A remote comes in the box, which matters more than it sounds - the switch on a pre-lit tree usually ends up buried behind the lowest branches. With it, lighting modes change from the sofa. The 6 ft frame carries 845 full branch tips in lifelike PVC and hinges open in sections, and the power cord runs 4.9 ft from the base. Two pairs of gloves are included for shaping the tips, a job that takes an evening and makes the difference between a full tree and a sparse one. A user guide covers the mode sequence.