Kilt Rolls

[Jordan]

I've been kilted when flying only on two trips and had two vastly different experiences.

The first time I was wearing a traditional kilt and flying Edinburgh to Spain, 20 minutes being "patted down" and nearly missing my flight. I actually ran into the plane carrying my boots I was that late! Flying home the Spanish guys didn't bother me in the least.

The second journey Inverness to Luton I was wearing a Utilikilt Mocker, guy looked at me and said "nice kilt" and that was me, flying home in a traditional kilt the lady at the metal detector asked if I could take off the little straps at the sides, once I explained they were holding my kilt up she went pink and let me go.

I have my kilt looked out for tomorrow and I'll let you know how customs treat me in Aberdeen and Amsterdam for my connection to Chicago

[Tomo]

I've used a kilt roll a few times - both in a larger luggage and on it's own. Longest trip was UK to NZ over 3 weeks for the Rugby World Cup - only one query about the kilt pin on passing it through the xray machine in Christchurch but one of the other security guys was a kilt wearer and told his colleague it was fine. Haven't had a problem in the past with folding but find the roll useful to keep the kilt separate from everything else (e.g. only in Wellington for one match / one day and no need to unpack everything to get at it) and for longer trips it certainly kept the kilt crease free for when i needed it.

[Peter Lowe]

Like Tomo I took my kilt to New Zealand for a family wedding in a kilt roll and in a larger case. Because of stopovers the kilt was in the roll for four days on the way back. It came out perfect - it had to as I was attending another wedding! So it works for me.
Peter

[Jordan]

My kilt survived the trip in my case with no problems, I hung it up last night and put it on this morning. The one I wore for traveling looks okay too, but nothing that hanging up over night didn't fix

[Jack Daw]

I have a kilt roll that came with instructions. Follow the instructions and you should have no wrinkles in the kilt. I endorse.

[HuDonald]

As Steve casually mentioned, I use stockings (or panty hose) as my kilt rolls, and never had a problem - and they're FREE! (well, I get them for free after my wife gets a run in hers. One pair of stockings makes TWO kilt rolls!

Here's the link I learned it from:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-travel-19516/

Have traveled many times now, never a wrinkle, always looks good!

[Gryphon noir]

I used to hang my kilts in short suit bags, but there are three major problems with that approach:

(1) Though I have tried a number of different kilt hangers, none of them really do the job;
(2) They take up precious closet space (thus severely limiting how many kilts I can have);
(3) Suit bags--even with lavender oil infused cedar blocks--do not resist moths (their technical name is "Evil Bastard Moths") 100%, and anything less than 100% is not quite good enough.

Solution? Kilt rolls. Easy to store on a shelf, and can also sit in the corner of a closet. So far, no "incidents" involving EBMs. Yes, it takes a bit of practice to roll a kilt without causing wrinkles, but I find I am getting better at it, and when I don't get it right, a hand-held steamer solves the problem.

[Mikilt]

I used to hang my kilts in short suit bags, but there are three major problems with that approach:

(1) Though I have tried a number of different kilt hangers, none of them really do the job;
(2) They take up precious closet space (thus severely limiting how many kilts I can have);
(3) Suit bags--even with lavender oil infused cedar blocks--do not resist moths (their technical name is "Evil Bastard Moths") 100%, and anything less than 100% is not quite good enough.

Solution? Kilt rolls. Easy to store on a shelf, and can also sit in the corner of a closet. So far, no "incidents" involving EBMs. Yes, it takes a bit of practice to roll a kilt without causing wrinkles, but I find I am getting better at it, and when I don't get it right, a hand-held steamer solves the problem.

Sold. I just purchased two. One for my trip and another to store my other wool kilt.

I will still store the rolls with the kilts inside my "vault"(kilt inside a zipped up kilt roll, inside a suit bag, inside a linen hanging bag with copious amounts of cedar strategically placed)

[ElCabong]

I take three kilts on car trips: One to drive in and the others for different events, in varying degrees of formality. I wear a kilt almost all the time on trips. My wife (Room2ndfloor) encourages it, too!

I try to maintain the "one bag" routine, even when I am not flying. I can easily pack two semi-trad kilts and accessories into a large packing cube, which then fits nicely into the Air Boss (made by Red Oxx) bag with all my other stuff. I just fold the kilts in half and add the rest of the kilt stuff to the remaining cube space. Wrinkling is not a problem. I can fold the Prince Charles and Armstrong wool tank into the cubes and Air Boss with equally good results. However, I seldom take Charles on the road.

Even with the kilts inside the Air Boss, there is room for other packing cubes containing jeans and shorts (mostly for running down the motel hallway for ice), and toilet articles. Lot's of room in that Air Boss thing.

The Air Boss is my ideal case, and the kilts travel happy within it.

Happy Trails - ElCabong