This tree stand made putting up the Christmas tree the easiest. I only wish I had been using this for the past 20 years. Last year our tree fell over so we knew we had to get a new and better stand. My husband and I put the tree up in minutes. After he left the room I decided to straighten the tree a bit more and easily did it myself.

Christmas trees aren't a pain any more. This took all of 20 seconds to set up. I put the tree in, stepped down a few times and filled it with water. The tree is straight, and I didn't have to crawl under it and grunt cuss and cry while I tightened up 3 eye-hook screws. The worst part of Christmas is now one of the better.

I broke two cheap plastic tree stands from Lowes two years in a row when adjusting my 9 ft tree that I purchase each year. Decided to try this based on the recommendation from The Wirecutter and am glad I did! The tree is perfectly straight on the first try, with no back and forth between the wife and I as to whether or not the tree is standing straight. We buy a smaller tree, as well, for our house and I'm planning to buy a smaller version of that after Christmas season, hopefully on sale. If you're debating based on price like I was, don't!

Just set up a tree with this thing today. When I set up a tree last year it was miserable. It took the better part of an hour to get the tree straight and then tighten the bolts into the tree. Worse was getting the tree free of the stand though.

This year? 20 minutes from tree in the house to locked in the stand and straight. I also love the fact that the stand holds over a gallon of water and has an indicator to help let you know when the stand is full. I'm VERY impressed.

Let's face it, this tree stand is made for people who LOVE Christmas. They love it so much they want to enjoy every minute of it, not ruin it with the stress, squabbles, broken ornaments, broken dreams and broken relationships that come with putting up a real Christmas tree in one of those pathetic screw-based stands that just flat-out suck. For the past four years, we've gotten our 10-12 ft. trees up, straight and secure in the German-engineered-and-built Genie XXL in under TWO MINUTES each time. True story. Last year however, we had a small crack in the bottom of the stand which, to be fair, was most likely caused by my user error when putting in the tree. Nevertheless, I contacted them via message on their website, and within two hours heard back directly from their VP, Karsten Eibach (aus Deutschland, naturlich), who helped me troubleshoot potential issues. After discovering that the stand could indeed leak from the crack, Karsten had a new one shipped from their Chicago distribution warehouse within two business days. So not only do they build the best, fastest, easiest-to-use tree stands on the market, they back them up with an outstanding warranty and customer service. If you insist on a live tree to make the most of your Christmas season, insist on a Krinner Genie XXL to put it in. You won't be disappointed!