this. THAT said, the LED lights are much more power efficient and when one LED light goes out the entire stupid tree doesn’t go out. I know that some incandescent trees state that when one light goes out they all won’t… but that’s not always true!
2. I recommended about 100 lights per foot for the height tree for maximum wow factor on a tree. So, if you have a 7.5′ tree, you want around 750 lights on the tree. If you have an unlit tree (real or faux), I recommend one strand of lights (so 100 lights) per each foot of tree height. An 8 foot tree needs 8 strands of lights. Make sense?
3. Colored vs White. I prefer white lights on a tree and let the ornaments act as my flash of color.

My Favorite Artificial Flocked Trees

I’ve rounded up some favorite trees below by trusted brands Vickerman and Sterling. I have had several flocked trees from these companies and have not been disappointed. Vickerman is by far my favorite.

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Below is my favorite tree, the Slim Sierra Flocked Tree. This tree I own and is the one with the polar bears and white snowy animals under it, as pictured in the first picture in the post (Mine is a 10′ tree).

I just ordered this tree below for this year, the flocked Fremont Spruce 7.5′ tree: (this is now discontinued but this one here is very similar)

Now I also have this Sterling Flocked Slim Pencil tree – while I love that this can tuck into a corner, it is a little difficult hanging ornaments on the top branches because it is so slim! I have mine pictured above in this post.

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