Kilt Hangar Review, Order Gael Hangars

[Riverkilt]

Okay, as promised.

I met Joe Austin of Order of the Gael (www.orderofthegael.org) at his vendor booth at the Phoenix Highland Games a week ago. His main product is the Kilt Kilt. But I noticed he sells the kilt hangars for his Kilt Kit seperately and I was intrigued by them.

In his brochure Joe says, "The revolutionary design of the Kilt Hangar is perfect for the entire Prince Charlie outfit. Everything is "catered to." The Kilt Hanger is perfectly suited for ladies wear too!!"

Me, I've just been looking for a good kilt hangar for my hand sewn kilts. Seems near criminal to hang them from plastic WalMart hangars as I've been doing and I'm not (yet) a fan of rolling my kilts.

So, I bought one to take home and try out. I liked it so much I ordered nine more - so I'd have one for every hand sewn kilt and an extra for the one on order now.

I paid $17.00 for the one kilt hangar. He gave me a discount when I ordered the nine together and I paid $15.00 each and $14.00 one time for shipping and handling out of Las Vegas, Nevada.

The product is well made and well finished. There is a non-slip crossbar for neckties, traditional garter ties, or kilt hose. There are non-slip patches on the top of the hangar arms to keep jackets from slipping off.

There are notches in the hangar arms to hold a vest/waistcoat. I don't see any way that weakens the hangar. The wood is a very hard wood and there is triangular cross bracing from the non-slip crossbar and the three metal rods that the kilt hangs from.

The part I like the best is the kilt hangar part. The three parallel metal rods are strong and solid. There are two clips on each bar. Joe said he is considering adding a third to each bar.

The back of the kilt (pleats) hang from the back bar. The underapron hangs from the center bar. The apron hangs from the front bar. So the kilt sort of S's into thirds, but it hangs seperatly from each other part. Much different than clipping the three layers crunched up together under one clip. That's the main feature that sold me. Joe includes instructions on how to hang a kilt from the hangar.



This picture clearly shows the waistcoat/vest cut outs, the finish of the hangar, and the kilt hanging from the three crossbars. The necktie is hanging from the non-slip crossbar.



This pic shows the flashes in a zip lock bag clipped to one of the hangar clips. I keep all my flashes that way with a 4x6" index card to hold shape.



This photo shows the Argyle jacket added over the hangar arms. The non-slip patches seem to help stabilize the jacket on the hangar, even with the smooth jacket lining.



This photo shows the kilt on the hangar bars and the waiscoat/vest over the hangar arms and in the cut out notches intended for it.



This photo shows the kilt hanging from just one single hangar clip with no problem at all. These clips are strong. Spreading the weight of the kilt out six ways (or maybe nine ways if Joe adds a third clip to each bar) certainly seems gentle on the kilt.

An old mentor of mine used to say, "When you have a winning hand you push out all the chips." I'm sold, that's why I bought ten of these hangars. I look at it as protection on my investment.

Ron

[Mael Coluim]

Now that is organization! Thanks Ron for the excellent info. Now what to do with all those Wal Mart plastic hangers?

[Mr. MacDougall]

Okie, I guess I'm sold. Next time I have some money....

[SteveB]

Ron,
Thanks for the excellent review. This seems better than the hangers from Scotweb that have one bar four clips, and no place for tie flashes or jacket/vest.

[BoldHighlander]

Fantastic!
Thanks Ron for the review, I'm getting this for my new kilt!

[McMurdo]

Very nice idea, and they look like a quality product, I've been using IKEA hangers but I have to hang my jackets on a different hanger, kilts do tend to take up closet space. Thanks for the review Ron I may just order a bunch myself.

[Standard]

Wow, looks like a great system. I've been using the two walmart hanger method as described in an earlier thread, but this certainly looks much better than that. Hope he has lots on hand, cause I can see a flood of orders coming in from XMarks members.

[Riverkilt]

My shipment of kilt hangars arrived today. All just as nice as the first.

I did notice an additional feature I've overlooked. Inside each of the metal clamps there's a ridged plastic pad on each side of the clamp.

So there's no metal to wool contact in the clamp. Its softer ridged plastic to wool. The metal still provides the clamping pressure but its the softer pad that holds the wool.

Ron

[Chef]

Looks like a well thought out product. I may need to get a few.

[Fox]

I recently obtained the kilt kit with one hanger to carry my wedding ensemble to Florida. I very much like the design of the hanger. I Love the bag with all of its storage. However I did have a problem with the hanger. After filling the bag with only one outfit, kilt, vest, jacket, shoes, one sporran and the smaller accessories, the main hanger hook began to bend before I could even leave the house. I was very disapointed that this occured and can only hope that somehow I have an exception to the norm. I intend to contact The company to discuss my experience. Overall, I like the product and it performed well in my travels save for the weak hook.