Christmas trees £50 to £100

What £50 to £100 buys

A proper tree for a standard room. At 5ft and 6ft the trees here carry 500 to 900 tips, which is a standard density: full enough once decorated, with the trunk visible if you look for it. They have hinged branches, a metal stand and PVC foliage with some PE tips on the better ones. Most are unlit, which is why they sit in this band; the same tree with lights fitted moves into the next one.

Unlit plus lights or pre-lit

A £79 unlit 5ft tree and a £15 500-LED set come to £94, which is £30 to £50 less than a comparable pre-lit 5ft tree, and the lights can be replaced on their own if they fail. The trade-off is twenty minutes of wrapping. If you would rather not, the £100 to £200 band has the pre-lit versions.

Other trees in this band

The 4ft fibre optic trees from Festive, which light every tip and change colour, sit at £60 to £90. The 6.5ft Flocked Spruce Pencil Pine at £54.99 is the cheapest snowy tree and the right one for a narrow hall. The 4ft and 5ft microdot trees, white or black frames carrying 500 LEDs, are around £79 and are rated for outdoors, so they double as porch trees.

Judging value

Compare tip count against height. Two 6ft trees at £95 can differ by 300 tips, and the fuller one will need fewer decorations to look finished. Then check the branch material: a mix of PE and PVC tips looks more natural than all PVC at the same count. Both figures are on the product page.